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Gunmen On Video Rob Store - Arms Full of Luxury Goods The NYPD released dramatic video of the Gucci store robbery in the Meatpacking District. A man is seen on the video waving a gun and ordering workers and customers to hit the floor. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice February 20, 2024 MANHATTAN - Dramatic video of a gunman ordering workers and customers on the floor as they robbed the Manhattan Gucci store was just released. The NYPD said $51,000 worth of luxury goods were stolen during the stickup. The NYPD released the dramatic video which not only shows the thieves waving a gun and ordering people on the ground but also shows the crooks running out of the store with arms full of luxury goods. More importantly the video captured a clear image of the female suspect who was seen without a mask. In the video, the female suspect is seen walking through the store and then leaves. A minute later the masked gunman bursts into the store and waves the gun at customers

Bandits Rob Gucci Store in Meatpacking District  The NYPD is searching for three gunmen who robbed a Gucci store in the Meatpacking District. -Photo by Citizen By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  February 19, 2024  MANHATTAN - A woman and two men armed with handguns stuck up a Gucci store in the Meatpacking District, the NYPD said.  At around noon today, two men and a woman burst into the Gucci store at 400 West 14th St. Cops said the crooks displayed handguns and ordered workers and customers to get on the ground.  As the employees and customers lay on the floor, the gunmen then started taking items including luggage, cops said. It is unclear at this time what the value of the stolen items are.  The bandits then ran out of the store into a waiting black Honda CRV with New York plates.  No one was injured in the robbery. Cops do not yet have description of the suspects or surveillance video of the robbers.  Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to ca

Dining Out After Orchid Show Oysters Rockefeller at Artie’s. -Photo by Morris Gut By Morris Gut Manhattan Voice February 19, 2024 NEW YORK - A beautiful Technicolor harbinger of spring, the 21st annual Spring Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx runs from February 17th to April 24th, 2024. I look forward to visiting NYBG, walking through the beautifully restored Enid Haupt Conservatory and beholding the seductive floral arrangements and dramatic plantings. This year’s theme: ‘Florals in Fashion’.  (For additional info: www.nybg.org) After taking in all that beauty, we do get hungry. Here are a few suggestions… ‘ORCHID EVENINGS’! This year visitors can also enjoy cocktails as well as walk the runway during ‘Orchid Evenings’ filled with entertainment and snacks. These special evening events will take place: March 30 & April 5,6,12,13,19,20. Evening hours: 7-10 p.m. Reservations are suggested.  CONSTELLATION CULINARY GROUP at NYBG!   Ever since restaur

Teen and Male Attacked Woman on Upper East Side  The NYPD has arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection with the violent mugging on the Upper East Side in which a doorman chased off the attackers. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  February 16, 2024  MANHATTAN - Cops arrested a pink-haired teenager in connection with a violent mugging that was thwarted by a hero doorman, the NYPD said.  Yesterday police arrested a 16-year-old female in connection with the Upper East Side mugging. The teen was charged with robbery. Police are not releasing the name of the suspect because she is a minor.  The case made headlines because a local doorman chased off the attackers who had pinned the woman against the building he works in. At around 3 pm on February 4, a 24-year-old female was walking on the Upper East Side in the vicinity of Madison Avenue and East 75 th Street across the street from the Frick Madison exhibit.  Cops said a female with pink hair and a man ran up

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 sweatshirt

Another Suspect Arrested in Attack on Cops The NYPD has nade yet another arrest for the Jan 27th asault on officers by migrants. -Photo by NYPD Released Attack Suspect Arrested for Shoplifting  By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice February 14, 2024 MANHATTAN - Cops arrested another suspect in the attack on two police officers outside a Times Square migrant shelter.  The NYPD arrested a 17-year-old and charged him with assault in connection with the attack on police officers. Cops did not release the suspect’s name because he is a minor. The teen becomes the seventh suspect arrested for the January 27th attack on cops. The news comes at the same time another melee suspect was arrested again.  Cops arrested 19-year-old Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel for shoplifting at a Macy’s in the Queens Center Mall.  Cops said Gomez-Izquiel was part of shoplifting crew that assaulted a security guard who tried to stop them.