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Woman Assaulted in Train Station The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an attemped rape inside a subway station on the Lower East Side. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  April 9, 2025  MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a would-be rapist who attacked a woman inside a Lower East Side subway station. Investigators released new surveillance video of the suspect.  At around 2:30 am on April 7, a 30-year-old woman was waiting on the northbound F train platform at the Rutgers Street and East Broadway subway station. A man walked up behind the straphanger and she began to walk away. As the woman rode the up elevator away from the platform, the man followed close behind.  Cops say the man then grabbed the woman, forcibly pushed her pants down and tried to rape her. During the struggle, the victim ...

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...

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.  ...

Suspected Sex Fiend Confronted The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a sexual assault inside a Number 6 train. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice November 15, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are searching for a subway sicko who sexually assaulted a woman near 86th Street. At around midnight on November 11, a 36-year-old woman was seated inside a northbound Number 6 train. A man walked over to stand in front of the woman as the train neared the 86th Street station. Suddenly the man pressed his groin into the woman’s face, cops said. He then ran off. However, the suspect did not leave the train until the 103rd Street stop. The NYPD released video from inside the subway. In the video the alleged suspect is seen yelling and waving his hands at a person taking video of him after the assault, appearing to confront him. The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and me...