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Police: Search Updated For 6 Teens After MTA Bus Theft, Joy Ride Through City

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Six teenagers are accused of stealing an MTA bus and taking it on a joy ride through the city.

Investigators released images of the six suspects -- four boys and two girls -- wanted for questioning. Police had previously said they sought three suspects.

Police Seek 6 Teens In MTA Bus Theft Case
Police are looking for four boys and two girls linked to the alleged theft of an MTA bus on Dec. 23, 2018. (credit: NYPD)

Police say they managed to get inside the empty MTA bus on Hunts Point Avenue in the Bronx back on Dec. 23 just before 8 p.m.

The group then allegedly drove the bus through parts of Brooklyn and Queens before abandoning it on Prospect Avenue in the Woodstock section of the Bronx.

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Three suspects accused of stealing an MTA bus from a Brooklyn depot. (Credit: NYPD)

The bus was not damaged.

Anyone with any information is asked to call NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. You can also submit a tip via the Crime Stoppers website, by Tweeting @NYPDTips or by texting a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

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