Police Blotter
Purse snatcher
at Bleecker
A woman had her purse stolen inside
the Bleecker Street subway station on
Jan. 9, according to police.
At 12:45 p.m., a 20-year-old woman
was standing in the mezzanine area
of the station, when a man allegedly
reached between the security bars and
took her purse.
The man then fl ed the station.
— Gabe Herman
Theft pattern
in the Village
An alleged purse thief is wanted in
connection with two incidents in the
Village, according to police.
On Jan. 18, around 9:10 p.m., at
the corner of West 12th and West 4th
Streets, the male suspect got out of
the passenger seat of a vehicle and approached
a 26-year-old woman, and allegedly
tried to take her purse.
The man was unsuccessful and fl ed
in the vehicle empty-handed.
The second incident was on Jan. 19,
around 8:15 a.m., when the man allegedly
approached a 69-year-old woman
at West Houston and Mercer Streets
and took her purse, which contained
three credit cards, a checkbook and
$200 in cash.
The man then fl ed in a vehicle south
on Mercer Street, offi cials said.
— Gabe Herman
Creep touches
woman on train
A man is wanting by police for inappropriately
touching a woman on
a train on Friday, Jan. 17, police said.
Around 6 p.m., a 23-year-old woman
was on board an uptown E train between
34th and 42nd Streets, when a
man approached from behind and allegedly
touched her buttocks. Police
released an image of the wanted man,
who is described as being in his 40’s,
5-feet 7-inches tall, 170 pounds, bald
and with a medium build.
— Gabe Herman
Train assault
There was an assault reported inside
the subway station at 14th Street and
Eighth Avenue, police said. On Tuesday,
Jan. 28, around 1 p.m., the victim,
an 18-year-old woman, told police she
was standing on a train platform, when
she was approached by another woman.
The stranger, 17 years old, then allegedly
pulled her hair, punched, slapped
and kicked her, causing injuries to the
victim’s neck and back. The attacker is
wanted for misdemeanor assault.
— Gabe Herman
No bread at Subway
There was an attempted burglary
inside a Subway restaurant at 455 W.
34 St., on Sunday, Jan. 5, according to
police. Around 11:25 p.m., a man is alleged
to have forcibly gained entry to
the shop through the front door. Once
inside, police say he tried to access the
cash register, but was unsuccessful and
fl ed empty-handed.
— Gabe Herman
Man cleans out
Walgreens store
A man allegedly shoplifted several
bottles of soap from a Walgreens at 526
3 beat man, left him with brain injury
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives are looking for
the public to help them fi nd
three brutes who assaulted a
25-year-old man in the East Village
and left him with a traumatic brain
injury.
Law enforcement sources said
the beatdown happened at 4 a.m.
on Jan. 1 near the corner of East
9th Street and Avenue A. Cops said
the three suspects approached and
attacked the victim about the head
and body.
A law enforcement source familiar
with the investigation told am-
NewYork Metro that the attack was
West 30 St., offi cials said. On Thursday,
Jan. 30, at 6:45 p.m., an employee
told police that a men entered the
store and then took 13 assorted bottles
of soap from a shelf, then left without
paying. The items were valued at a total
of $66.32.
— Gabe Herman
the result of a prior dispute. Police
did not provide information as to
whether the assailants used weapons
during the beating.
Offi cers from the 9th Precinct
responded to the scene. Paramedics
brought the man to Bellevue Hospital
Center, where he was also found
to have a broken nose, a fractured
skull and a traumatic brain injury.
On Jan. 29, the NYPD released
video footage of the three perpetrators,
hoping the public can identify
and help locate them.
Anyone with information regarding
their whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA).
Okla. man charged with East Side murder
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives charged an alleged
crook with murdering a Manhattan
man inside his apartment
last week.
Alex Ray Scott, 24, originally from
Tulsa, Oklahoma, was booked Friday
for murder, grand larceny and criminal
possession of stolen property in
connection with the Jan. 29 death of
Kenneth Savinski, 64, of the Upper
East Side.
A source familiar with the investigation
said Scott turned himself into the
Midtown North Precinct. As of Friday
morning, he was being held at the 19th
Precinct, pending his arraignment.
Police found Savinski at 5:20 p.m.
on Jan. 29 unconscious and unresponsive
with a head wound in the living
room of his fi rst-fl oor apartment on
East 83rd Street between Lexington
and Park Avenues.
Responding paramedics pronounced
Savinski dead at the scene,
and police later declared his death a
homicide. A preliminary investigation
indicated that his head wound appeared
to be the result of blunt force
trauma.
According to a search, Scott was arrested
in Oklahoma in 2018 for lewd
molestation.
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