Slashing spree
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual wanted for multiple slashing assaults in the early morning of Wed., Feb. 4.
Police said that around 1:20 a.m., a roughly 35-year-old man approached two other straphangers who had just boarded a northbound No. 4 train at the Broadway-Lafayette / Bleecker St. station. The suspect walked over and punched one of them in the face with the exposed blade of a box cutter in his hand, causing a laceration/puncture wound to the right side of his face.
The suspect and victim then stayed on the subway until Union Square, where they both exited the train. As the suspect was fleeing the station, he encountered a 20-year-old female inside the station and slapped her on the right side of her face causing a physical injury.
The suspect then proceeded up the stairs beside the Food Emporium and came upon a 46-year-old male by the subway elevator. He asked the man for $2, and when the man refused, he slashed the right side of his face.
The slasher then crossed 14th St. and set his sights on a 59-year-old man waiting for the M14 bus. The suspect asked him for $1, and when the man refused, he was also slashed on the right side of his face.
The suspect then fled the location. All the victims were removed to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The investigation in ongoing.
The attacker is described as heavyset, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, black vest, blue jeans and red sneakers. Police released a grab from a surveillance video of the alleged suspect.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline, at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
Thrift-shop robbery
Police said that on Wed., Jan. 21, at 5:30 p.m., two suspects entered the AuH20 Boutique, a.k.a. Goldwater Boutique, a thrift and vintage shop at 84 E. Seventh St. They approached an employee and, as one brandished a knife, demanded money. The employee complied, and handed one of the suspects $240 in cash. Both suspects fled the location and the victim was unharmed.
The suspects are described as in their late 20s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. The suspect with the knife was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, and the other suspect was wearing a black jacket.
Police provided photos of the pair taken from surveillance camera videotapes.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline, at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
A touch too much
A man who was bounced for getting too touchy at The Standard’s bar didn’t take the hint, and soon found himself in handcuffs.
Police said Nicolai Bushin, 29, was tossed out of the hotel bar, at 848 Washington St., for allegedly forcibly touching a 26-year-old woman there on her back and stomach on Jan. 30. He then tried to re-enter the place around 12:25 a.m. but was arrested.
Monkey business
One 24-year-old man allegedly punched another in the face at the Brass Monkey bar, at 55 Little W. 12th St. around 2:20 a.m. on Sat., Jan. 31.
Ryan Buttimer was charged with misdemeanor assault. Despite a fair amount of bruises and swelling, the victim refused medical attention
Package-deal steal
An aspiring burglar found his way into 25 Minetta Lane by ringing multiple apartment bells until someone let him in at about 7:32 p.m. on Wed., Jan. 28. The intruder then attempted to steal the contents of a package once he entered the building lobby, according to a police report.
But a 34-year-old resident confronted the robber, identified as Jonathan Paulino, 20, and prevented him from leaving the building until police arrived.
Paulino was charged with felony burglary. A police report did not state the contents of the parcel.
Boyfriend beat-down
What one 24-year-old man said to a woman of unknown age inside the Christopher St. PATH Station on Feb. 1, police did not state. However, her boyfriend reportedly took issue with what the other man uttered because the angry lover punched the other man “three to four” times at about 2:30 a.m., causing him injuries to his mouth and teeth, according to cops.
Christopher White, 25, was charged with misdemeanor assault.
Breakdance bust
Police said they saved C train passengers from harm’s way when they nabbed a subway dancer on Jan. 30. Tyron Milson, 28, was somersaulting and breakdancing on a northbound train at about 6:15 p.m. that evening and seeking donations, according to police.
They saw him as the rolling dance party entered the W. Fourth St. station. Milson also blocked the aisle down the middle of the train car during his routine, police charged. He was slapped with misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
Tagger takedown
Cops caught a graffiti artist on Sat., Jan. 24 but not before he sprayed his moniker, “Agua Fresca.”
The paint-spraying perpetrator fled the scene after police spotted him at about 3:30 a.m. as he was allegedly adorning a building near the corner of W. Houston St. and Sixth Ave.
Ted Martizia, 25, made it as far as MacDougal St. before being tackled by police. He banged his head on the pavement and was taken to a hospital, according to a police report.
Police said that, during the arrest, Martizia pulled his arms under his body in order to avoid being handcuffed.
A backpack belonging to him contained spray paint, cops said. He was charged with making graffiti, a misdemeanor.
— Zach Williams and Lincoln Anderson
