SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE:
FALSE ALARM AT TIMES SQUARE
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
On April 2, the NYPD’s Critical Response Command evacuated Times Square after observing a suspicious vehicle parked on West 46th Street at around 8 p.m. According to police, the truck had a Brooklyn address on its side, despite its Georgia license plates, and was parked in a bus stop outside the Marriott Hotel’s entrance.
The police said that in looking into the truck’s cabin they saw wires extending from the dashboard to the rear and gas canisters behind the seat. The Critical Response Command immediately requested the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit and Bomb Squad.
According to police, the Bomb Squad and ESU determined the gas canisters were empty and later found the driver. The truck was deemed safe, but the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Police released photos of the truck showing the Critical Response Command team who responded.
PATTERN OF ROBBERY:
ELEVATOR BOOSTING
(28TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for a suspect believed to be tied to three robberies that took place on West 111th Street.
On March 19 at around 1:15 p.m., the suspect followed a 16-year-old male into his apartment building’s elevator, located near the intersection of West 111th and Lenox Avenue, police said. The suspect threatened to shoot the teenage victim if he didn’t give up his cellphone, police said. After taking the cellphone, the suspect ran away in an unknown direction.
Two days later, on March 21, the suspect repeated his actions at around 4 p.m. near the same intersection, according to police. In this case, the suspect similarly threatened a 17-year-old victim in his apartment’s elevator and was given his cellphone, $10, and a MetroCard before fleeing.
In the most recent instance, on April 3 at around 10 a.m., the suspect was in the vicinity of West 111th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue before following an 18-year-old male into his apartment’s elevator. The suspect again threatened to shoot the victim if he didn’t give him his property. But the victim refused and pushed his way past the suspect, who fled the building in an unknown direction.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male, ranging from 20 to 25 years old and last seen wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans, and dark-colored sneakers.
UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE:
CREEPY COMMUTER
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
On April 1, a male aboard a 3 train traveling between 34th Street and 42nd Street stops took pictures of a seated 23-year-old female as he stood over her, police said. Police released photos of the suspect (available at manhattanexpressnews.nyc) whom they don’t otherwise describe.
FATALITY:
PARKING NIGHTMARE
(19TH PRECINCT)
Police are continuing their investigation of a fatal vehicle collision at Madison Avenue and East 95th Street on March 26 at around 6 p.m. According to initial investigations, a black 2013 Lincoln sedan backed into the 76-year-old female victim as its driver was attempting to park. Officers found Mary Jo Myszelow, an upstate Cornwall resident, conscious and alert, but with injuries to her head. Police said EMS transported her to Mount Sinai Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries on March 31.
Police said no arrests were made and that the investigation was ongoing by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad.
GRAND LARCENY:
STAY ALERT
(25TH PRECINCT)
On March 8 around 6 p.m., police said a 34-year-old female had her $20 bill stolen from her hand as she was trying to buy a MetroCard at the 116 Street 6 train station. The suspect fled the station and there were no injuries.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a dark-skinned male in his early 20s, 5’8″ tall and weighing 160 pounds.
GRAND LARCENY:
BRONZE BANDIT
(19TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for a Gilt Bronze statue and the person who stole it on March 16 at around 2:30 p.m. According to police, the bronze statue was removed from a 60-year-old female victim’s home during an open house art exhibition at her home near East 74th Street.
Police released photos of the statue.
LOCAL POLICE CONTACTS:
Midtown North Precinct
306 West 54th Street
212-767-8400
Midtown South Precinct
357 West 35th Street
212-239-9811
17th Precinct
167 East 51st Street
212-826-3211
19th Precinct
153 East 67th Street
212-452-0600
20th Precinct
120 West 82nd Street
212-580-6411
23rd Precinct
162 East 102nd Street
212-860-6411
24th Precinct
151 West 100th Street
212-678-1811
26th Precinct
520 West 126th Street
212-678-1311
Central Park Precinct
86th Street and Transverse Road
212-570-4820
