Police Blotter
Police Blotter
SIXTH PRECINCT
Bleecker burglar
There was an apartment burglary on
the morning of Tues., July 23, according
to police. Around 8:30 a.m., near Bleecker
and Thompson Sts., a man entered an
apartment through a secured front door.
Once inside, he took electronics and
jewelry, before fl eeing in an unknown
direction. The suspect remains at large.
Late-night assault
There was an early-morning assault in
front of 42 Grove St., between Bleecker
and Bedford Sts., on Sat., Aug. 31, police
said. Around 3:25 a.m., a 26-year-old
man was having a conversation, when
a woman came up from behind and
stabbed him in the head, causing a small
puncture and bleeding.
The victim said the attacker held a
small, silver-colored object in an aggressive
manner while approaching him, but
he did not identify the weapon. He was
treated by E.M.S. medics at the scene.
Jasmine Murrell Banks, 23, was arrested
for felony assault.
Alarming theft
There was an attempted e-bike theft
at the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal
Sts., according to a police report.
On Mon., Aug. 26, around 9:45 p.m.,
a 31-year-old man said he parked his
electric bike outside the location. He left
it unlocked but the bike, worth $1,500,
had an alarm on it. While inside picking
up a food order, he heard the alarm go
off. He looked outside and saw a man
trying to run away with his bike.
The victim chased after the thief for
half a block, and the man dropped the
bike along with his own phone, then
fl ed. James Springer, 25, was arrested
the same day for felony grand larceny.
Bank bummer
An elderly woman had thousands of
dollars stolen from her bank account,
according to a police report. An 86-yearold
Horatio St. resident reported last
year that she noticed large amounts of
money missing from her Chase privateclient
checking account.
After looking further into her account,
the woman discovered 14 fraudulent
transactions totaling more than
$34,800. However, she had never lost
possession of any cards or checks. It was
unknown where the transactions were
made.
An arrest was made last week, on
Aug. 27, when Ioana Nedelcu, 41, was
arrested for felony grand larceny.
SEVENTH PRECINCT
LES sexual abuse
Police are seeking the public’s help
in identifying a man in connection
with a recent sexual-abuse incident on
the Lower East Side.
According to police, on Wed., Aug. 21,
at 1:55 p.m., in the vicinity of Broome
and Ludlow Sts., a 19-year-old female
was entering a residential building when
an unidentifi ed man followed her into
the lobby.
Once inside, the man grabbed the
teenager from behind and began to
grind his pelvis against her buttocks
over her clothing, then fl ed the location
in an unknown direction.
The victim was uninjured and refused
medical attention at the scene.
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 Crime
Stoppers Web site at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM, or on Twitter
@ NYPDTips. All tips are confi dential.
Peed on train victim
Police said that on Sun., June 16, at 2
a.m., a 23-year-old woman was onboard
a Manhattan-bound J train when a man
standing next to her began to masturbate.
The woman walked to the other
side of the train but the guy followed her
— then began to urinate on her.
The victim exited the subway at
Delancey and Essex Sts. but the man
followed her and jumped on her back.
The victim sustained minor injuries and
refused medical attention on scene. The
attacker fl ed to parts unknown.
The suspect is described as black,
around 25 to 35 years of old, about 5 feet
9 inches tall and with a thin build. He
was last seen wearing a black shirt with
a white logo on its front, black pants and
a black baseball hat.
Anyone with information should
contact the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline.
NINTH PRECINCT
Rite Aid shoplifter
A shoplifter hit an East Village Rite
Aid earlier this summer and made off
with a major haul, police recently reported.
In the June 26 incident, an unidentifi
ed male entered the store at 81 First
Ave., between E. Fourth and E. Fifth
Sts., around 11 a.m. While inside, he
removed various merchandise from
shelves and stuffed them in a backpack.
He fl ed the location with roughly $1,700
worth of store merchandise.
Surveillance video of the individual
stealing the items was provided by police.
The video shows him taking items from
the shelves in a row marked “Cough &
Cold” and possibly “Mouthwash.” (The
sign is fuzzed out in part of the photo
to hide the identity of a shopper in the
background.)
Anyone with information should contact
Crime Stoppers.
10TH PRECINCT
Chlelsea watch rob
Police said they are looking for two
men in connection with a robbery in
Chelsea on Sunday evening, Aug. 25.
In the incident, around 10:50 p.m., a
21-year-old man was walking near the
corner of W. 15th St. and Sixth Ave.,
when two unknown men approached,
police said. They began to punch and
kick the man about his head and body.
One of the attackers took the victim’s
wristwatch, valued at around $13,000,
before both fl ed.
E.M.S. medics responded to the scene
and took the victim to the Lenox Health
Greenwich Village stand-alone emergency
department. He had facial fractures,
pain and swelling.
Anyone with information should
contact the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline.
7-train grope
There was a recent sexual assault in
the subway at Hudson Yards, according
to police. On Wed., Aug. 21, around 1
a.m., a 30-year-old woman was sitting
on a 7 train that had stopped at the
34th St.-Hudson Yards station. The next
thing she knew, a man was grabbing
her breasts. The victim resisted and
confronted the man, who then fl ed
from the train.
Police described the attacker as Hispanic,
around 5 feet 3 inches tall and
160 pounds, with short black hair. He
was last seen wearing a white shirt,
blue shorts and white sneakers.
Raising canes
A group of six people, including four
men and two women, attacked and
robbed a man in the Meatpacking District
early on the morning of Wed., Aug.
21, according to a police report.
Around 3 a.m., the group assaulted
a 52-year-old man who was sleeping
in front of 61 Ninth Ave., at W. 15th
St. They hit him on his head and body
with canes and a glass bottle. Another
man, 22, was walking by and tried to
intervene, and the group hit him with
the canes and threw him down onto the
pavement.
The group took the 52-year-old man’s
bicycle and wallet, and the 22-year-old’s
cell phone and belt pack. E.M.S. took
the younger victim to Bellevue Hospital
in stable condition. The older victim was
treated at the scene. The attackers fl ed
south on foot along Ninth Ave.
MIDTOWN NORTH
Random attack
A man randomly assaulted a woman
in Midtown on Tues., Aug. 20, according
to police. Around 5:05 p.m., at the
corner of Seventh Ave. and 52nd St., a
20-year-old woman was walking when
a man approached and punched her
in the face. There was no exchange or
interaction between the two before the
incident. The attacker then fl ed south on
Seventh Ave. The victim suffered a cut
lip and was taken by E.M.S. to Bellevue
Hospital in stable condition.
Grabbed pedicab
An unattended pedicab was stolen
on Sat., Aug. 17, according to a police
report. Around 9:45 p.m., a 27-year-old
man left his pedicab outside 731 Ninth
Ave., between W. 49th and 50th Sts.,
and went in to grab some dinner. When
he returned 15 minutes later, the bike
was gone. Investigation revealed four
young men took the bike and fl ed. Two
wore black T-shirts with rock band logos,
one Nirvana, the other Metallica.
Gabe Herman
and Lincoln Anderson
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