SEXUAL ASSAULT:
ALLEGED RAPIST AT LARGE
(19TH PRECINCT)
Police have arrested Gregory Anderson, a 32-year-old resident of Lenox Avenue in Manhattan, on charges of sexual assault for an incident that took place on February 6 at 5 a.m. According to police, Anderson approached the 36-year-old female as she crossed Second Avenue walking along East 94th Street.
According to police, Anderson grabbed the victim from behind and threw her to the ground, then forced her to walk further down the block. After that, Anderson removed $40 from the victim and sexually assaulted her, police said. The victim was able to flee into a nearby store where Anderson was unable to find her, according to police.
The photograph police released of Anderson was from a 2014 arrest for public drinking. Police announced his arrest late in the day on February 10.
BURGLARY: THROUGH
YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR
(17TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for an individual responsible for six instances of Midtown burglaries ranging from December 15 to January 29, most of which involved the suspect entering through the front door.
The earliest incident occurred on December 15 at 9 a.m. at a home located near East 38th Street and Tunnel Exit Street, where the suspect entered through the front window and stole various electronics before fleeing on foot, according to police.
Three days later on December 18, the suspect entered a home at 9:30 a.m. near East 30th Street and Lexington Avenue through the bedroom window and did not steal anything before fleeing, police said.
About a month later, police said another incident occurred where the suspect entered a home near East 33rd Street and Lexington Avenue on January 17 at 9:45 a.m. through an open front door and stole various electronics.
The next day, the suspect entered a home near East 39th Street and Lexington Avenue and stole a cellphone, a bicycle, and trash bags. Caught by a superintendent who snapped a photo of him, the suspect then fled west on East 39th Street by foot, police said.
According to police, the penultimate incident occurred on January 25 at approximately 11:15 a.m. when the suspect entered a home near East 34th Street and Third Avenue through the front door and stole a computer and eight watches.
In the most recent incident, police said, the suspect entered a home through the front door near East 36th Street and Third Avenue on January 29 at 4 p.m. and stole a cellphone and camera.
Police released photos of the suspect wanted for questioning, whom they describe as a black adult male, last seen wearing a black jacket, blue-hooded sweatshirt underneath, pants, black shoes, and a black hat, and wielding a screwdriver.
ASSAULT:
A STRUGGLE ENDS IN SHOTS
(23RD PRECINCT)
On February 5 at around 8:15 p.m., two unknown males approached two victims, a 16-year-old male and a 19-year-old male as they were waiting for an elevator inside an apartment building on Lexington Avenue and East 108th Street, police said. The two suspects displayed a firearm to the two teens and demanded their property before engaging in a struggle, according to police. Police said the scuffle ended in the 16-year-old getting shot in the right knee and the 19-year-old getting pistol-whipped. The two victims were taken to an area hospital by responding EMS.
Police released a video of the two suspects, whom police did not otherwise describe.
ROBBERY:
A REALLY BAD COLD
(17TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for two suspects who pilfered cold and flu medicine from the CVS pharmacy located at 757 Third Avenue, between East 47th and 48th Streets. According to police, the suspects entered the store at 6:45 p.m. on January 19 and began stuffing their book bags with the cold and flu medicine. When a store employee approached the suspects, they slashed the 17-year-old female’s hand with an unknown object before fleeing. The store employee refused medical attention.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspects, whom police did not otherwise describe.
PUBLIC LEWDNESS:
UNDERGROUND PERV
(14TH PRECINCT)
On January 28 at around 7:30 a.m., a man on a southbound 4 train at Grand Central subway station exposed himself to a female passenger, according to police. Immediately after, he hopped into the next train car and proceeded to expose himself again to other female passengers, police said.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a approximately 30-year-old black male, around 5’9”, and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
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
