Police Blotter
SIXTH PRECINCT
Woman
mugged
There was a late-night
attack and robbery on
Grove St., in the West Village,
on Mon., July 22, according
to police.
At 11:55 p.m., a 24-yearold
woman was entering 26
Grove St., between Bedford
and Bleecker Sts., when an
unknown man grabbed her
by the neck and forced her to
the ground.
The mugger took the woman’s
backpack, containing her cell
phone, $40 and credit cards.
The robber then fl ed in an unknown
direction. The woman suffered
minor injuries to her lower back in the
incident.
Police released a surveillance image
of a man wanted for the robbery. Anyone
with information should call the
Police Department’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or
for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be submitted on the
CrimeStoppers Web site at WWW.
NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or
on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All tips are
strictly confi dential.
NINTH PRECINCT
Followed her in
Police said that on Fri., July 26,
around 1:45 a.m., a stranger followed
a 21-year-old woman inside her building,
in the vicinity of Avenue A and
E. 12th St., and continued to follow
her to her apartment. He then forcefully
pushed his way inside her apartment
and threw her to the ground.
The New York Post reported that the
woman was returning from the store.
But the man fl ed the location after
hearing the victim’s roommate in the
apartment. He was last seen fl eeing
on foot in the vicinity of 11th St. and
First Ave. There were no reported injuries
or property taken during the
incident.
The suspect is described as an adult
black male, with a slim build, brown
eyes, a beard and a short black afro.
He was last seen wearing a black
hooded sweat jacket, black pants, a
white T-shirt, black sneakers and carrying
a black backpack.
Anyone with information should
contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
13TH PRECINCT
Sidewalk assault
There was an early-morning assault
and robbery last week on E. 23rd St.,
according to police.
On Tues., July 23, at 6:10 a.m., a 34-
year-old man was walking west along
the street, when a man demanded
money and threw him to the ground.
The stranger then punched the victim
several times in the face and took his
cell phone, along with $200 and credit
cards.
The attacker fl ed east along 23rd St.
The victim suffered cuts to the left side
of his face.
Anyone with information should
contact the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline.
Subway sleezo
Police said they are looking for a
man in connection with a forcible
touching incident in the subway in late
June.
On Thurs., June 27, at 3:25 p.m.,
a 20-year-old woman was riding a
Downtown R train through the Union
Square train station, when she saw a
man playing with his exposed privates,
according to police.
The woman then left the train at
Union Square. The man followed her
up the platform staircase, lifted up her
skirt and placed his private parts on
her back. The man then fl ed through
the turnstiles and to the street, heading
in an unknown direction.
Anyone with information
should contact the Crime Stoppers
Hotline.
10TH PRECINCT
Deli knife
There was an assault inside
the Deli Market, at 200 W. 40th
St., between Seventh and Eighth
Aves., on Wed., July 3, police said.
Around 8:40 p.m., a 27-year-old
man was buying items, when another
man stabbed him in the abdomen.
The attacker then fl ed in an unknown
direction. There was no reason
given for the attack.
The victim was taken to Bellevue
Hospital in stable condition. Police released
surveillance images of the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked
to contact Crime Stoppers.
Tunnel vision
A man stole a pair of $480 sunglasses
from Nieman Marcus, at 20 Hudson
Yards, last month, according to a police
report. On Thurs., July 25, at 4:45
p.m., surveillance showed a man taking
a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses
and then leaving the store. The next
day, Nelson Oscasio, 63, was arrested
for petit larceny.
The same man was arrested after
stealing another pair of sunglasses
from a different store in the Hudson
Yards area, on the same day he
was arrested for the Nieman Marcus
theft, according to a police report.
An employee said that on Sat., July
26, around 5:40 p.m., inside Fendi, at
500 W. 33rd St., at Tenth Ave., a man
walked into the place, grabbed a pair
of sunglasses and stuffed them inside
his shirt. The shoplifter then left the
store with the Fendi sunglasses, valued
at $515.
Surveillance-video footage was
available. Nelson Oscasio was arrested
on July 26 for petit larceny, again.
MIDTOWN NORTH
In-home robbery
A man was robbed in his apartment
building at 49th St. and Ninth Ave., according
to a police report.
On Thurs., July 11, around 7:05
a.m., a 30-year-old man was inside his
apartment, when he was approached
by an unidentifi ed man who asked for
money. After the victim refused, the
man punched him in the face and took
his cell phone, before fl eeing in an unknown
direction.
The victim suffered cuts to his nose
and hand, and treated by EMS at the
scene.
Police did not say how the mugger
got inside the victim’s apartment.
Anyone with information should
contact Crime Stoppers.
MIDTOWN SOUTH
Kimchi creepy
There was a forcible touching incident
last month inside the Food Gallery
32, a food court at 11 W. 32nd St., between
Fifth Ave. and Broadway, in the
Koreatown area, according to police.
On Sun., June 23, around 10 p.m.,
a man touched a 23-year-old woman’s
buttocks. When the woman confronted
him, the man smiled at her and walked
out of the location. He then fl ed on foot
westbound on 32nd St.
The man was last seen inside of the
34th St./Herald Square subway station.
Anyone with information should
contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
19TH PRECINCT
Straphanger
masturbator
Police are asking for the public’s help
in fi nding a man wanted for exposing
himself on the train.
According to police, on July 24,
around 1:45 a.m., a 33-year-old man
on the 6 train witnessed a fellow passenger
masturbating. The witness detrained
from the car at E. 86th St. and
then notifi ed police about the incident.
The subway creep remained on the subway.
Anyone with information should
contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
Gabe Herman and
Alejandra O’Connell-
Domenech
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