“Cell phone mugging” at Thorncliffe-Overlea

Police report a cell phone mugging at Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Blvd. on Friday, May 30, 2014. An 18-year-old youth was on the street at about 5.30 p.m. when he was approached by two suspects, one armed with a knife. One suspect hit the victim, knocking his cellular telephone to the ground. The suspects grabbed the cellular telephone and fled the scene in an unknown direction. The assailants were also in their teens, police say.