NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD is looking to identify two suspects accused of robbing a woman in a wheelchair on a Queens street earlier this month, authorities said.
The incident happened at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Monday, April 11, at the southwest corner of Cross Bay Boulevard and 161st Avenue in Howard Beach.
A 32-year-old woman was traveling northbound on Cross Bay Boulevard in her wheelchair when the two suspects approached her from behind, officials said.
According to police, one suspect intentionally bumped into her wheelchair as the second suspect reached into the wheelchair and removed her Apple iPhone 12 cellphone, before fleeing southbound on Cross Bay Boulevard.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
The first suspect is described as a man with a medium complexion, medium build, short dark hair, approximately 25-years-old. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt, black shoes, a gray hooded sweatshirt, and a black face mask.
The second suspect is described as a man with a medium complexion, medium build, short thick dark hair, approximately 25-years-old.
He was last seen wearing ripped blue jeans, a gray hooded Adidas sweatshirt, and a black face mask.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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