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In this SUN, Schools Unite Network Alert: 17 and 18 year old males apprehended in cell phone robbery on 90th Street near Central Park. Details below…
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17 and 18 year old males apprehended in cell phone robbery on 90th near Central Park
Arrests were made involving two males, 17 and 18 years old, who swiped a woman’s cell phone in the vicinity of West 90th near Central Park. The incident occurred about 8:30am on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Assisting the 24th Precinct, Police Officers Moran and Dawid from the Central Park Precinct responded to a 911 call apprehending the two perpetrators at about 9:10 am at West 97th Street and the West Drive in Central Park. Police Officers DeBenedetto and Christiano of the 24th Precinct made the arrests.
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