QUEENS — Police are looking for two thieves who ripped a $300 chain off a straphanger on an E train in Queens, authorities said.
The suspects approached the 23-year-old man from behind as the Jamaica-bound train stopped at the Jamaica/Van Wyck station on Feb. 5 around 4:20 a.m., officials said.
When the doors opened, one of the suspects grabbed the chain. It, along with an angel pendant, fell onto the victim’s chest, police said.
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The attackers accomplice then snatched the chain and pendant and both suspects ran out of the station, according to the NYPD.
Police released a surveillance video of one of the suspects captured as he was leaving the Jamaica/Van Wyck train station. He was wearing glasses and a distinctive beanie cap and also has a beard.
A description of the second suspect was not available.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
