Playground robbery suspects apprehended by cops in tag-team effort
Officers assigned to Police Service Area (PSA) 1, on Saturday, February 1, apprehended two suspects for a BB-gunpoint robbery at a playground.
According to police, uniformed officers responded to a report of a robbery with a gun at 2227 Stillwell Avenue at around 12:35 p.m. where they were met by five victims – all males in their teens – who informed them that, while they were in a playground located at Bay 46th Street and Cropsey Avenue, two men approached them while brandishing a gun and demanded their property.
The suspects swiped two cell phones from the victims before fleeing on foot.