Teen Violently Mugs Woman

A 30-year-old woman was punched in the face during a mugging Sept. 6. She was sitting on a park bench across the street from the American Museum of Natural History on West 77th Street at 9:40 p.m., when a 16-year-old male tried to steal her cell phone out of her hand. He punched her in the face, took the phone and fled.