Mugger cuts man’s pants One man’s subway snooze was abruptly cut short when he woke up to find a man sawing at his pants’ pocket. The 29-year-old reported that he boarded a southbound E Train at Lexington and 53rd St. He awoke at the World Trade Center station at about 2:30 a.m. to see a [...]
Continue reading …SCHOOL GIRL SLASHED On their way home from school, two teenage girls were attacked by high school peers. The victims, both 14, told police they were walking home from Chelsea High School in Soho at 3:45 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 7 when the incident occurred. They had reached the northwest corner of Canal St. and [...]
Continue reading …TRUNK THEFT A woman’s purse was stolen from the trunk of her car, which was parked on the northeast corner of Mercer and Grand Streets on Sun., Nov. 25. The victim, 49, told police she had been shopping in the area when she returned to her car at about 11 p.m. She opened the trunk [...]
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FiDi PARKING ATTENDANT KILLED IN ACCIDENT A worker at a Financial District parking garage was killed on Mon., Nov. 26, after an apparent mistake caused a car to roll of an elevator lift and fall on him, police said. Victoriano Vizciano, 45, of the Bronx, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 7 a.m. [...]
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Picked a fight with the wrong guy This guy fought a cop to try to prevent him from making an arrest — so he ended up in cuffs, too. Shibu Okechukwu, 26, appeared to be trying to protect a friend on Wed., Nov. 14 at around 3 p.m. when stepping in the middle of the [...]
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Grand thefts auto A Tribeca resident reported his car was stolen on Sun., Nov. 11 after he had parked it right outside his own building. The man, 40, told police he parked the 2000 Audi A4 outside his apartment on Greenwich Street, between Canal and Watts Streets, at around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. When [...]
Continue reading …Hurricane deaths Two deaths in Downtown have been attributed to Hurricane Sandy, which struck the city on Mon., Oct. 29. Frank Suber, 55, of Staten Island, was found dead inside a commercial building at 90 Broad St. at around 1:30 a.m. on Tues., Oct. 30, police said. It was unclear why he was there. Police [...]
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Hudson River Park rape suspect indicted The man arrested for raping a 21-year-old woman in Hudson River Park last month has been indicted, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced on Tues., Oct. 23. Jonathan Stewart, 25, was charged with predatory sexual assault, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree and [...]
Continue reading …Assaulted for sneakers A violent robber was collared in Tribeca early on Sun., Oct. 14 after he allegedly beat up a man and stole his sneakers. Ryan Hopson, 28, attacked the 30-year-old victim on West Broadway near White Street around 3 a.m., police said. While the victim was on the ground, Hopson pulled off his Nike [...]
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