Watch: Robber cuts hole in sleeping man's pants on L train in Brooklyn

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Watch: Robber cuts hole in sleeping man's pants on L train in Brooklyn
The crime was captured on cell phone video on the L train.

BROOKLYN, New York -- A brazen robbery where a suspect actually cut a hole in a man's pants was caught on camera on the subway.

It happened last Sunday at 2:12 a.m. on a northbound L train near Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

The 28-year-old victim was asleep when the man cut a hole in his pocket and stole the victim's cell phone and credit cards.

The suspect later spent $68 using those credit cards.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).