BURGLARY:
PAYDAY IN PARIS
(19th Precinct)
A burglar was able to remove a safe with approximately $32,000 in it from a French restaurant at 29 East 65th Street, police said. According to the NYPD, the male suspect entered Match Brasserie by removing a side window on August 24 at around 3:45 a.m. The suspect then entered the restaurant’s office and removed the safe with the tens of thousands of dollars, police said.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a bald black male last seen wearing a black shirt.
RAPE
RIVERSIDE ASSAULT
(20th Precinct)
Bronx native Anthony Camilo was arrested shortly after he allegedly raped a 24-year-old female in Riverside Park, according to police. Police said they responded to the call on August 27 at around 12:15 a.m. in Riverside Park near Riverside Boulevard and West 70th Street, where they found the female victim who said she was just sexually assaulted. Police said they were able to arrest Camilo two blocks north inside the park, and the victim was taken to Saint Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital.
According to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit, Camilo first encountered the victim on a Brooklyn-bound F train, where he said his friend could offer her a ride to Brooklyn but that they would have to meet him inside Riverside Park. When the female was inside the park, Camilo choked her and forced her to the ground before raping her, police said, as the victim screamed for help at which point Camilo fled.
Police charged Camilo with rape, two counts of sexually motivated felony assault, and strangulation.
ROBBERY:
BANK BANDIT
(Midtown North, Midtown South, 13th Precincts)
A male suspect with crooked and discolored teeth is on a bank-robbing spree that began on August 24, according to police. The NYPD said that the male suspect first hit the Santander Bank at 1350 Broadway between West 35th and 36th Streets by telling the tellers he had a gun. According to police, the two tellers gave the suspect an undetermined amount of cash and the suspect did not injure anyone or fire any shots before he fled westbound on West 35th Street.
Police believe the same man is behind another bank robbery on September 1 at around 6:45 p.m. at the Santander Bank branch at 864 Eighth Avenue, between West 51st and 52nd Streets. According to police, the suspect chatted with a 29-year-old male security guard before pressing a hard object to his back and approaching the teller demanding money. Police said the teller agreed and the suspect made off with an unknown amount of money.
Police also connected the suspect to another incident on September 6 at around 5:15 p.m., when the suspect entered a Chase Bank at 245 Seventh Avenue, between West 24th and 25th Streets. Police said the suspect slipped the teller a note demanding money and said that he had a gun, but the teller walked away, prompting the suspect to flee empty-handed.
Police released photos of the suspect (available at manhattanexpressnews.nyc), whom they describe as a white male in his late 40s to early 50s, 5’7″, with a thin build, a gray beard, and crooked and discolored teeth, last seen wearing a bright orange T-shirt, blue jeans, and a gray baseball cap with “NY” on it.
ROBBERY:
PANERA PURSE SNATCHING
(19th Precinct)
Police arrested Kips Bay resident Ralph Moore in connection with a robbery that took place on August 30 at around 4:45 p.m. Police said that the 57-year-old Moore entered the Panera Bread location at 120 East 86th Street and tried to grab a purse out of a 25-year-old female’s arms. Moore then dragged the victim outside onto the sidewalk and shoved her onto the ground to get a hold of her purse, police said. According to police, Moore fled into the subway and the victim declined medical attention. Moore was charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property, police said.
FORCIBLE TOUCHING:
SUBWAY SQUEEZE
(19th Precinct)
Police said that a male suspect is wanted for grabbing a 19-year-old’s butt as she exited the southbound 6 train at the 68th Street–Hunter College stop on August 29 at around 9:30 a.m. According to police, the suspect then followed the victim into her school and into a classroom, before fleeing when the victim spotted him.
Police released photos and a video of the suspect, whom they describe as a bald black male in his 40s, 5’10”, and last seen wearing a blue T-shirt, light colored shorts, and a backpack.
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
