Police: 2 teens accused of mugging man in Hicksville
By: News 12 Staff Dec 5, 2017, 12:46pm Updated on: Dec 5, 2017
Police say two teens are accused of a mugging a man near a Hicksville mall on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year.
Jessai Cortes,17, and Wanya Canty,16, are charged in a robbery Thanksgiving weekend.
Police say the teens from "Mercy First Youth Facility" in Syosset attacked a man near the Broadway Commons.
Police say the teens knocked the man on the ground Sunday, punched him and took his phone and wallet.