Police Blotter
Queens man cuffed for
violent attack at subway
station in Chinatown
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives charged a Queens
man on June 24 in connection
with a silent-but-violent
assault of a man at a Chinatown train
station back in March.
Javel James, 42, of 165th Street in
Queens was picked up in Brooklyn
on an unrelated incident and linked
to the March 2 attack of a 56-yearold
man near the entrance to the East
Broadway station on the F line.
Cops said James punched the man
in the face at the entrance near the
corner of East Broadway and Rutgers
Street at about 8:50 p.m. on March 2.
Sources familiar with the
investigation said the suspect did
not say a word to the victim before
making his move.
Law enforcement sources said the
brute punched the victim multiple
times about the body, eventually
causing the man to pass out. The
attacker then fl ed in an unknown
direction.
Offi cers from the 7th Precinct
responded to the incident. The victim
suffered head swelling, a black eye
and a lacerated lip, and was treated at
a local hospital for his injuries.
In the wake of the attack, the
case was referred to the NYPD
Hate Crimes Task Force for further
investigation, as it appeared to fi t an
ongoing series of bias crimes targeting
Asian New Yorkers.
Upon being arrested Thursday,
James was initially charged only with
assault. The Manhattan District Attorney’s
charges, including hate crimes,
against him pending their review of
the case, law enforcement sources
said.
PHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Teen found dead in bathtub of
Manhattan apartment
COURTESY OF NYPD notifi cation.
Man sought in stabbing on Midtown NYC subway: NYPD
BY JOE PANTORNO
The NYPD is asking for the public’s
assistance in fi nding the whereabouts
of an unidentifi ed male who
is connected with an assault within the
Midtown South Precinct (Transit District
2).
The suspect allegedly began shouting
anti-gay statements at a 29-year-old male
passenger seated across from him on a
northbound ‘2’ train at approximately 3:30
a.m. ET Monday morning, June 28.
A verbal dispute quickly descended into
a physical altercation that spilled off the
train and onto the northbound platform at
West 34 Street and 7 Avenue station. The
victim was stabbed in the chest and torso
by an unknown object while the suspect
fl ed the station in an unknown direction.
Police responded to a 911
call of an unconscious male at
approximately 11:07 p.m. ET at
120 West 194th St. within the
confi nes of the 24th precinct.
The boy was removed by EMS
and was transported to Mount
Sinai Beth Isreal Hospital,
where he was pronounced
dead.
No trauma was observed
at the scene and the medical
examiner will determine the
cause of death as the investigation
remains ongoing.
The identity of the boy
is pending proper family
The victim went to Mount Sinai West
hospital and was treated for non-lifethreatening
injuries.
The suspect is described as an adult male
with a dark complexion who is approximately
5 feet 11 inches tall and 185 pounds
with a medium build and partial facial hair.
He was last seen wearing a red Chicago
Bulls hat, a gold chain around his neck, a
black shirt, green cargo shorts, and multicolored
sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard
to this incident is asked to call the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at
1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public
can also submit their tips by logging
onto the Crime Stoppers website at
WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM,
or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
offi ce may consider higher
BY JOE PANTORNO
A 15-year-old boy is
dead after he was
found unconscious
and unresponsive in a bathtub
in Wise Houses late Monday
night, June 28, according to
the NYPD.
FILE PHOTO
An officer patrols a subway platform in Manhattan.
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