Police: Teens nabbed after calling mugging victim

[January 14, 2009]  SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police in a New York City suburb say they arrested five teenagers in the beating and robbery of a 50-year-old man after they called the victim the next day to taunt him.

Police say the victim was waiting for a bus in Scarsdale last Tuesday night when a group of young men robbed and beat him. He suffered head and facial injuries and his briefcase was stolen.

Authorities say the teens called the man the next day to taunt him.

Police traced the call to a house in White Plains, where they found three young men and the victim's briefcase. They later arrested two other suspects. All five are charged with second-degree robbery.

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