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BROOKLYN, NY - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a robbery that left a 10-year-old victim shaken but unharmed on Christmas Day, according to the New York City Police Department. Police said the incident occurred around 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, in front of 1534 42nd Street within the 66th Precinct. The victim was walking when the suspect approached, grabbed him by the arm, and forcibly took imitation or play money from him before fleeing southbound on 42nd Street.

A convicted murderer and a second prisoner who absconded from prison on New Year's Day have been arrested, police have said. Avon and Somerset Police said both Armstrong and Washbourne had been arrested on Wednesday. Armstrong, who was convicted of murdering someone during a robbery in Warwickshire in 2009, was arrested by Warwickshire Police officers near Henley-in-Arden train station just before 12pm. A member of the public had reported seeing Armstrong, who is now in police custody.

Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.

EAST PALO ALTO - A Peninsula man was arrested in connection with a robbery in East Palo Alto and an attempted robbery in Palo Alto on Sunday, according to authorities. The robbery happened at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto and the attempted robbery happened near the intersection of Lytton Avenue and Webster Street in Palo Alto, the East Palo Alto and Palo Alto police departments said in a joint news release. Both incidents were reported around 10:15 a.m. Sunday.

A subway conductor was beaten and robbed of her train keys while on the job in Brooklyn, cops announced on Monday. The victim, a 31-year-old woman, was leaning out of a train car on the southbound A and C trains platform at the Hoyt St.-Schermerhorn St. station in Downtown Brooklyn when the thief attacked around 2:47 p.m. Sunday, cops said. The crook punched the victim, took her train keys and then fled the station, said police.

Tyrone Richards, 31, and Anton Clarke-Butcher, 24, have each been charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of administering a noxious substance after an incident at the London airport on Sunday, HM Courts and Tribunal Service staff said. They are due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Five people were taken to hospital, all of whom have since been discharged.

Alameda County prosecutors have struck plea deals with two alleged robbers, both of whom were accused of luring their victims into a false sense of security with the help of a suspected prostitute. In one case, Nicholas Lewis, 31, was sentenced to nine days he already served in jail plus probation after pleading no contest to grand theft. In another, Luis Silva, 24, also pleaded no contest to grand theft for a two-year probation term, court records show.

Police are appealing for information after a man was pushed down the stairs and robbed at Waterloo station. The man was walking towards the Bakerloo Line platforms when he was attacked and had his wallet stolen by a group of men at around 6.20am on Friday, November 21, police said. Detectives have released images of four men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. CCTV images show four black men wearing thick winter coats with their hoods up.

Footage posted online showed a man being hit with a trouser belt and reportedly forced to transfer money from his bank account. The incident is said to have taken place at The Tannery in the city's Bath Lane on November 21. On the same night, officers were told a group of men had then visited a second address 13 miles away in Harborough District and demanded those inside transfer money to them and hand over designer clothing.

BROOKLYN, NY - Police are seeking two suspects who robbed an 18-year-old man after threatening him and simulating a firearm earlier this month in the Bay Ridge area. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on November 15 near 85th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, according to the NYPD. Investigators said the victim was approached by two unidentified men who demanded his belongings and pretended to have a gun.

Reuters A man has been charged with robbery and attempted robbery after more than 30,000 worth of iPhones were stolen from an Apple store. Avram Stoica, 20, of no fixed abode, allegedly targeted the new iPhone 17 phones at the company's store at the Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, Essex, on 22 September. He is also charged with attempted robbery, following reports of an attempt to rob an Apple store in Brent Cross,

Four Bay Area men have been charged in a 19-felony complaint with crimes related to their alleged participation in a series of home burglaries and robberies that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables and cash, court records show. Randy Taylor, 27, of Fairfield, Terrell Mackey, 30, of San Francisco, Armani McFarland, 31, of Antioch, and Dajuan Menifee, 27, of San Francisco, were charged on Nov. 10 with a mix of burglary and robbery counts.

At the beginning of the clip, the silver four-door sedan could be seen backing into a parking spot in front of Accolades Vape and Tobacco Shop in Warrenton, Virginia. As FOX 5 reporter Shomari Stone noted in the segment, the car was designed to fit five passengers. As the clip progressed, five people emerged from the back seats alone. Then, the trunk pops open to reveal two more suspects climbing out. The final two suspects in the driver's seat and front passenger seat brought the total to nine nearly twice what the car was designed to hold.

The January 2019 beating 88-yearold Yik Oi Huang, popularly known as Popo Huang around her Visitacion Valley neighborhood, seemed a particularly brutal example of elder abuse. Huang was badly bludgeoned after the early morning attack at Visitacion Valley Playground, where she was found bloodied in a sandbox with head injuries, a broken spine, broken hand, and broken ribs. Her shirt had been pulled up and her pants pulled down below beneath her waist, her shoes stolen, and her house keys stolen too.

Toronto police have arrested three people after a robbery investigation in Etobicoke resulted in a collision involving police vehicles and a suspect's vehicle. The collision happened around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday near Kipling Avenue and The Queensway, according to a social media post by Toronto Police Service. Police said they were investigating a robbery in the area at the time.

Cops say both Martinez and Lopez Castillo allegedly attempted to rob 26-year-old Ronell Marte just before 3 a.m. inside Starlight Park on Sept. 3. The pair allegedly approached Marte, a special needs adult, and held him up at gunpoint, demanding his cellphone. Things turned deadly when Martinez allegedly opened fire, shooting Marte in the chest. EMA rushed Marte to Saint Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved and was pronounced dead.

Demaria Adger, 30, has racked up 13 felony convictions in Contra Costa, Alameda and Los Angeles counties since 2013, according to the charging documents. This month, he was charged with assault with a firearm, second-degree robbery and gun possession, all stemming from a July 16 robbery where his alleged cohort shot the victim while attempting to rob the man after he visited an ATM in Hayward, authorities said.

Mayo criminals John Irving (31), of Shanwar in Foxford, Francis Harman (58) of Nephin Court in Ballina, and John Clarke (37) of Carrowkelly in Ballina, all pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland They beat the pensioner unconscious with punches and kicks to the head before robbing him and escaping The men tied Mr Niland's shoelaces together to frustrate his efforts to raise the alarm, before ransacking the house

Police are looking for a man they suspect to be involved in a September break-in and robbery. The Toronto Police Service released photos of the suspect online and are asking the public for help finding the man. The suspect allegedly broke into and stole from a home near Dundas Street E. and Pape Avenue while the residents were home on Sept. 15, according to a news release from police on Sunday.

Police are searching for five suspects after a jewelry store in Dufferin Mall was robbed on Saturday night. Around 7:20pm on Saturday, five masked suspects entered the store and took merchandise, Toronto police said on social media following the incident. Two of the suspects were armed with hammers, according to police Police said the suspects smashed the store's display boxes but no injuries were reported.

Officers responded to a call in the Queen Street W. and Beverley Street area on Friday at approximately 7:30 a.m., the Toronto Police Service said in a news release Saturday. Police allege two suspects approached the victim in a park and produced a knife and a firearm, demanding the victim's wallet. In Saturday's release, police allege the suspects stole cash and a backpack with the victim's personal belongings.