A pair of brazen bandits shoved a 12-year-old girl against a wall and ripped two necklaces right off her neck as she stepped off a Bronx bus in broad daylight last month, cops said Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The heartless goons approached the pre-teen around 12:30 p.m.\u00a0on Valentine\u2019s Day near the corner of Stratford Avenue and East 172nd Street in Soundview and pushed her into a wall, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The duo then snatched her two necklaces, worth $1,500 in total, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n
The brazen pair approached the pre-teen around 12:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in Soundview. NYPDX<\/p>\n
The robbers snatched the girl\u2019s two necklaces, worth $1,500 in total, cops said. NYPD<\/p>\n
The young-looking suspects \u2013 both wearing dark clothing and clutching cell phones \u2013 then ran off, heading west on East 172nd Street. Photos released by the NYPD show one of the menaces with a wide grin on his face while fleeing the scene of the mugging. <\/p>\n
The girl \u2013 who sources say was attacked shortly after she got off a bus \u2013 was treated at the 43rd Precinct stationhouse for redness and pain to her neck, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victim was attacked shortly after she got off a bus, sources said. Google Maps<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on the suspects\u2019 whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n