By Sabina Mollot
Police are looking for a man who shoved a woman to the floor and stole her bag aboard a 4 train at Union Square on Monday.
The victim, 48, told police that around 1 p.m. said she saw him harassing other men on the train, so she started recording him on her phone. He and the woman then got into an argument, which is when he pushed her and forcibly grabbed her bag, before fleeing the train. The bag contained $350 worth of items including clothing and the victim’s wallet.
The suspect is described as black, in his 20s-30s and was last seen wearing a baseball cap, glasses and all dark clothing.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident 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 nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.