ASSAULT: DIRT BIKE DRIVE-BY
(23RD PRECINCT)
On December 13, a male suspect dressed in all black fled on a white dirt bike after firing gunshots, according to police. At around 4 p.m. on Second Avenue, between 112th and 113th Streets, a male victim felt blood after hearing the gunshots, police said. The victim was brought to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, but police are still looking for the suspect who fled on the dirt bike.
BURGLARY: BOOZE BANDIT
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
Police are on the lookout for a suspect who has repeatedly stolen high-end liquor from the White Oak Oyster Bar at 818 10th Avenue near 54th Street. According to police, a suspect forcefully entered the bar through a side door on November 27, November 29, and November 30. The liquor totaled to more than $4,000, police said.
GRAND LARCENY: SNATCHING CIGARS
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
On November 23 at 4:20 p.m., a black male in his 30s, 5’7” and weighing approximately 155 pounds, walked into the Davidoff of Geneva Cigar Lounge at 1390 Sixth Avenue near 56th Street, police said, and made off with four boxes of cigars out of a humidor. The suspect, last seen wearing a gray shirt, black scarf, gray pants, black shoes, and sunglasses fled southbound on Sixth Avenue. Police reported no injuries.
FORGERY: PREYING ON THE HUNGRY
(17TH PRECINCT)
On August 20, an ATM technician discovered that a bank machine within the McDonald’s at 824 Third Avenue near 50th Street was installed with a credit card skimming device, according to police. Police have removed the device and using surveillance video have identified a suspect described as a white male, 5’11” and weighing 220 pounds. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
ROBBERY: JEWELRY SPREE
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
Two suspects, previously wanted for an October 9 robbery at Kenjo Jewelry Store at 40 West 57 Street, have engaged in other similar exploits, according to police. The NYPD says it has connected a robbery at Jewelry Patch on 501 Seventh Avenue near 37th Street on September 19 at 2:30 p.m. to the October incident by comparing the modus operandi of each.
According to police, the two suspects entered Madison Jewelers at 1385 Broadway near 38th Street on December 2 at 5:20 p.m. Similar to the previous two incidents, the two male suspects — one described as a black male, 30-35 years-old, 5’7″ – 5’8″, with a stocky build; the other a black male, early to mid-30s, 5’5″ – 5’7″, with a thin build — threatened the employees with the display of a firearm and made off with multiple pieces of jewelry.
ASSAULT: UWS HATE CRIME
(24TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for a black male, late teens to early 20s, suspected of attacking an employee of the West Side Judaica at 2412 Broadway near West 89th Street. According to police, the suspect punched the male victim in the face after making threatening remarks at around 1:15 p.m. on November 30. Police said the suspect was yelling anti-Semitic remarks at the victim.
The victim refused medical attention and the suspect fled on a Razor scooter. The incident has been referred to the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit, according to officials.
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
Anyone with information regarding these incidents or other suspected criminal activity can call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, visit the Crime Stoppers website a www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls or contacts are strictly confidential.
