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Couple Robs Cab Driver at Gunpoint in Jamaica, Police Say

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | January 24, 2017 4:51pm
 Police are searching for a couple who they said robbed a cab driver at gunpoint early Sunday morning, officials said.
Police are searching for a couple who they said robbed a cab driver at gunpoint early Sunday morning, officials said.
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QUEENS — Police are searching for a couple who they said robbed a cab driver at gunpoint early Sunday morning, officials said.

The couple hailed a green taxi shortly after 3 a.m. at the intersection of 95th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, police said.

They asked the 27-year-old driver to take them to 106-32 Sutphin Blvd., between South Road and 107th Avenue, only five blocks away, where the couple got out without paying their taxi fare, officials said. 

When the driver also got out to ask them for money, the woman pulled out a gun and demanded his wallet, according to the NYPD.

When the cabbie refused, the man began punching him in the head before stealing two cellphones and $20 from the front seat of the taxi, police said.

The couple then fled on foot in an unknown direction, officials said.

The driver, who was able to keep his wallet, refused medical attention, authorities said.

Police, who have released surveillance images from the taxi Tuesday, said the woman was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, while her accomplice was wearing a heavy, red jacket, authorities said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).