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Trio Wanted in Vicious Midtown Attack Atop Taxi The NYPD is searching for these three individuals for a vicious attack atop a yellow taxi cab. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice September 17, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a trio of suspects who beat a man on the top of a taxi cab in Koreatown.  At around 10:30 pm on September 14, a 36-year-old man was seen running through Midtown being chased by three people. Cops said the trio chased the man on Park Avenue until the victim hopped atop a yellow taxicab on East 32nd Street. That did not deter the group.  Cops said the attackers climbed atop the cab and began a vicious beating on the roof of the car. The attackers repeatedly stomped and punched the helpless victim.  The attackers then ran away in an unknown direction.  The victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated and was listed in stable condition.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the ...

Anti-Semitic Rants in Unprovoked Attack Police are searching for this man with a bicycle and trailer with a sign that reads "hungry disabled." The suspect is wanted in connection with a hate crime assault. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 15, 2022 MANHATTAN - A man claiming to be homeless and disabled, is being sought by police for attacking an Upper East Side man and shouting Anti-Semitic remarks near Central Park.  At around 7:30 pm on December 14, a 63-year-old man was walking to the Central Park entrance at Terrace Drive and East Drive. Suddenly the man was struck from behind and he fell to the ground. The elderly man chipped his tooth and suffered a broken hand.  As the victim tried to get up, his attacker began shouting Anti-Semitic remarks before he hopped on his bike with his attached trailer. The victim told police that a sign on the back of the bike trailer read “Hungry Disabled.”  The victim went to a nearby hospital by private means. H...

‘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 work...