Subway Cell Phone Thief Schools Youngster

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a robbery at a stubway station on the Lower East Side. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice 

November 15, 2023 

MANHATTAN - An elderly cell phone schooled a young subway rider in Lower Manhattan when he conned his way out of getting caught, the NYPD said. 

At around 2:30 pm on November 4, a 26-year-old male was sitting on a bench at the southbound platform of the J Train at the Essex Street and Delancy Street subway station. Cops said an older man walked by and snatched the man’s iPhone out of his hands. He then removed the youngster’s sunglasses off his head. 

When the subway rider got up and tried to get back his items, the thief threatened him and acted as if he had a knife, cops said. When the victim backed off, the thief fled the station. 

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The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the subway station turnstiles. 

The suspect is described as an older male with a dark complexion. He has dark, curly thinning hair. He also has a beard. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, gray sweatpants and white sneakers. 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.