SHOOTING:
MIDTOWN MAYHEM
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
A 46-year-old knife-wielding man was shot dead by police at around 8:15 a.m. on May 18, according to the NYPD. Police said the man entered the Food Emporium at West 49th Street and Eighth Avenue before becoming aggressive, belligerent, and swearing at employees.
According to police, a uniformed officer responded and confronted the male, who struggled with the officer before they both fell to the ground outside the store. Police said the suspect revealed an eight-inch knife once he got back on his feet.
Three officers were on the scene and told the suspect to drop the knife, according to police, but an officer and sergeant opened fire as the armed man continued to approach them. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A 46-year-old female bystander received a graze wound on her wrist and a police officer suffered a minor wound — not from gunfire — that may have been sustained during the earlier scuffle with the suspect, according to police, who said that both injuries were minor.
Police said the name of the suspect, whom they describe as a white male, was being withheld pending family notification. According to police, the investigation is ongoing with the Force Investigation Division.
Police released photos of the recovered weapon.
GRAND LARCENY:
BUMPY COMMUTE
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
On May 1 at around 3 p.m., police said, a male suspect bumped into and stole a wallet from a 42-year-old female victim in the Times Square – 42nd Street subway station at West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. Police added the suspect fled in an unknown direction.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male, 5’9” tall, 200 pounds, partially bald with black hair, medium complexion, and last seen wearing a gray sweatsuit and a black jacket.
ROBBERY:
STEALING FROM SANTANDER
(19TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for a male suspect they believe is connected to two robberies at different Santander Banks. According to police, the first incident occurred on March 8 at 3 p.m. at the Santander Bank at 250 Lexington Avenue, between East 34th and 35th Streets, where the suspect approached the teller, demanded money, and left with an undetermined amount of money.
Two months later on May 12 at 5:30 p.m., police believe, another incident at the Santander Bank
at 711 Third Avenue, between East 44th and 45th Streets, involved the same suspect, who similarly approached the teller, demanded money, and fled with an undetermined amount of money. In both instances, there were no injuries reported as the tellers complied with the suspect’s demands, police said.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they don’t otherwise describe.
FATALITY:
PINNED PEDESTRIAN
(19TH PRECINCT)
An 85-year-old man was pinned between two vehicles and later died in an incident on May 10 at around 10:30 a.m., according to police. Police said that Vincent Downing, an Upper East Sider, was walking westward on East 71st Street when a blue sedan that was backing up on Third Avenue struck him and pinned him against another vehicle, an unoccupied parked truck. Police said the driver remained on the scene. The victim was found with severe trauma to his legs and transported by EMS to Cornell Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver was also transported to Cornell Medical Center for emotional trauma.
SEX ABUSE:
6 TRAIN SCUM
(17TH PRECINCT)
Police arrested a 53-year-old male for persistent sexual abuse on May 10 at around 1 p.m. According to police, plainclothes officers from Transit District 4 were on the southbound platform of the 6 train at the 86th Street Station when they noticed William Faulkner, a Wards Island resident, attempt to catch up to a woman entering the train. Police said that it was at the 77th Street Station where Faulkner began “grinding his pelvic area onto the victim as he had her essentially cornered in the car.”
As the train approached the 68th Street stop, the 30-year-old female victim had to go underneath Faulkner’s arm to move to another side of the train, and the officers then identified themselves to Faulkner, who responded, “You saw that?” police said.
According to police, the two officers arrested Faulkner after removing him from the train and onto the 59th St Station. He was charged with persistent sexual abuse and sexual abuse.
ARSON:
GARBAGE INFERNOS
(23RD PRECINCT)
The police are looking for a male suspect wanted for two arson incident on the Upper East Side. The first incident, police said, occurred on May 5 at around 4 a.m., when the suspect lit trash on fire in front of 1516 Lexington Avenue, between East 97th and 98th Streets. The fire spread to a parked Mitsubishi before being extinguished, police said.
And on May 9, at around 11:30 p.m., the suspect again lit trash on fire in front of 1490 Madison Avenue, between East 102nd and 103rd Streets, which spread to a parked Ford before being extinguished, police said.
Police released a video of the suspect, whom they describe as a male with a medium complexion.
ROBBERY:
BANK BANDIT
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
On April 28, at around 3:30 p.m., a male suspect made away with $780 from the Chase Bank at 1260 Broadway, between West 32nd and 33rd Streets, police said. According to police, the suspect entered the bank and approached the teller, passing over a note that demanded money. The teller complied and gave over the money, and the suspect fled into the 34th Street –– Herald Square station.
Police released a photo of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male, between 34 and 45 years old, 5’6”, and last seen wearing a black hooded jacket and red baseball cap.
ASSAULT:
PUNKS ARRESTED
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
Police have arrested two teens connected to two incidents of assault outside of 530 West 45th Street in April. According to police, four teenagers attacked a 36-year-old male on April 23 at around 12:30 a.m. with an unknown object before fleeing. Later that day, at around 2 a.m., the four teens then approached a 25-year-old male and attacked him with a glass bottle, causing swelling in his face and a cut to his hand.
As part of an ongoing investigation, police have nabbed Bryan Urbaez, a 16-year-old Midtown resident, and charged him with assault. Police also arrested Jahlique Chavers, a 17-year-old Midtown resident as well, who was charged with two counts of gang assault and assault.
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
