Police are searching for black and Hispanic teenage thugs targeting subway riders in New York City

There have been at least three armed attacks recently. A team of bandits, young enough to still be in high school, is making life quite stressful in NYC. Police circulating surveillance camera stills of four minority teenagers, including one female, working subway stations together, sometimes with a fifth suspect who has not yet been caught on camera. The armed robberies are up to at least three since August 2011, with a total of 10 victims. Police said that the suspects rob other groups of young people of their iPods, jewelry and cash, each time during crowded evening rush hours. The first incident happened August 15, 2011 at around 5 p.m. Police said that the suspects, armed with box cutters, robbed four victims inside the Broadway/LaFayette station. Then on Sept. 24, 2011 at the same station they struck around 7 p.m., robbing three people at gunpoint as they came down the stairs. Police said that on Oct. 1, 2011 at around 7 p.m., the same four, joined by the fifth suspect, robbed three straphangers on a station platform. The victims said that they believed the suspects had knives. All four men are about 5-foot-10 and the female is 5-4. Police said that she has the tattoos “Loved” and “Hated” on her arm. The NYPD said that so far in 2011 crime in the subways is up nearly 17% compared to 2010. Complete descriptions of the suspects as provided by the police are as follows: Black male 17-20, 5-7 to 5-10, 190 pounds, tattoo on right arm. Black male, 17-20, 5-9, 180 pounds, earrings in both ears. Hispanic male, 17-20, 5-10 to 6-feet with braided hair. He has an Eye of Horus tattoo on his neck and spider web tattoo on his left arm. Black female, 18-20 years old, 5-4, 120 pounds. She has the word “Hated” with a picture of a rose and the word “Loved” tattooed on her arm. Hispanic male, 17-20, 55-10 to 6-1, 190 pounds, with a piercing in his right eyebrow.