Police Blotter
Homeless woman Peacekeeper slashed in Wash. Sq. Park
found dead
on L train in Chelsea
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Mystery surrounds the death of a homeless woman who was
found on the L train in Chelsea.
According to police, at 1:35 a.m. on April 18, offi cers
responded to a 911 call regarding an aided woman in the L train
at the 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station. Upon their arrival, cops
found the woman unconscious at the station with no obvious signs
of trauma.
EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene. The victim has yet
to be identifi ed, though the NYPD confi rmed that she was homeless.
At this time, it is not clear what caused her death. The investigation
is ongoing.
Brooklyn woman busted for hateful Chinatown attack
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives picked up a
Brooklyn woman Tuesday
on charges that she
berated and slapped a woman in
Chinatown in a brazen act of hate.
Cheyenne Taylor, 29, of Freeport
Loop was booked on April
20 on a charge of aggravated assault
as a hate crime for the April
7 incident at a sidewalk café on
Grand Street.
The incident was just one in a
series of anti-Asian hate crimes
that have rocked the city in recent
months.
Law enforcement sources said
Washington Square Park
The male suspect
slashed the victim across
the left elbow and upper
back, then fl ed with his
gal pal from the park in
an unknown direction,
police said.
Officers from the
6th Precinct and EMS
units responded to the
incident. Paramedics
brought the victim
to Bellevue Hospital,
where he’s listed in
stable condition.
Detectives are continuing
to search for the
couple involved in the
attack, both of whom
are believed to be in
their 30s. Police sources
did not have a further
physical description of
the pair.
FILE PHOTO/TODD MAISEL
FILE PHOTO/DEAN MOSES confi dential.
Taylor approached the 25-yearold
victim at about 7:36 p.m.
on April 7 as the young woman
sat with a friend at the sidewalk
café. Cops said Taylor allegedly
spewed a number of anti-Asian
statements, then slapped the
25-year-old woman in the face.
The confrontation was
captured by a nearby security
camera.
Following the attack, cops
said, the suspect took off from the
scene in an unknown direction.
The incident was reported to
the 5th Precinct, and the case
later referred to the NYPD Hate
Crimes Bureau. The victim
Anyone with information
regarding the slashing
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
suffered minor physical injury
and refused medical attention at
the scene.
Hate crimes against Asian
New Yorkers have surged in
recent weeks. During the month
of March, the NYPD reported
31 bias crimes targeting Asian
residents; by comparison, there
were none during the same period
a year prior.
Earlier this week, Police
Commissioner Dermot Shea announced
the formation of a new
civilian panel aimed at helping
the NYPD investigate hate crime
cases and help bring the perpetrators
to justice.
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
A would-be peacekeeper
who
tried to calm a
warring couple in Washington
Square Park early
Saturday morning ended
up being slashed for his
trouble, police reported.
Law enforcement
sources said the slashing
occurred inside
the Greenwich Village
greenspace at about
2:35 a.m. on April 17.
According to police,
the 21-year-old man
came upon a man and
woman as they argued
with each other and
apparently attempted to
intervene. His actions,
however, provoked
the male suspect, who
then got into a physical
struggle with the
victim.
Seconds later, authorities
said, the victim was
knocked to the ground
— and the woman then
held him down while her
squeeze attacked him
with a knife.
The suspect in an April 7 hate crime in Chinatown.
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