Woman Attacked, Laptop Stolen in Brazen Midtown Mugging
A 43-year-old woman was knocked to the ground and robbed of her laptop by four assailants in Midtown Manhattan early Monday.
A woman was robbed of her laptop in a brazen daylight attack in Midtown Manhattan on Monday morning. The 43-year-old victim was ambushed from behind around 6:45 a.m. as she walked on Seventh Avenue near West 38th Street.
Authorities reported that the assailants knocked the woman to the ground before fleeing with her laptop. The suspects escaped into the nearby Times Square subway station, entering the passageway for the No. 1, 2, and 3 lines. They have not yet been apprehended.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition. According to the latest NYPD statistics, robberies in the Midtown South Precinct, which includes Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station, and Madison Square Garden, have decreased by nearly 30 percent this year compared to the same period in 2025, with 207 incidents reported versus 295.