While any New Yorker is at the expense of crime regardless of age, criminals would be taking their toll on young children.
The NYPD is on the hunt for two subjects in connection with a robbery last Wednesday around 5:20 pm According to the report, both criminals approached a 9-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle at the intersection of Osgood Avenue and Stage. Lane in Queens.
The individuals hit the boy on the head, took his bicycle from him and then fled the place to an unknown destination.
In a separate incident, also on Wednesday around 7:50 p.m., a man approached an 11-year-old boy in front of 88-01 Queens Boulevard and asked for a dollar.
The boy refused to give him money, but the subject guided the victim and tried to take a purse from him.
Police said the boy struggled to free himself from the assailant, who was able to grab the bag and escape, but without stealing anything of value.
Anyone with information on both incidents should call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). All calls are confidential.
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