Two women attacked with hammers in Union Square
Police sketch of hammer attack suspect A hammer-wielding nut bashed two women over the head on Monday night in seemingly random attacks in Union Square. At around 7:30 p.m., a 28-year-old woman who was...
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Photo of hammer attack suspect The man shot by police yesterday who’s believed to be the hammer-wielding lunatic who attacked four people on Monday, has since been arrested. Police announced on...
View ArticleMan on bike snatching phones and bags from women in Gramercy and Flatiron
Phone and bag snatching suspect Police are looking for a man who’s stolen from at least eleven women throughout the Gramercy and Flatiron neighborhoods while riding a bike. Cops say the man has been...
View ArticleWoman’s bag swiped at Associated
By Sabina Mollot On Friday afternoon, a Stuyvesant Town woman had her tote bag snatched as she shopped at the Associated supermarket on East 14th Street. The woman, who asked that her name not be...
View ArticlePolice Watch: Man arrested for screwdriver ‘assault,’‘Drunk’ driver arrested...
MAN ARRESTED FOR ID ‘THEFT’ Victor Coronado-Vasquez, 36, was arrested for forgery in front of 601 East 20th Street last Wednesday at 8:40 a.m. Police said that Coronado-Vasquez produced a fraudulently...
View ArticleUPDATED: Man tries to rape woman in her Stuyvesant Town building
Surveillance photos of suspect By Sabina Mollot Police are on the lookout for a man who tried to rape a woman on Saturday. Police reported the neighborhood, but not the address as Gramercy. However,...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with attempted rape in Stuy Town
Surveillance photos of suspect By Sabina Mollot On Tuesday morning, police arrested a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman in her Stuyvesant Town building on Saturday. Twenty-year-old Dominique...
View ArticleCops looking for man who attacked three Asian women
Police are looking for a creep who bashed three Asian women in the face with a hard object in different neighborhoods in Manhattan. One of the incidents, which all took place this week, happened on...
View ArticlePolice on lookout for armed robber of Union Square bank
Armed robbery suspect Police are hunting a gunman they say robbed a bank in Union Square on Wednesday. At around 4 p.m., the armed robber strolled into the Amalgamated Bank at 10 East 14th Street...
View ArticlePolice arrest Con Ed employee for ax attacks, stabbing
A weapon allegedly used by Trevial Terry (Photo courtesy of NYPD) By Sabina Mollot Police have arrested a Con Ed employee who allegedly attacked three people on Monday afternoon, including the mother...
View ArticlePolice on lookout for men on bikes swiping iPhones
Robbery suspects Police are looking for two men on bikes who swiped two women’s iPhones in Gramercy and Murray Hill. Both incidents took place in June, but police released the information, along with...
View ArticleShelter to soon be for employable men
The 30th Street shelter at Bellevue’s “Old Psych” building (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Neighbors of the 30th Street men’s shelter, who for years have complained about homeless men...
View ArticleUPDATED: Cops looking for man who sexually abused woman on subway at 23rd St.
Sex abuse suspect (Photo via NYPD) Police are asking the public’s assistance identifying a man wanted for sexual abuse on the subway at 23rd Street. On Saturday, August 8, at 6:45 p.m., the victim, a...
View ArticleThree men arrested for rapes, robberies
Suspects Isaias Rivera (left) and Joey Cruz By Maria Rocha-Buschel Police have arrested three men over the weekend in connection with three rapes and robberies in the Bronx and Manhattan, including an...
View ArticleFormer Con Ed employee indicted for ax attacks, stabbing
NYPD photo of the weapon By Maria Rocha-Buschel Former Con Ed employee Trevial Terry was indicted last Thursday for stabbing his ex-girlfriend in her office and then attacking two of his co-workers...
View ArticleResident randomly punched in Peter Cooper Village
By Sabina Mollot Recently, a Peter Cooper resident was punched in the face in a random assault as he was out walking his dog on the property. The resident, who didn’t want his name published, told Town...
View ArticlePolice looking for two men behind separate patterns of bank robberies
HSBC and Apple Bank robbery suspect Police are on the lookout for two bank robbers believed to be responsible for different heists in Union Square, Flatiron and other neighborhoods. With regards to the...
View ArticleCops shut down gambling club above 17th St. lingerie shop
Journelle lingerie shop (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel The NYPD’s Vice Enforcement Division busted a small gambling operation above the Journelle lingerie store at 3 East 17th...
View ArticleCops seeking bike riding robber who hit banks near Stuy Town and in Flatiron
Police are looking for a very determined man who robbed one bank near Stuy Town, the Ponce de Leon branch on First Avenue, and attempted to rob two other banks, all in the same day. In each incident,...
View ArticleCops arrest bike-riding bank robbery suspect
Surveillance image of suspect who allegedly robbed Ponce de Leon on First Avenue and also tried to rob other banks By Sabina Mollot On Tuesday, police arrested Michael Sancinella, a 42-year-old...
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