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Crook was ‘Caught’ Red Handed on Camera The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault and robbery of a backpack on a subway train at Rockefeller Center. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  February 28, 2024  MANHATTAN - A teenage straphanger was mugged inside a subway car at the Rockefeller Center Subway Station and cops said cameras caught him carrying the stolen item off the train.  At around 5:30 am on February 27, a 17-year-old male was sitting on a southbound F Train. As the train approached the Rockefeller Center Station, a man approached him. Cops said without warning the man punched the teen in the stomach and ripped the backpack out of the victim’s hands.  The attacker then fled the subway car and ran out of the station.  The NYPD released the surveillance video which shows the suspect running out of the subway car holding a backpack.  The suspect is described as a male with short hair who is six feet tall and 30 years of age. He w

Man Charged with Groping Teen at Grand Central Station The NYPD has made an arrest in the groping of a 16-year-old girl at Grand Central Station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice February 5, 2024 MANHATTAN - The NYPD announced the arrest of a suspect in the groping of a teenage girl inside Grand Central Station.   Cops arrested 41-year-old Johnny Rios of Amsterdam Avenue and charged him with forcible touching. Police charged Rios in the groping of a 16-year-old girl in the subway station on January 30.  At around 4 pm the teen was exiting the platform at 42nd Street-Grand Central Station. Cops said as she was climbing the staircase a male approached from behind and grabbed her “private area over her clothing.”  Cops said the victim screamed and the attacker fled.  Police released surveillance video of the suspect taken from inside the subway station. He was arrested a week later.