Police Blotter
FIRST PRECINCT
Police seek
5-train creep
Police are seeking the public’s
help in identifying a man wanted
for public lewdness aboard a
subway train in Lower Manhattan’s
First Precinct.
Police said that on Sat., July 13,
at 8:50 a.m., a 25-year-old woman
boarded a southbound 5 train
at the Fulton St. station, and an unidentifi
ed man followed her onto the
train and began masturbating. Upon
arrival at the Bowling Green station,
the victim exited the train and the man
fl ed the train and out of the subway system,
heading south on Broadway.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the 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, on Twitter @
NYPDTips or by texting to 274637
(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
All tips are strictly confi dential.
NINTH PRECINCT
He targeted Target
Police said that on Sat., July 13, at
around 11:30 p.m., at the Target store
at 500 E. 14th St., a man removed a
kitchen knife, a computer keyboard
and mouse and attempted to leave the
place without paying.
The store loss-prevention agent tried
to stop him, at which point the individual
brandished the knife and menaced
the agent and customers.
The guy then fl ed the location with
the stolen goods, heading in an unknown
direction. There were no injuries
reported.
The suspect is described as black, in
his mid-40s to early 50s and bald. He
was last seen wearing a white T-shirt,
white shorts and white sneakers.
Anyone with information should
contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
MIDTOWN SOUTH
Arrest ‘hypo stabber’
Police said that on Sat., July 20, they
made an arrest in the case of a homeless
man who allegedly stabbed a woman
with a needle inside a Koreatown
A.T.M., in the Midtown South police
precinct.
According to police, on Fri., July 12,
around 6:30 p.m., a slim man wearing
a Fordham ball cap approached a
58-year-old woman inside a Citibank
location at 22 W. 32nd St. He then
proceeded to display a hypodermic
needle, and stabbed her one time in
the neck.
The victim took herself to an urgentcare
facility after the incident.
Boyd Taylor, 35, who police said is
homeless, was arrested and charged
with second-degree assault. No motive
was given for the assault.
10TH PRECINCT
$10K bling bandit
A man used a Chelsea resident’s
personal information to fraudulently
purchase thousands of dollars worth
of jewelry earlier this year, police
said.
The victim, 49, reported that on Jan.
9, around 10:30 a.m., in a residential
building near W. 15th St. and Seventh
Ave., he discovered that his personal
information had been compromised.
Not only that — but his information
had been used to open a charge
account with Kay Jewelers.
After an investigation, it
was found that a man entered
the Kay Jewelers at
5376 Kings Plaza in Brooklyn,
in King’s Plaza Shopping
Center, and made about
$10,000 worth of purchases
on the fraudulent account.
Police released a surveillance
image of the suspect,
who is wanted for grand larceny.
He is described as having
an afro hairstyle and was
last seen wearing a dark green
military-patterned coat with black
jeans.
Anyone with information should
contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
C-train pervert
There was a public lewdness incident
on the subway on Thurs., June 27, according
to a police report. Around 8:30
a.m., on an Uptown C train heading to
the W. 14th St. station, a 53-year-old
woman saw a man expose his penis.
The perv left the train at the station.
Police released a photo of him, and anyone
with information is asked to contact
the Crime Stoppers Hotline.
9th Ave. robbery
Police said they are looking for three
men after a robbery in front of 150
Ninth Ave., at W. 19th St., early on Sun.,
June 23. Around 2:15 a.m., the group
reportedly approached a 25-year-old
male victim from behind, forced him to
the pavement and assaulted him. During
the attack, they took the victim’s
cell phone and wallet.
The three assailants then fl ed on foot
in an unknown direction. Among the
items in the victim’s wallet were two
credit cards. That same day, the group
of robbers reportedly used one of the
cards around 4:50 a.m. to buy items
in a deli at 215 Eighth Ave., at W. 21st
St. Police released surveillance images
of the three wanted men, who are all
described as being 18 to 20 years old.
Anyone with information is asked to
contact the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline.
Un-fare assault
A taxi driver was assaulted after
a late-night ride on Thurs., July 18,
according to police. The driver, 59,
told cops that, around 11:45 p.m., he
dropped off a woman at 610 W. 42nd
St., at 11th Ave. The woman refused to
pay the cab fare of $9.80. As she was
leaving the cab, she punched the driver
once on the left side of his face, causing
him pain. The hack refused medical attention
on scene. Nikzoehla Patel, 39,
was busted for misdemeanor assault.
Subway-sleep theft
A man was robbed last Sunday after
falling asleep on the subway, at 11th
Ave. and 34th St., police said. On July
21, around 5 a.m., a 34-year-old man
said that after he woke up, his wallet
was on the fl oor and several of his possessions
were missing, including $500
in cash, his cell phone, his black Nike
shoes and even his contact lenses. The
total value of the stolen items was $750.
The man said he didn’t feel that he had
been bumped or jostled awake.
The case is open and there is no description
of a suspect.
17TH PRECINCT
Hotel purse snatcher
There was a theft at the Double Tree
Hotel, at 569 Lexington Ave., at E. 51st
St., on Thurs., June 13, police said.
Around 2:35 p.m., a man took a
woman’s purse that she had left unattended
on a baggage cart. The man
then walked out of the hotel and fl ed
into the Lexington Ave./53rd St. E/M
subway station. Items in the purse included
$1,500 cash, three pair of sunglasses
and four credit cards.
Police released surveillance images
of the suspect, who is wanted for
grand larceny. He was last seen wearing
a dark blue Yankees baseball cap,
a gray hooded sweater, a white shirt,
blue jeans and black sneakers, and was
carrying an orange-and-white bag, plus
two cases of Heineken beer.
Gabe Herman
and Lincoln Anderson
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