Tag: crime

The suspected shooter stayed at an Upper West Side hostel for multiple nights prior to the slaying, according to reports.

A person was slashed in the face and robbed Thursday morning near Amsterdam Avenue and West 95th Street, police said.

Police are looking for a man wanted in connection to a pair of camera robberies in Central Park last week.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed early Friday morning on the Upper West Side, police said.

“We cannot have this going on,” the Amsterdam Houses resident association president told WSR.

A man flashed a knife at the straphanger and demanded money, police said on Monday.

“These were unprovoked attacks. Johnson was unhinged,” one witness told WSR, calling the situation “both terrifying and sad.”

Deputy Inspector Candida Sullivan has taken over as commanding officer from Deputy Inspector Neil Zuber, who moved to the UES.

"He threatened her physical harm if she did not surrender her bicycle," according to an NYPD report.

The suspect grabbed electronics in one case, while snatching money from cash registers in another, police said.

A man was slashed in the face following an argument early Tuesday morning on an Upper West Side train.

Fifty-one year old man arrested at the scene/Rowdy behavior may have preceded the incident.

Crime isn't a choice; it just shows up.

A 42-year old woman was punched repeatedly as an assailant tried to take her bag.

The man sought allegedly snatched a cellphone from a 36-year-old woman on a southbound #2 train near Broadway and West 72nd Street.

The perpetrator fled the train at 125th Street, with $40 of the victim's money.

A 55-year-old woman was walking on the path, when an unidentified man engaged her in conversation and then assaulted her.

The victim is in stable condition.

Crime has moderated in the 20th Precinct in February after a tough start to the year.

Captain Noreen Lazarus steps in as some crimes have begun ticking up after improvement at the end of last year.