{"id":17991,"date":"2025-01-11T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17991"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T17:17:17","slug":"4-teen-girls-busted-in-violent-nyc-mugging-of-woman-71-heading-to-church-on-new-years-day-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17991","title":{"rendered":"4 teen girls busted in violent NYC mugging of woman, 71, heading to church on New Year\u2019s Day: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Four teen girls were busted this week for allegedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/03\/us-news\/woman-71-heading-to-new-years-day-church-service-fights-back-when-teen-girls-attack-try-to-rob-her-in-nyc-subway-station\/\">pummeling a 71-year-old woman<\/a>\u00a0during a botched New Year\u2019s Day robbery inside a Brooklyn subway station \u2013 as the fearless senior, who was on her way to church, fought back, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The teens \u2013 ages 13, 14 and two 15-year-olds \u2013 were nabbed on Wednesday and Thursday, each facing charges of robbery, assault and harassment in the Jan. 1 evening attack on Linda Rosa, 71,\u00a0 authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the violent 15-year-olds has a prior bust from September for allegedly pummeling a Queens cop to prevent the officer from arresting someone else, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"34411737\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34411737\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2880w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?resize=87,54&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?resize=234,146&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?resize=150,94&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/1807-hours-vicinity-hoyt-street-96142106.jpg?resize=50,31&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the individuals depicted in the attached media, wanted in connection to an attempted robbery that occurred within the confines of the 84 Precinct\" width=\"944\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"34411737\" \/><figcaption>Four teen girls were arrested for allegedly pummeling Linda Rosa, 71, during a botched New Year\u2019s Day robbery at the Hoyt Street subway station.<span class=\"credit\">DCPI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The others had no prior brushes with the law.<\/p>\n<p>The latest crime unfolded when one of the four girls tried to grab Rosa\u2019s purse soon after she stepped off a No. 3 train at Hoyt Street, she told The Post last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I [said to myself], \u2018Oh, no, this is not going to happen today,\u2019\u201d said Rosa, a retired MTA computer operation worker who lives in East New York.<\/p>\n<p>Then, another teen tried to grab Rosa\u2019s bag too and said: \u201cOh, you want to fight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A violent scuffle ensued with one of the girls punching Rosa in the face \u2013 leaving the glasses-wearing senior with a cut on her nose, the victim recounted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" 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public's assistance in identifying the individuals depicted in the attached media, wanted in connection to an attempted robbery that occurred within the confines of the 84 Precinct\" width=\"523\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"34411738\" \/><figcaption>The teens \u2013 ages 13, 14 and two 15-year-olds \u2013 are facing charges of robbery, assault and harassment in the attack against Rosa.<span class=\"credit\">DCPI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-nyp-editor-universal-promo\">\n<div class=\"universal-promo__inner\">\n<p>Rosa grappled with the teens and ended up falling to the ground \u2013 where one of them allegedly stomped on her \u2013 but ended up getting back on her feet and grabbing two of them by the hair as she called out for help, she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to The Brooklyn Hospital Center for treatment, but said she was grateful she wasn\u2019t hurt worse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rosa said she forgives the teens but doesn\u2019t think they should be exempt from consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI forgive them. They do not know what they do,\u201d the faithful senior said last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know what they did. It\u2019s just teenagers acting foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know the consequences of their actions until this happened, and now they have to pay for it \u2013 because we all have to pay for our choices,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever choice you make, there is a consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Four teen girls were busted this week for allegedly\u00a0pummeling a 71-year-old woman\u00a0during a botched New Year\u2019s Day robbery inside a Brooklyn subway station \u2013 as the fearless senior, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17993,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions\/17993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}