NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A 12-year-old girl was dragged down a sidewalk as two men snatched her necklace in a Queens robbery spree that has spanned several weeks and multiple neighborhoods.
The chain-snatching—captured on video released Monday by police—was the first of at least seven robberies the NYPD has linked to the men since late October.
The 12-year-old girl was walking home from school on Layton Street in Elmhurst around 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 when the men rode up behind her on a scooter.
The pair snatched the girl’s necklace from around her neck. Shocking video shows her being dragged down the sidewalk as the men flee the scene.
The men then struck four times on Oct. 26. In the first attack that day, they punched a 37-year-old woman in the face and grabbed her necklace at 34th Avenue and 103rd Street in North Corona around 2:20 p.m.
Ten minutes later, a 43-year-old woman was walking at 31st Avenue and 76th Street in Jackson Heights when the men shoved her and snatched two necklaces from her neck.
Then at 7 p.m., a 52-year-old man was walking at 75th Street and Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst when the men snatched his necklace and took off.
In the fourth robbery that day, the men snatched a necklace off a 35-year-old woman at 73rd Street and 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 7:50 p.m.
The men struck again around 3 p.m. on Oct. 27, snatching a necklace off a 70-year-old woman at 77th Street and 34th Avenue in Elmhurst.
The most recent robbery was last Monday at Penrod Street and Otis Avenue in Corona. A 48-year-old woman was walking around 12:45 p.m. when the men stole her necklace and fled.
None of the victims appear to have been seriously injured in the robberies.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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