Crime & Safety

Cops Arrest Suspect in Queens Phone Snatching Spree

Police allegedly saw man robbing teens on handball court.

The suspected crook recognized by his copper colored sneakers was allegedly caught red handed last week.

The alleged mugger with a  was observed by watchful cops robbing teens of their phones on a handball court at the corner of 190th Street and Underhill Ave. in Fresh Meadows.

Over the past several months, Eric Colvin allegedly jacked phones from 14 victims from Brooklyn and Queens.

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His story was always the same. He would allegedly tell victims that his sister’s phone was missing before making away with the phone by threatening to pull out a gun, which he never brandished.

According to a police source, Colvin was recognized by the tattoos on his neck depicted in a police sketch and his trademark Nike foam sneakers in copper.

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By age 24, Colvin, who is from Far Rockaway, had eight prior arrests, including two for criminal trespassing, one for marijuana possession and another for theft of service.

Colvin has also been arrested as recently as Aug. 30 for allegedly driving with a suspended license, leaving the  to believe that he was taking public transportation up to Northern Queens to perpetrate the thefts.


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