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The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a straphanger in the Flatiron District. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice March 26, 2025 MANHATTAN - The NYPD is looking for a man dressed as if he was going to the office or an author reading instead of a violent assault that wounded a straphanger in the Flatiron District.  At around 11 pm on March 17, 55-year-old man was at the turnstiles inside the 23rd Street Station Subway when he was approached by a man in a pink shirt who asked the straphanger to swipe his MetroCard to allow him to enter the turnstile. When the man refused the deadbeat attacked.  Cops said the suspect pushed the straphanger to the ground causing him to strike his head on the metal turnstile.  The attacker then fled the subway station. Cops said the victim suffered a laceration on his hea...

NYPD Searching for 8 Men, 1 Woman in Subway Mugging The NYPD is searching for 9 members of a robbery crew who viciously beat and robbed a man on a Number 6 train near Canal Street. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice March 17, 2025 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a robbery crew of eight men men and a woman in connection with a prison-style beaten down during a robbery on a Number 6 train.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the nine suspects accused of mugging a straphanger during an early morning attack.  At around 4:30 am on March 12, a 28-year-old was riding a southbound Number 6 train near the Canal Street station. Cops said a group of nine people approached the straphanger. Without word, the crew pounced.  All nine members of the group began punching and kicking the straphanger, kn...

Bentley, Benz Drivers Targeted The NYPD is searching for this man and two others in connection with carjackings in Midtown. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  March 5, 2025  NEW YORK - Police have released new images of a pair of luxury car jackers who tried to boost a pair of high-end rides in Midtown last month.  The NYPD released new surveillance video of suspects wanted for two incidents 10 minutes apart from each other.  At around 11:20 pm on February 18, a 31-year-old driver was sitting inside his 2023 Bentley sedan parked in front of 37 West 28th Street. Police said three men walked up to the luxury car and pulled out handguns. They demanded the driver exit the car.  Cops said the driver shut the car off with a key fob causing the would-be thieves to flee in a white BMW. The driver was not injured and the car was not stolen.  Ten minutes later, cops said the same cr...

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an attack on an MTA worker at Herald Square. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice February 10, 2025 MANHATTAN - Cops are searching for an attacker who sucker punched an MTA worker at the Herald Square subway station. Reports claim the victim tried to help the alleged attacker after his OMNY card did not work.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who was seen sporting large over the ear headphones atop his head.  At around 7 pm, at the mezzanine of the 34th Street - Herald Square subway station the suspect was captured on surveillance video. The video shows the man wearing a bright green hoodie fiddling with his OMNY card trying to get through the turnstile. According to published reports, an MTA worker motioned to the suspect and tried to help him. The man claimed he had money on his card but it was not working. When the MTA employee read ...

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a southbound Number 6 train near 51st Street Station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  January 28, 2025  Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a man wearing pajama bottoms who is accused of smashing a subway rider in the face with a wooden board inside a Number 6 train.  At around 1 pm on January 26, a 48-year-old male was riding a southbound Number 6 train. As the train approached the 51st Street station a man approached him. Without saying a word, the man swung a piece of wood he had in his hand and struck the straphanger in the face. The blow broke one of the victim’s teeth.  At the station, the attacker fled the train and ran off in an unknown direction.  The victim refused medical treatment at the scene.  The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the subway car.  ...

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a robbery and a lewd act near Times Square. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice November 19, 2024  Follow @x NEW YORK - Cops released new video of a man suspected of robbing a woman in her own building and then performing a lewd act on himself in front of her.  The NYPD released a new video of the suspect taken from inside a take out restaurant near the building where the incident took place. Previously investigators had a dark, grainy video of the suspect taken of him walking at night down the street. The new video is taken from inside a brightly lit takeout joint. In the video the suspect is seen without a mask walking up to the counter showing a clear view of his face.  The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and medium build. He has a beard and mustache and was last seen wearing a dark winter coat with a hood. At around 2 am on November 17, a 38-year-old ...