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Bus-riding teen assaulted for iPhone

Cops are searching for these two girls and a third female who allegedly punched a 15-year-old girl on a bus and stole her iPhone. (NYPD)
Cops are trying to identify these two girls and one other suspect who punched a 15-year-old girl and stole her iPhone on a bus. (NYPD)

Police are searching for three teen girls who punched a 15-year-old victim on a Brooklyn bus and stole her iPhone.

The suspects approached the girl on the B103 bus at about 4 p.m. on March 11. They punched her, took her iPhone and then got off the bus near Church Avenue and East 3rd Street, according to police.

The thieves are described as black females approximately 15 to 17 years old.

Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.


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