Crime

2 wanted for trying to rob teenager

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Police are searching for two men they say tried to rob a teenager on Cornwell Avenue on April 16.

The 15-year-old male victim was walking south on Cornwell Avenue near East Maujer Street when two unidentified males approached him and demanded money. The victim handed them his wallet, but the suspects saw that it contained no money and fled on foot northbound on Cornwell Avenue.

There were no injuries reported.

The suspects are described as a black male, about 20 years old and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and a Hispanic male, about 20 years old, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Detectives request that anyone with information regarding this crime call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.