HOMICIDE:
STABBED STEPS AWAY FROM POLICE
(Midtown South Precinct)
Police announced James Jackson, a 28-year-old Baltimore man, surrendered on March 22 in the fatal stabbing of a 66-year-old man at around 11:30 p.m. on March 20. WCBS News quoted William Aubry, the chief of Manhattan detectives saying, “His intentions were to come here to harm male blacks.” According to police, the victim was stabbed multiple times following a dispute outside of 462 Ninth Avenue, between West 35th and 36th Streets. The victim then walked around the corner to the Midtown South Precinct at 357 West 35th Street, where police found him with stab wounds on his chest and back. The man was taken by EMS to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
ASSAULT:
BRAZEN YOUNG TURK
(19th Precinct)
On March 8, police arrested Breonna Turk, a 24-year-old Upper East Side woman, for assaulting a 71-year-old woman inside the 86th Street station for the Q train (manhattanexpressnews.nyc/police-blotter-march-8-2017). Police said that on March 6, Turk and the victim got into an argument before the suspect pushed and then punched the victim in the station’s elevator.
BANK ROBBERY:
A BOLD BANK ROBBER
(Midtown South Precinct)
A man is wanted for a brash bank robbery of a Chase Bank where he demanded money by banging on the teller window, police said. On March 11 at around 2:30 p.m., the man stepped into the Chase Bank at 615 Fifth Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets, according to police. The suspect was able to make off with an undetermined amount of money as the teller complied, police said. Police released a photo of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male in his 40s with curly hair, weighing around 150 pounds, and last seen wearing a dark jacket and a knitted hat.
DOA:
TEEN TRAGEDY
(19th Precinct)
Takashi Tamiguchi, a 15-year-old boy, was found dead in his apartment at 164 East 85th Street on March 14 at around 9:15 p.m., police said. According to police, his mother discovered Tamiguchi in his room face down in a sleeping bag underneath an air mattress. Police said there were no signs of trauma. The medical examiner is working to determine the cause of the death and police said the investigation is ongoing
FORGERY:
SOLO SKIMMER
(19th Precinct)
Police are looking for a man who put a credit card skimming device onto an ATM inside a Capital One Bank at 991 Third Avenue, between East 59th and 60th Streets. According to police, the device was installed on February 23 at around 8:15 p.m. Police released photos of the suspect (available at manhattanexpressnews.nyc), whom they describe as a white male, between 20 and 30 years old, and last seen wearing a dark hat and dark jacket.
PETIT LARCENY:
THE FINAL HOTEL HEIST
(Midtown North Precinct)
Police arrested Brian Kromer, a 27-year-old resident of Stuyvesant Town, on March 9 for nabbing a dedication plaque from the Waldorf Astoria Clock in the hotel at 301 Park Avenue, between East 49th and 50th Streets. Police said that on February 28 at around 1 a.m., Kromer was able to lift the personal souvenir, just hours before the famed hotel was due to close for renovation. After Kromer grabbed the plaque from the hotel lobby, he escaped and joined two women he was with in hailing a yellow taxi as their getaway vehicle, police said. Kromer is charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
FORGERY:
DEPLORABLE DUO
(17th Precinct)
Two men are wanted for installing a credit card skimmer and camera unit onto an ATM inside 833 Second Avenue between East 44th and 45th Streets on February 6 at around 10 a.m. Police released photos of the suspects (available at manhattanexpressnews.nyc), whom they describe as both white males, between 20 and 30 years old, and both wearing a dark hat and dark jacket, with one wearing blue jeans and the other, dark pants.
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
