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VIDEO: Fashion-Conscious Mugger Steals Suit Off Man's Back at Gunpoint

By Aidan Gardiner | February 6, 2017 10:21am

QUEENS — A fashion-conscious mugger was arrested Monday morning for stealing a man's suit off his back at gunpoint, NYPD officials said.

Angel Valentin, 20, of Harlem, ran up behind a 24-year-old man and pulled a gun on him as the victim tried to enter his apartment building on Neilson Street in Wavecrest about 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3, police said. 

As Valentin pointed the gun directly at the victim, the man stripped off his coat, suit jacket, struggled to remove his shoes, and then took off his pants, which Valentin grabbed up with one arm before fleeing, the video shows.

The victim then ran into his apartment building.

Police out on patrol Saturday spotted Valentin, who tried to to flee before officers caught up with him and arrested him, police said. He had a gun in his waistband at the time.

Valentin was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, stalking, menacing, criminal possession of stolen property and harassment, officials said.