MISSING PERSON:
EMANUEL BRENES
(23rd Precinct)
Police are asking for help in locating a missing 12-year-old boy from East Harlem who was last seen on August 22 at around 12:30 p.m. inside his home at 405 East 105th Street.
Police posted photos of the missing boy, whom they describe as a Hispanic male, 5’7”, 140 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, last seen wearing a blue and white striped T-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a black and white baseball cap.
BURGLARY:
INTERNATIONAL HEIST
(19th Precinct)
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia was burglarized by two suspects on August 22 at around 1 a.m., police said. According to police, the suspects entered the consulate at 5 East 68th Street through an unlocked side door. The man and woman grabbed a case of vodka, a Samsung tablet, a suitcase full of clothing, and keys to a van, which they used to drive off in a 2004 tan-colored Honda Odyssey, police said.
Police released photos and a video of the suspects, whom they describe as a male Hispanic, 18 to 25 years old, last seen wearing gray sweatpants and dark-colored sandals, and a female Hispanic, 18 to 25 years old, with black hair, last seen wearing a black and white striped tank top, dark-colored pants, and white sneakers.
ASSAULT:
SUBWAY STABBING
(26th Precinct)
A male suspect stabbed a subway rider after they fought on the Central Park North Station platform at 110th Street on August 6 at around 7 p.m., police said. According to police, the incident began aboard a northbound 2 train when the suspect yelled homophobic slurs at the 28-year-old male victim. Once they arrived at the Central Park North station, the suspect began walking off the train, but not before stepping back in and punching the victim in the face, according to police. The victim followed the suspect off the train and the two fought in the station, where the suspect then stabbed the victim and fled to street level, police said. However, the victim continued chasing the suspect in the streets until he caught up and was stabbed again, police said. The suspect continued fleeing east on West 109th Street.
Police released a photo and video of the suspect, whom they describe as a male Hispanic, 6’1”, 155 pounds, and last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and a dark green backpack.
UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE:
CREEPY COMMUTER
(Midtown South Precinct)
Police said that a male suspect was snapping photos of a 27-year-old female’s body by holding his cellphone beneath her shorts on August 6 at around 11:45 p.m. aboard a 7 train approaching the Grand Central 42nd Street Station.
Police released a photo of the suspect, whom they describe as a white male, around 5’9”, approximately 175 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, and last seen wearing a white baseball hat, black sneakers, a green T-shirt, and blue jeans.
FORCIBLE TOUCHING:
STRONGARMING SMOOCH
(24th Precinct)
A man is wanted for attempting to forcibly kiss a 48-year-old female who was walking her dog inside Riverside Park, police said. According to police, on August 5 at around 5:30 a.m., the male suspect approached the female who was around West 107th Street and Riverside Drive and asked for the time. The suspect then grabbed the victim and put her in a headlock, which the woman was able to break out of by striking the man in the groin. During his second attempt at a headlock, he tried to kiss the woman, who then bit him on the lips, at which point he released her and ran away.
Police released a sketch of the suspect, whom they describe as a Hispanic male, around 20 to 30 years old, 145 to 155 pounds, with a medium complexion, a muscular build, short brown curly hair, brown eyes, and last seen wearing a gray shirt, khaki shorts, and white sneakers.
ROBBERY:
RUDE AWAKENING
(19th Precinct)
Two suspects robbed a sleeping victim at gunpoint on August 9 at around 6 a.m., police said. According to police, the two male suspects approached the 32-year-old man who was sleeping on a bench near 3 East 89th Street, before displaying a handgun. One of the suspects, armed, pistol-whipped the victim when he refused to give up his belongings, police said. The suspects made off with the victim’s laptop and camera and fled into Central Park, according to police.
Police released a video and photos of the suspects, whom they describe as a black male, 18 to 25 years old, 6’, 150 pounds, and last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, with a second black male, 18 to 25 years old, 6’, 150 pounds, with a mustache and goatee, and last seen swearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.
MISSING PERSON:
KATHLEEN DIAZ
(24th Precinct)
A 15-year-old Upper West Sider was reported missing on July 25, according to police. Police said Kathleen Diaz was last seen at her home at 140 West 104th Street on July 25 at 8 a.m.
Police released a photo of the missing girl, whom they describe as a 4’11’ and 120-pound female.
ROBBERY:
DUMMY GUN
(Midtown North Precinct)
Police said an armed robber threatened a jewelry store in Midtown, but his gun fell apart when he attempted to use it. On August 7 at around 4 p.m., police said the suspect entered Rafaello & Co. at 22 West 47th Street and asked the two employees, a 61-year-old male and a 33-year-old female, to see a chain inside a display case. Police said as the male employee went to the back to retrieve the case key, the suspect pulled a handgun and pointed it at the female employee’s head. The male employee ran back after hearing screams and tried wrestling the gun out of the suspect’s hands, according to police. When the suspect got control of the gun and tried to fire, the gun fell apart, police said, and the suspect then fled empty-handed east on West 47th Street.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male, 20 to 25 years old, 6’2”, 160 pounds, and last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, black shoes, and a black baseball cap.
ASSAULT:
PEST CONTROL BREAKS BAD
(Midtown South Precinct)
Two suspects assaulted a 36-year-old victim by spraying him with an unknown substance as he waited for a train, police said. On July 30 at around 4:30 a.m., the victim was waiting for a 2 train at the northbound platform of the Times Square-42nd Street station. The two suspects began by verbally harassing the straphanger and then punched and sprayed him, before fleeing to an unknown location, police said. The victim was left with scratches to his hands and irritation in his eyes, according to police.
Police released a video of the suspects, whom they describe as a Hispanic male, approximately 19 to 20 years old, 5’, 140 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair, a medium complexion, and last seen wearing tan slacks, black sneakers, and a blue shirt, and a Hispanic female, approximately 19 to 20 years old, 5’, 130 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a light complexion, and last seen wearing blue jeans, sneakers, and a gray shirt.
ARSON:
BURNING BUSINESSES
(19th Precinct)
Police are looking for male suspect who is wanted for two arson incidents on the Upper East Side. Police said that on July 26 at around 2:30 a.m., the male suspect intentionally set fire to the front of La Mode Organic Cleaners at 526 East 82nd Street that caused property damage, but no injuries.
On August 3 at around 4:30 a.m., a male suspect intentionally set fire to Gentlemen’s Resale at 322 East 81st Street causing property damage, but no injuries.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they don’t otherwise describe.
ROBBERY:
CASH CABS
(Midtown South and Sixth Precinct)
A group of male suspects have been robbing, and in one case assaulting, cab drivers throughout the city, police said. According to police, the first incident occurred on July 10 at around 4:45 p.m. in front of 400 Fifth Avenue, between West 36th and 37th Streets, when two suspects entered a cab and asked to be taken to the Bronx, but instead stole the cabbie’s iPhone 6S and cash.
Two days later, on July 14 at around 2:30 p.m., police said two suspects were at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 35th Street when one of them entered a cab shortly after a drop-off. The suspect took the cab driver’s wallet and ran north on Fifth Avenue, police said. Later
On July 16 at around 10 p.m., two males entered a cab around the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 38th Street before grabbing the cash on the armrest and fleeing south on the avenue, according to police.
In the fourth case, police said that on July 18 at around 11 a.m. in front of 349 Fifth Avenue, between East 33rd and 34th Streets, three suspects entered a cab after it dropped of passengers and took the cash from the center console and fled westbound on East 34th Street while the other two fled southbound on Fifth Avenue.
Police said on July 22 at around 10:30 a.m. in front of 853 Broadway, between East 13th and 14th Streets, one male distracted the cabbie by asking to go to Brooklyn, while the other suspect opened the passenger side door and stole the cash from the center cup holder. When the driver tried to stop the second suspect, the first male punched him through the driver’s side door’s open window, police said. According to police, both of the suspects fled west on West 14th Street and the driver was not seriously injured.
The most recent incident occurred on the same day, police said, but at 11:15 a.m. in front of 894 Sixth Avenue, between East 31st and 32nd Streets, when two males entered a cab and stole the driver’s backpack from the front passenger seat.
Police released photos of the suspects, whom they describe as black males, in their late teens to mid-20s, with slim builds and medium complexions. Police said one of the suspects has a Batman logo on the inside of his left arm.
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
