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Cops Looking for Stabbing Suspect  The NYPD is investigating a stabbing on the corner of Grove Street and 7th Avenue in Greenwhich Village. -Photo by Citizen  By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  September 11, 2024  Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for the man who stabbed a woman in the neck in Greenwich Village this morning. Bleeding, the victim staggered into the Christopher Street subway station for help. At around 6:17 am, a man stabbed a 45-year-old woman in the neck with an unknown sharp object. Seeking help the victim staggered into the Christopher Street subway station.  EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital where she was treated. She is listed in stable condition.  Police cordoned off the corner of Grove Street and 7th Avenue near the Christopher Street subway entrance to conduct an investigation. Cops are in the process of interviewing witness so details are sketchy. However, cops are looking into the possibility that t...

Man Stabbed For Trying Stop Man Peeing in Front of Building  The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a stabbing in Greenwich Village. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice February 15, 2024 MANHATTAN - A man was stabbed when he tried to stop a person from peeing on his building in Greenwich Village, the NYPD said. At around 4 pm on February 14, a 27-year-old man was standing in front of his building at 63 Downing Street in Greenwich Village. The tenant saw a man urinating in front of the building and confronted him, cops said. The two men argued and the urinator pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the tenant in the right side of his stomach, cops said. The attacker fled on foot on Varrick Street. The victim was rushed by EMS to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a medium complexion and a slim build. He was last seen wearing a blue vest and black hooded sw...

Times Square Stabbing at Restroom The NYPD is searching for two men in connection with the pepper spraying and stabbing of a man coming out of restaurant's restroom. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice January 30, 2024 MANHATTAN - A man coming out of the restroom of a restaurant in Times Square was pepper sprayed and stabbed by a pair of attackers, the NYPD said.  At around 9 pm on December 23rd, a 28-year-old man got into an argument inside a restaurant at 1501 Broadway. The dispute appeared to end and the man went to the restroom. When he came out the pair was waiting for him.  Cops said one of the attackers pepper sprayed him in the face. The same suspect then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the abdomen.  The attackers ran out the establishment and fled on foot northbound on Broadway. 

By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 7, 2022 MANHATTAN - Police released a photo of a suspect wanted for stabbing a man on Lexington Avenue last month. A dispute turned deadly on Lexington Avenue when a man who picked a fight with a stranger stabbed him in the chest, cops say. At around 5 pm on November 5, a 28-year-old man was on the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 51st Street when an unknown man started an argument with him.  Suddenly the stranger pulled out a sharp unknown object and stabbed him once in the chest. He then fled south on Lexington.  The victim was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell where he was listed in stable condition. The attacker is described as a male in his 20s with a medium complexion. He was last seen wearing a white tan top shirt, blue ripped jeans, red sneakers, white Du-rag on his head, long gold chain around his neck and carrying a black book bag. Anyone with information in regard to this incide...

A straphanger (Left) struggled with a man who stole his backpack. The robber stabbed his victim repeatedly. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice November 28, 2022 MANHATTAN - A straphanger was repeatedly stabbed at the Herald Square subway station during a robbery. Police released the dramatic video which captured the attack.  At around 10 pm on November 22, a 34-year-old man was riding the southbound F train approaching the Herald Square station at 34th Street. An unknown man approached him and asked for a cigarette. As the straphanger handed over a cigarette, the other man tried to remove cash from him.   The two men struggled within the subway car at which point the cigarette grubber pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the man in the torso.  When the train stopped at Herald Square and the doors opened, the fight continued onto the subway platform. The attacker stabbed the man in the left shoulder. He then yanked the backpack off his victim. Cops...