Muggers shove girl, 12, against wall, rip pricey necklaces off her neck in NYC heist: cops, sources

A pair of brazen bandits shoved a 12-year-old girl against a wall and ripped two necklaces right off her neck as she stepped off a Bronx bus in broad daylight last month, cops said Wednesday.The heartless goons approached the pre-teen around 12:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day near the corner of Stratford Avenue and East 172nd Street in Soundview and pushed her into a wall, police said. The duo then snatched her two necklaces, worth $1,500 in total, cops and sources said.The young-looking suspects – both wearing dark clothing and clutching cell phones – then ran off, heading west on East 172nd Street.

Photos released by the NYPD show one of the menaces with a wide grin on his face while fleeing the scene of the mugging.The girl – who sources say was attacked shortly after she got off a bus – was treated at the 43rd Precinct stationhouse for redness and pain to her neck, police said. Anyone with information on the suspects’ whereabouts 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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips....