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A band of moped-riding muggers held up six other youths in a string of daytime Brooklyn heists last month, police said. NYPD<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
A group of moped-riding teen muggers held up other youths using a machete and their fists in a string of terrifying broad-daylight Brooklyn crimes last month, police said.<\/p>\n
One of the cruel thugs even grinned during a stick-up of 14- and 16-year-old boys.<\/p>\n
In the first street robbery, two brutes approached a 19-year-old victim \u2013 one of them flashing a machete \u2013 as they grabbed his motorized scooter at 17th Avenue and 65th Street in Bensonhurst around 12:40 p.m. Feb. 10, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A band of moped-riding muggers held up six other youths in a string of daytime Brooklyn heists last month, police said. NYPD<\/p>\n
Then around 9:15 a.m. Feb. 13, four suspects rolled up to a 16-year-old boy at Ridge Boulevard and 86th Street in Bay Ridge and demanded his jacket, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As they tried to grab the jacket, they tore part of it off before zooming away on their scooters, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The youngest victims were two 13-year-olds, one of whom was punched in the face when he refused to hand over his jacket to five members of the callous crew around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Brighton Beach, police said.<\/p>\n
One of the goons flashed a knife before grabbing both teens\u2019 jackets, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The suspects then rolled off, and both victims refused medical attention at the scene.<\/p>\n
In the final heist, four ruffians approached two boys, 14 and 16, just before 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at Ocean Avenue and Oriental Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, police said.<\/p>\n
One of the punks pushed the older victim off his e-bike, and snatched a Nike backpack from the younger victim, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They again sped away after the daytime stick-up, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The NYPD on Monday released photos of two of the suspects as seen during the final stick-up, one of whom is shown grinning, and the other with a black mask covering half of his face.<\/p>\n
All of the suspects are believed to be between the ages of 16 and 18, police said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this incident 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