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Attacked Biker on Bridge The NYPD is searching for four men on two mopeds who beat and robbed a man riding an e-bike on the Willis Avenue Bridge. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 27, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a group of moped riding muggers who pulled a gun and a knife on a man and then beat him for his e-bike. At around 11:30 am on September 20, a 25-year-old male was riding his e-bike across the Willis Avenue Bridge. Cops said four men on two mopeds pulled up alongside the bike rider. They pulled the mopeds in front and alongside the bike rider blocking him in. Cops said one man pulled a gun and another displayed a knife. The attackers then threw the victim to the ground. Two of the attackers began repeatedly punching the victim as he lay on the concrete. The attackers then picked up the e-bike and rode off with it and the other mopeds. Cops said the stolen e-bike is valued at $2,850. The victim suffered injuries but r

Subway Sex Attack on Teen Heading to School  The NYPD is searching for this man who is wanted in connection with a sexual assault on the subway. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 26, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - A teenager on her way to school was sexually assaulted inside a subway car on the Lexington Avenue line, cops said. At around 7 am on September 23, a 14-year-old girl was riding a southbound Number 6 train. Near the 77th Street station a man came up behind the girl and pressed his groin against the girl while grabbing her buttocks, cops said. When the train pulled into the station he ran off. The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the subway car.  The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a button down blue work shirt and a black baseball cap. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at  1-800-577-

Women Targeted by Mobile Muggers The NYPD is searching for mulitple suspects in a string of chain snatchings using e-bikes. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 25, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - A crew of e-bike riding thieves have been ripping necklaces off women near Lincoln Center and Hell’s Kitchen, cops said. The NYPD announced yesterday that they are searching for a group of five young men for at least three chain snatchings. Investigators said in each case the suspects used either a moped or an e-bike to target women in Hell’s Kitchen and around Lincoln Center. In the first case, a 64-year-old woman was injured during the mobile mugging. At around 8 pm on August 5, the woman was walking near the corner of West 65 Street and West End Avenue . Cops said a pair on a moped rode up behind her. The passenger on the bike ripped the necklace off the woman and then pushed her to the ground. The thieves rode off in an unknown direction. The victim was tre

Tried to Rob Victim’s Husband, Cops Say  An arrest has been made in the murder of Ying Zhu Liu during a robbery in her apartment building. -Photo by Social Media By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice  September 20, 2024  Follow @x MANHATTAN - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in the murder of a woman in front of her family inside an apartment building in Chinatown, cops said.  The NYPD has announced the arrest of a 16-year-old male in the murder of Ying Zhu Liu. The 57-year-old was shot to death inside her apartment building on on Market Street on September 9.  The suspect has been charged with second degree murder, first degree robbery, three counts of first degree burglary and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.  The suspect’s name has not been released because he is a minor.  Cops said the suspect and another male teen followed Liu’s husband into the building and attempted to rob him. Liu and her 32-year-old son tried to help the husband. During t