NYC Local News: Machete Carjackers? Carjackers Wield Machete in Greenwich Village

VIDEO: Machete Wielding Carjacker Scares Away Owner

No this is not a scene out of a Friday the 13th movie. This is a carjacking in the Village with a thief wielding a machete.



By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice 

November 26, 2025 


NYC LOCAL NEWS - A Greenwich Village driver was robbed of his car by a group of machete wielding carjackers and the incident was caught on video. 


At around 5 am on November 19, a 27-year-old man was sitting in his Honda CRV parked in front of a church at 232 West 11 Street. Cops said two men opened the doors to the car and pushed the driver out. Then a third man chased the driver away when he started waving a machete. 





Cops said two of the thieves drove off in the stolen truck while the third ran off on foot. 


The suspects are described as males with light complexions. The man with the machete was last seen wearing a gray jacket, ripped blue jeans and white sneakers. The suspect who fled on foot was last seen wearing dark colored clothing and white and blue Nike sneakers.


Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the

Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.


All calls are strictly confidential.


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