Police: Man Armed With Scissors Robs Subway Rider In The Bronx

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for a suspect who they said robbed a man with a pair of scissors while riding the subway in the Bronx.

It happened back on July 7 on board a southbound 6 train.

As the train entered the East 143rd Street station, police said the suspect walked in from another train car and approached a 31-year-old man. He then pulled out a pair of scissors and demanded the victim's property, police said.

The victim handed over his cell phone and $20. When the train arrived at the station, the suspect walked off and fled in an unknown direction.

Police describe the suspect as a black man between the ages of 40 and 45, about 6-feet-tall and 230 pounds. He was seen wearing a camouflage bucket hat, a multi-colored hooded shirt, gray shorts, black socks and black sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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