A nearby doorman jumped into action to help the victim. Although he was unable to stop the robbery, he did stop the incident from becoming much worse.
Friday, February 16, 2024 12:10PMStream New York's #1 news - Accuweather - original content 24/7Police have arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection with a mugging on the Upper East Side.Officials sayThanks to the doorman, the victim was unharmed, and she still had her purse even though the suspect and one other person managed to snatch her phone.
"I did what I could, and I wish I could have done more, but it just happened so fast that I couldn't," said the doorman, who asked to remain anonymous.In a matter of seconds, the pair of thieves chasing the 24-year-old woman pinned her up against the glass of the building lobby, right in front of the doorman at his post.
"I heard like a thump. She hit the glass with her face. And when I looked up our eyes kind of met and all she said, 'Help,'" said the doorman. When he ran outside to help, the attacker who had pinned the victim yelled, "She stole my phone," the doorman said. "So, I stepped back because now I thought, I am aiding the thief? But that was enough for them. That little distraction," the doorman said.The doorman says the two thieves were laughing as they ran away with the phone."What struck me is that they were so bold. Even when I was outside, they still continued to rob her," the doorman said.
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