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Selfie Becomes Cops’ Wanted Poster for Assault The NYPD is searching for these three suspects in connection with an assault and robbery of a 12-year-old girl. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice May 21, 2024 MANHATTAN - Maybe their next photo will be a mugshot instead of a selfie. Cops are looking for a trio suspected mean girls who beat and robbed a girl in the Heights and then posted selfies to social media.  At around 6:25 pm on May 8, a 12-year-old girl was in front of 479 Audubon Avenue. Cops said three older girls approached her and then pounced.  The females began punching and kicking the tween throughout her body. One of the girls ripped the cellphone out of the young victim’s hands. The attackers then fled on foot. EMS transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital where she was listed in stable condition.   However, apparently the three suspects made up their own wanted poster. Cops released a social media post of the three suspects. The...

Operation Padlock to Protect  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the start of a five-borough operation — that will accelerate in the coming weeks — to shut down unlicensed smoke and cannabis shops in the City of New York. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office   By Mayor Eric Adams  OpEd Manhattan Voice  May 20, 2024 NEW YORK - When we came to office two years ago, we had a clear vision: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make this city more livable for hardworking New Yorkers. But the increase of unlicensed smoke and cannabis shops across the five boroughs is one of the biggest quality-of-life issues facing our city. That’s why now that we have been granted the authority, we’re taking action against unlicensed smoke and cannabis shops, while still supporting those that have played by the rules. Illegal businesses prey on and target our most vulnerable, including children, selling dangerous, counterfeit products, and crea...

Threatens Real Delivery Man with Knife The NYPD is looking for a phony FedEx worker who robbed a deliveryman of a package and made a getaway on a bicycle. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice May 18, 2024 MANHATTAN - A phony Fed Ex worker mugged a deliveryman of a package at a Washington Heights building, the NYPD announced. At around 1 pm on May 9, a 33-year-old package deliveryman had just dropped off a package to an apartment building at 531 West 159th Street. Cops said a man wearing a green baseball cap and a FedEx shirt attempted to retrieve the package. The two men began arguing since the “FedEx” worker offered no proof that he was the intended recipient of the package. Cops said the phony deliveryman pulled out a knife and threatened to stab the real deliveryman.  The thief then yanked the package out of the victim’s hands and dragged it outside. He then mounted a bicycle and rode off with one hand on the handlebars and the other awkwardly ...

Lotto Thief Caught on Camera The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of Lotto scratchers. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice May 16, 2024 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a thief who ran away with thousands of dollars in stolen Lotto scratchies from a Flat Iron 7-Eleven.   The NYPD released the dramatic video which shows the thief walking out of the store with a trail of stolen tickets dragged behind him.  At around 6:40 pm on April 20, a man walking into a 7-Eleven at 800 Avenue of the Americas in the Flatiron District. The store’s surveillance cameras captured the suspect walking behind the counter and helping himself to sheets of uncut scratcher Lotto tickets.  The video shows that as the thief tried to casually walk out with his stolen cards, he dropped a handful of tickets on the floor. The thief went back and picked them up.  He is then seen on the video exiting the store. Howev...

Swings His Hammer After Exposes Self The NYPD is searching for a man clad in pajamas in connection with the performing of a lewd act on the subway. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  May 16, 2024  MANHATTAN - A pajama-wearing perv flashed a female straphanger and then waved his hammer on a subway train beneath Bryant Park, cops said.  A 37-year-old woman was riding a Queens bound Number 7 train approaching 42nd Street and 5th Avenue underneath Bryant Park. As the train was approaching the station, she saw a male straphanger drop his pajama bottoms and started masterbating, cops said.  The lewd passenger then pulled out a silver hammer and waived it at the victim but missed. When the train stopped at the station, the perv ran out. However, the NYPD has surveillance video of the suspect at the turnstiles.  The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and black dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a white button dow...