Overview
- Surveillance video captured the Sunday afternoon incident near Avenue N and East 15th–16th Streets in Flatbush.
- Flatbush Shomrim tracked a group of six people and guided NYPD officers to the suspects.
- Two individuals were taken into custody at Coney Island Avenue and Kings Highway, police said.
- Investigators are examining whether the same group committed a similar hat snatching minutes earlier near Avenue J and East 16th Street.
- The NYPD reported that the victim was not seriously injured.