Rockefeller Center Backpack Mugger Busted
Cops Make Arrest in Mugging of Teen for Backpack at Rockefeller Center The NYPD made an arrest in the assault and robbery of a teen at the Rockefeller Ceneter train station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice March 13, 2024 MANHATTAN - A Brooklyn man was arrested for a mugging at a Rockefeller Center train station in which a teen was beaten for his backpack, the NYPD announced. Police arrested 26-year-old Luis Paulino of Brooklyn and charged him with robbery. At around 5:30 am on February 27, a 17-year-old male was sitting on a southbound F Train. As the train approached the Rockefeller Center Station, a man approached him. Cops said without warning the man punched the teen in the stomach and ripped the backpack out of the victim’s hands.