Police Blotter
6th Precinct
Greenwich Village
Subway creep
at West 4th St.
Police are looking for a creep who
they say masturbated in front of a
woman in the West 4th Street subway
station.
On Friday, Sept. 20, around 2 p.m.,
a 47-year-old woman entered the station’s
elevator at the mezzanine level,
where the A-C-E lines are, when police
say a man entered behind her.
Once the elevator doors closed, he allegedly
exposed his genitals and started
masturbating in front of the woman.
The man then exited the elevator and
fl ed on foot.
Police released photos of the suspect,
who is described as 25 to 35 years
old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing
220 pounds. He had a beard and was
last seen wearing a black jacket, black
sweatpants, black sneakers, a black hat
and black headphones.
— Gabe Herman
Groper rode
the R Train
Police need the public’s help fi nding
a man who sexually assaulted a woman
on the R train in Midtown Manhattan
last month.
The NYPD released on Oct. 10 a
cellphone photo of the perpetrator involved
in the Sept. 4 incident, which
occurred at 5:20 p.m. on Sept. 4 on a
Queens-bound R train.
As the train approached the Lexington
Avenue-59th Street station, law
enforcement sources said, the suspect
approached the 45-year-old woman
from behind and grabbed her buttocks.
He then exited the train and fl ed in an
unknown direction.
The incident was later reported to the
Midtown North Precinct and NYPD
Transit District 4.
Anyone with information regarding
the suspect’s whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for
Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit
the Crime Stoppers website, nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or send a direct
message on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
— Robert Pozarycki
Costly theft at local eatery
Another case of a stolen bag was reported,
this time at Catch NYC, a restaurant
at 21 Ninth Ave., police said.
On Saturday, Sept. 14, around 2
a.m., a 27-year-old woman said she
went to the restaurant for dinner and
left her bag, which contained an iPhone
and debit card, on a table next to her.
She said she turned her back on the
bag to talk to people, and when she
went back to retrieve the phone and
bank card, they were both missing
from the bag.
The next morning, the woman
checked with her bank and learned that
$600 had been withdrawn and charges
were made at a Walmart in New Jersey.
Police said that on Oct. 9, they arrested
Mohammad Ahmad, 41, for
grand larceny.
— Gabe Herman
Cellphone robber on the lam
Cops need the public’s help in fi nding
a pugilistic robber who beat up a
19-year-old man at a train station in
Midtown earlier this month.
Law enforcement sources said the
beating took place at 1:10 p.m. on
Oct. 4 on the Queens-bound platform
of the 7th Avenue station, located below
7th Avenue and 53rd Street.
According to authorities, the 19-
year-old victim was waiting on the
platform when the unknown suspect
began throwing punches at him,
striking his face and body repeatedly.
The crook then grabbed the victim’s
cellphone, then exited the station.
Police said he was last seen exiting
at the corner of 7th Avenue and 53rd
Street, but apparently dropped the
stolen phone while fl eeing.
Offi cers from the Midtown North
Precinct responded to the incident.
The victim suffered pain and swelling
to his face, but refused medical
attention.
Call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-
TIPS with info on the case.
— Robert Pozarycki
Big soap theft at Morton Williams
Employees were threatened during a robbery in the Morton Williams at 130
Bleecker St., according to police.
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 4:30 p.m., store employees said that a man entered
the supermarket and stole 25 items of Dove soap valued at $150.
When the man was confronted, he began to push employees and then allegedly
said, “I’m going to cut you.”
Police said that no actual knife was displayed and the incident was caught
on camera.
Omar Jackson, 40, was arrested for robbery, a felony. Police said that evidence
recovered from the incident included a metal shiv and a crack pipe with
alleged residue.
— Gabe Herman
Bag theft at Coco
A man had his bag stolen inside the
French restaurant Coco, at 1 Little
West 12 St., police said.
On Monday, Sept. 16, around 9:45
p.m., a 53-year-old man said that a
stranger entered the restaurant and
took his bag from the chair next to
him.
On Oct. 7, police arrested Bension
Mamedov, 45, for grand larceny. None
of the stolen items were recovered.
— Gabe Herman
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