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15-Year-Old Girl Shoved to Ground and Robbed of Phone in Central Park: NYPD

UPPER WEST SIDE — A man shoved a 15-year-old girl to the ground and stole her cellphone in Central Park Tuesday night, police said.

The girl was on West Drive, near West 106th Street, about 6:45 p.m. when the man, who was described as in his 20s, attacked her, an NYPD spokesman said.

The man snatched her phone and fled the scene, police said. He hadn't been arrested as of Wednesday morning.

The girl refused medical attention at the scene, police said.