ROBBERY: TROUBLED TEENS
(19TH AND CENTRAL PARK PRECINCTS)
Police are looking for two young male suspects for two knifepoint robbery incidents that happened on consecutive days.
On April 17 at around 11:30 p.m., the two suspects, armed with a knife near East Drive and the 79th Street Transverse in Central Park, approached a 17-year-old male, demanding his property, according to police. After punching the victim’s head, pushing him to the ground, and kicking him, the suspects made off with the victim’s wallet with $150.
Police said that about an hour later, the two suspects approached a 73-year-old male as he was entering his home at East 81st Street and Second Avenue. The suspects again showed their knife before taking the victim’s cellphone and $200, according to police.
Police released photos of the suspects, describing one as a male Hispanic, 16-20 years old, last seen wearing a shirt with black long sleeves and black and white print on the front, dark blue jeans, and sneakers. The other suspect, also described as a male Hispanic, 16-20 years old, was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, a black hooded sweatshirt, jeans, and black shoes.
SEXUAL ABUSE:
SUBWAY NAB (20TH PRECINCT)
Police nabbed a registered level 3 sex offender, who’s known for preying on female MTA passengers, on April 21 around 5:30 p.m. As Lieutenant Luis Almonte and Police Officer Leslie Friday were conducting pickpocket and sex abuse train patrols inside the Times Square–42nd Street 1, 2, 3 stop when they recognized Wilson Bradley, a 59-year-old Bronx native. The plainclothes police officers followed Bradley onto a northbound 3 train, as he closely followed a female passenger inside, police said.
According to police, Bradley positioned himself behind the 24-year-old victim, “repeatedly thrusting and gyrating his hips against the victim.” After both the victim and suspect left the train at the 72nd St station, the officers placed him under arrest after checking on the female victim. Police have charged Bradley with persistent sexual abuse and forcible touching.
GRAND LARCENY: THE NEW LIQUID ASSET
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
Police have connected three incidents of grand larceny where a male suspect made off with hundreds of bottles of nail polish from various Duane Reades throughout the area.
According to police, Juan Baez, a 48-year-old Bronx native entered a Duane Reade at 22 West 48th Street on January 7 at around 4:45 p.m., and stuffed approximately 192 bottles of nail polish inside his backpack.
Baez continued his nail polish spree on April 2 at around 5 p.m. at a Duane Reade on 1370 Avenue of the Americas near West 56th Street, police said. There, he dumped 315 bottles of nail polish into his backpack before leaving without paying, according to police.
In the most recent incident, police said Baez was seen on April 11 at around 7:15 p.m. at the Duane Reade at 22 West 48th Street. Baez lifted 186 bottles of nail polish this time, for a grant total of nearly 700 bottles, police said.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a 48-year-old male.
MISSING PERSON:MISSING ON UWS
(24TH PRECINCT)
Police are looking for Lula Gray, a 53-year-old missing female last seen on April 22 at 2:30 a.m. outside her home at 52 West 105th Street. Police released photos of Gray, whom they describe as 5’6” tall, 160 pounds, with a medium complexion, brown eyes, and black hair.
COLLISION: PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
According to police, an 80-year-old male victim was struck on the crosswalk of West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue by an Audi A6 operated by a 23-year-old male, who remained on the scene. Police responded to the incident on May 1 around 8 p.m. and found Richard Headley, an Upper West Sider, on the ground unresponsive and unconscious. Police said that after EMS responded and transported Headley to Cornell Medical Center, he succumbed to his injuries on May 2. Police said the investigation is ongoing.
ROBBERY: GUNPOINT GRAB
(20TH PRECINCT)
On April 24 at around 6:45 a.m., police said two male suspects robbed a 53-year-old male at gunpoint. According to police, the two suspects approached the victim as he entered the vestibule of his apartment at West 81st Street. After displaying their firearm, the suspects demanded the victim’s property, which included two bags containing $3,400 in cash, a cellphone, and two iPads. The suspects fled in a black SUV.
Police released a video of the suspects, whom they don’t otherwise describe.
SEXUAL ASSAULT: CHILD OFFERED FOR SEX
(CENTRAL PARK PRECINCT)
The police are trying to identify an adult male and his child they believe may be linked to an attempted sexual abuse that happened in Central Park on April 28 at around 10:30 p.m.
Police said that the father of the 11-year-old child approached a 50-year-old male near Bow Bridge and West 74th Street and offered his son up for sex for an undetermined amount of money. After declining, the man reported the incident to police.
Police describe the adult suspect as a white male, approximately 36 years old, 5’7” tall, 160 pounds, brown hair, light complexion, medium build, last seen wearing a dark colored winter coat with a fur food and dark pants. As for the child, police describe him as a white male with a slim build and last seen wearing a red or orange windbreaker coat.
ASSAULT: STATIONARY STABBING
(19TH PRECINCT)
Police said that on April 23 at around 11:15 p.m., a male suspect stabbed a 45-year-old male victim 11 times before fleeing. According to police, the suspect exited his silver Toyota Camry and approached the victim in his parked gray Toyota Corolla that was in front of 420 East 61st Street. The suspect brandished a knife and stabbed the victim multiple times before getting back into his Camry and driving off northbound, eventually crashing into a parked Mercedes Benz SUV around East 76th Street and Madison Avenue, police said.
EMS took the victim to an area hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition, according to police.
Police attached a video of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male in his early 30s.
ASSAULT: JUMPED BY FOUR
(MIDTOWN NORTH PRECINCT)
The police are on the lookout for four individuals that they believe are tied to two incidents of assault outside 530 West 45th Street. According to police, just after midnight on April 23 the group of four male suspects approached a 36-year-old male victim and repeatedly hit him in the fact with an unknown object. The suspects fled, and the victim was treated and released from Mount Sinai West Hospital.
The second incident was only a couple of hours later at around 2 a.m. when the four approached a 25-year-old male in front of the same address and attacked him with glass bottle. The victim, who suffered swelling in his face and a cut on his left hand, was also treated and released from Mount Sinai West Hospital.
Police released video and photos of the suspects, whom they describe as black males, approximately 16-20-years-old, 160 pounds, and last seen wearing dark pants and dark shirts.
ROBBERY: FIVE-WOMAN DISCOUNT
(20TH PRECINCT)
On April 23, five female suspects robbed a 27-year-old female while she was walking on West End Avenue at around 11:10 p.m., police said. According to police, the five suspects approached the victim from behind before knocking her down and stealing her purse, which contained a debit card, a credit card, and an iPhone. Police found that the cards were later used at two nearby Duane Reade stores.
The victim suffered pain and bruising to the face, elbow, and foot but wasn’t transported to the hospital, police said.
Police released video and a photo of the suspects, whom they don’t otherwise describe.
ROBBERY: RED LIGHT ROBBERY
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
On April 3 at 4:30 a.m., a suspect inside a yellow taxi cab decided to rob the driver when they were stopped at a red light near East 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, according to police. Police said the male suspect, who was in the passenger seat, put a knife to the cabbie’s hip and demanded money. The victim made off with $300 in cash and an iPhone, according to police.
Police attached a photo and video of the suspect, whom they describe as a Hispanic male, approximately 5’8”, 180 to 190 pounds.
GRAND LARCENY: TRAIN STATION THIEVERY
(MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT)
Police are on the lookout for a suspect that lifted the wallet of a 61-year-old male on April 12 at 4:15 p.m. Police said that the male suspect approached the victim as he was entering the 34th Street–Herald Square Station’s N side before making off with the victim’s wallet that contained multiple credit cards and a debit card.
Police attached a photo of the suspect, whom they describe as a black male, approximately 25-years-old, 6’, and 180 pounds.
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
