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Group Attacks NYPD Officers in Theater District The NYPD is looking for a group of males who punched and kicked officers as they tried to make an arrest in the Theatre District. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice January 30, 2024  MANHATTAN - The NYPD is looking for at least four baby-faced brats who attacked police officers in the theater district when the officers tried to break up a disorderly group. The attack was captured on video.  At around 8:30 pm on a Saturday night on January 27, cops were called to investigate a disorderly group near the New Amsterdam Theatre where Aladdin is playing. When the officers attempted to disperse the rowdy group a member of the group began fighting with an officer.  When cops tried to subdue and arrest the rowdy man, the others members of the group punched and kicked the officers. One tried to cover an officer’s face with his shirt.  Officers were punched and kicked in the head and throughout the body, the NYPD said.  The NY

‘Crazy Eyes’ Beat Female Worker with Metal Pipe for No Reason  Police say this man smacked an MTA cleaner upside the head with a metal pipe. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice November 15, 2022  MANHATTAN - Cops say they caught the “crazy eyed” homeless man who beat a female train cleaner with a metal pipe in an apparent unprovoked attack.  Police arrested 28-year-old Jonathan Frias on Sunday at the World Trade Center station of the E Train. Cops were called when riders allegedly recognized Frias from a wild-eyed photo police released in connection with the attack.  Investigators said Frias has a previous arrest last year for punching a police officer.  At around 6:45 am on November 4, a 46-year-old woman who is employed as a subway cleaner subcontracted by the MTA worked at Chambers Street. She was cleaning the subway platform of the E train when a man approached her. He struck her in the face with a metal pipe. The man fled on foot as MTA workers chased him.  The vic