Police: Man Accused Of Snatching $3,400 Chain At Bronx Subway Station
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are trying to find a man accused of stealing another man's chain at a Bronx subway station.
The incident happened on May 16 around 7:35 a.m.
According to police, a 35-year-old man was walking up the stairs to the elevated Manhattan-bound Morrison Avenue-Soundview station when someone approached him from behind and grabbed his neck chain.
The suspect and the victim both fell down several stairs before the suspect managed to get the chain off the victim.
Police say the man ran to Morrison Avenue and got into the back of a gray Nissan that then took off.
The victim's chain was worth $3,400.
Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish, 1-888-577-4782. Tips can also be sent to the NYPDTips Twitter account or submitted online at NYPDCrimeStoppers.com.