CHILD ENDANGERMENT:
SHAKE SHACK SMOOCH (20TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for more information about an incident of endangering the welfare of a child that occurred on January 11 at 11:30 a.m. According to police, a male suspect approached a 12-year-old girl inside the Shake Shack at 366 Columbus Avenue near 77th Street and grabbed her wrist. The girl pulled away and the suspect made his way downstairs, where he approached a 13-year-old girl. After asking for her name and hugging her, the suspect gave her a kiss on the right cheek. As the 13-year-old pulled away, the suspect fled on foot on Columbus Avenue.
Police released the following video of a suspect they described as black male, 5’6″ and 155 lbs, with black hair, wearing a black waist-length leather jacket, dark blue pants and black sneakers.
ASSAULT:
LATE NIGHT, BLUNT FORCE (MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
On December 19, a verbal dispute ended with a concussion and fractured ribs for one victim and a swollen right hand for the other victim, according to police. Police said that two male suspects approached the victims at 2:30 a.m. in front of 666 10th Avenue, near 47th Street, and, after arguing, struck the victims with blunt objects. The victims were rushed to Roosevelt Hospital and the police are still on the hunt for the two suspects.
Police released the following photos of the suspects, the first of them described as a Latino male, 20 to 25 years old with a slim build, last seen wearing a dark colored jacket, light colored pants, black and white sneakers and had a Mohawk style haircut.
The second suspect was described as a Latino male Hispanic, 20 to 25 years old with a heavy build, last seen wearing a dark colored jacket, dark colored pants, white sneakers, and a dark colored baseball cap.
ROBBERY:
DEAD PRESIDENTS, NO CHEESE (23RD PRECINCT)
On December 20 at 9:50 p.m., a male suspect entered the Little Caesar’s Pizza on 1936 Third Avenue near 107th Street and, according to police, pointed a gun at the clerk behind the register, demanding money. The armed suspect made off with an undetermined amount of cash and there were no injuries from the incident, according to police.
Police released the following video of a suspect, described as a black male in his 30s, 5’8″ tall, 150 pounds, with brown eyes, and last seen wearing a green hooded sweater, a sleeveless jacket, black jeans, black sneakers, and holding a black firearm.
ARSON:
SAINT NEW YEAR’S FIRE (19TH PRECINCT)
On January 9, police apprehended a suspect at the Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest at 2 East 90th Street after a 911 call at around 1 p.m. The call was made when a male suspect was seen stacking pew cushions and torn paper onto pews and then lighting them on fire. Church staff said when they asked the suspect what he was doing, he replied, “Don’t worry, it’s a New Year’s Fire.” The suspect continued into the vestibule where he began hitting a glass window with a paper weight, police said. The FDNY joined the call and extinguished the fire, while the suspect was caught by police trying to escape out the back door and then brought to New York Presbyterian Hospital for evaluation. The suspect, identified as Regis De Foucauld of the Upper West Side, was charged with second-degree arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment.
ROBBERY:
SIRI COULD BE A WITNESS (24TH PRECINCT)
According to police, a male suspect robbed a 19-year-old male victim in the street on November 13 at 11 a.m. The suspect approached the victim at the northeast corner of Central Park West and West 104th Street. After saying he had a gun, the suspect told the victim to follow him and when they reached West 105th Street between Central Park West and Manhattan Avenue, the suspect took an iPhone 5S, headphones, and a paycheck from the victim’s pockets, police said. The victim wasn’t injured, and the suspect fled in an unknown direction. The police released the following surveillance photo of a suspect described as a black male black, 5’6″, and 160 pounds, last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a dark-color do-rag, and yellow sneakers.
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.
