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crimes and misdemeanors

Two Teenagers Arrested for Stealing Elderly Man’s iPhone and Pushing Him Onto Subway Tracks

"It happened, so what can you do?" —81-year-old Andrew Wang, recovering from minor injuries sustained after getting pushed onto subway tracks at the Lorimer Street subway station in Williamsburg last Friday morning. Wang was shoved onto the tracks by one of the two teenagers he chased because they stole his iPhone.

Photo: DON EMMERT/2011 AFP