Police blotter
Homeless man
cuffed for NoHo
assault: NYPD
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives cuffed a homeless man Friday accused
of assaulting an 18-year-old woman on
a NoHo street in a random attack earlier this
month.
Paul Becks, 45, was booked on a second-degree
strangulation charge for the assault that occurred at
12:30 p.m. on March 1 in front of a store on East 8th
Street near Mercer Street.
Law enforcement sources said Becks approached
the victim without warning and struck her with an unidentifi
ed hard object.
He then grabbed her by
the throat, causing pain
and bruising.
Moments later, the
suspect took off on
foot in an unknown
direction.
Officers from the
6th Precinct and EMS
units responded to the
incident. The victim
suffered minor injuries
but refused medical attention
at the scene.
Cops seek several suspects
in violent East Village stabbing
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Detectives in Manhattan
need the public’s
help in finding a
group of young men who
violently attacked two individuals
outside an East Village
apartment building earlier
this month.
Cops said six suspects, in
all, pummeled a 14-year-old
boy with their fi sts during
an apparent robbery attempt
on the afternoon of March
8. They then attacked and
stabbed a 23-year-old man
who, police reported, attempted
to intervene and stop
the assault.
Law enforcement sources
said the violence broke out
at about 5 p.m. on March 8,
when the mob of attackers
confronted the 14-year-old
boy in front of an apartment
house near the corner of East
One of a group of suspects involved in a violent assault
of two males, including a 14-year-old boy, outside an
East Village apartment building on March 8, 2021.
10th Street and the FDR
Drive.
The confrontation, police
reported, led to a physical
dispute in which the mob
wound up going on the attack,
pounding the teenager with
their fi sts. Cops said the victim
was also “relieved” of his
backpack, which contained
his ID, during the brawl.
Authorities said a 23-yearold
man who witnessed the
PHOTO COURTESY OF NYPD
attack then attempted to stop
the assault — and was then
knifed in the lower back for
his trouble by one of the
combatants.
Following the assaults, the
group fl ed the scene in an
unknown direction.
The incident was reported
to the 9th Precinct. EMS
brought the 23-year-old man
to Bellevue Hospital in stable
condition for treatment of
a stab wound that was not
considered life-threatening.
The 14-year-old victim,
meanwhile, refused medical
attention but suffered pain and
swelling to his face, cops said.
On March 18, the NYPD
released video footage of one
of the attackers entering an
apartment building at 466
East 10th St. shortly after the
incident. He’s shown using an
ID card to open the door.
Police did not provide footage
of the other participants,
who were described as Black
males in their late teens.
Anyone with information
regarding the assault or
the suspect’s whereabouts
can call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit tips online at
nypdcrimestoppers.com, or
on Twitter @NYPDTips. All
calls and messages are kept
confi dential.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NYPD
The suspect behind a
March 1 assault in NoHo.
Motorcyclists in robbery series target E-Bike riders
BY HAZEL
SHAHGHOLI
NYPD have released
images and are asking
for the public’s
to help identify individuals
involved in a five-pattern
robbery involving motorcycle
and E-Bike clashes and subsequent
robberies.
The crooks were the motorcyclists,
and the NYPD
has released images of both
the motorcycle in question
and potential suspects in an
attempt to solve this ongoing
investigation. Authorities
note that the same motorcycle
was used in each of the
fi ve attacks, but the motive
for E-bike thievery remains
unknown.
The first bike-on-bike
robbery occurred on Feb 12
at 8:10 p .m. in front of 320
East 109th St., on the border
between the Upper East Side
and South East Harlem; the
second on Feb. 20 at 9:30
p.m. in front of 440 St.
Nicholas Ave. in North West
Harlem; the third on Feb.
21 at 8:11 p.m. in front of
321 1ST Ave. near 21st St.
in Manhattan; the fourth on
Feb. 23 at 9:25 p.m. in front
of 2186 5th Ave. in North
East Harlem, with the spate
ending on Feb. 24 at 9:30 p
.m. in front of 68 Bradhurst
Ave. in East Harlem, report
the NYPD.
In each attack, the
violence was of near carbon
copy, involving two
One robber aboard the sought after motorcycle.
motorcyclists aboard one
traditional motorized bike
stopping E-Bike riders before
menacing victims with
a knife or gun then punching
and kicking their way to
the prize: the E-bike itself,
authorities report.
The first victim was a
PHOTO COURTESY OF NYPD
30-year-old man whose EBike
was forcibly removed
in the above manner, with
the weapon fl ashed on this
occasion being a silver knife.
The victim complied and the
crooks fl ed northbound on
1st Ave with no injuries were
reported in this case.
Victim number two was
a 36-year-old man, this
time snuck up upon by
the bikers, menaced with
a knife, knocked onto the
ground, and punched.. The
victim sustained minor head
injuries but refused medical
attention while the assailants
fl ed in an unknown
direction.
The third victim, a 21-yearold
man, was approached by
two unknown males on a
motorcycle, shoved of ground,
and kicked in the head.
Victim number four, a
24-year-old male, was again
stopped by the motor biker
pair as he was attempting
to make a delivery. Fisticuffs
were once again employed as
the man was struck on the
head and body, but on this
occasion, for the fi rst time, a
fi rearm was brandished as a
threat.
Authorities report that
the fifth victim in this
roughly two-week spree was
a 25-year-old-male, again
stopped while riding an Ebike.
Being pushed into a car
was enough for this victim
to relinquish the E-bike hot
commodity, no weapons were
fl ashed, and the assailants
fl ed in an unknown direction.
No injuries were reported in
this attack.
Anyone with information
about the E-bike
robber’s whereabouts can
call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA).
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