Police Blotter
School safety
agent sprayed
A NYPD school safety agent was
assaulted while trying to break up a
fi ght, police said. On Sunday, Oct.
13, around 12:10 p.m., a 25-year-old
agent was helping other agents break
up a fi ght between students in front of
64 Essex St., offi cials said. During the
altercation, one of the males allegedly
sprayed an unknown substance in the
agent’s face, then fl ed into the Essex
Street/Delancey Street subway station.
The victim was taken in stable condition
to New York-Presbyterian Lower
Manhattan Hospital, where he was
treated for burning and irritation in his
eyes, police said.
— Gabe Herman
Creep groped
underage girl
Courtesy NYPD
Surveillance of the man wanted
by police.
BY GABE HERMAN
Police are looking for a creep who
groped an underage girl in the
subway, offi cials said.
The incident occurred on Monday,
Oct. 21, around 2:40 p.m. A man approached
a 16-year-old girl on a staircase
in the subway station at Eighth
Avenue and West 44th Street, police
said. The man then allegedly grabbed
her buttocks, before fl eeing on foot.
Police said there were no injuries
from the incident. The man wanted for
forcible touching in the Midtown South
Precinct is described as being bald and
wearing a two-tone coat, a lavender
shirt, tan pants, glasses and was seen
carrying a black bag.
Anyone with information about the
incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA), visit the Crime Stoppers
website, nypdcrimestoppers.com,
or send a direct message on Twitter @
NYPDTips. All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
Village offi ce burglary
There was a burglary in a real estate
offi ce at 21 Grove St., police said.
An employee said she closed the offi
ce on Oct. 2, at 6 p.m., and when she
reopened the offi ce the next morning,
she noticed the offi ce had been rummaged
through and items were missing.
The items included a handbag, a
sweater and a laptop, with a total value
of $2,540.
Azariah Brundage, 28, was arrested
on Oct. 7, and Alvin Cruz, 18, was arrested
on Oct. 21.
— Gabe Herman
East Village woman evades trespasser
BY GABE HERMAN
A woman was able to escape from an attack inside an East Village apartment
building, according to police.
The incident occurred on Friday, Oct. 25, around 11 p.m. A man
allegedly followed a 19-year-old woman into a residential building near East
7th Street and Avenue A. Once inside the building, they both entered the elevator.
When the woman got off the elevator and walked to her apartment door,
offi cials say that the man approached her from behind and covered her mouth.
He then allegedly wrapped his other arm around her waist and demanded that
she open the door to her apartment.
The woman refused and yelled out for help. A neighbor opened her door to
see what was happening, and the attacker released the victim and ran to the
elevator, police said. He fl ed out of the building in an unknown direction.
Police described the man, who is wanted for burglary in the 9th Precinct, as
black, 20 to 25 years old and 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a
black baseball cap, a white hooded sweater, black shorts and black sneakers.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit the Crime Stoppers
website, nypdcrimestoppers.com, or send a direct message on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are kept confi dential.
Intoxicated man has items stolen
Intoxicated man has items stolen
An intoxicated man had several items taken earlier this year without his
knowledge, which led to a recent arrest, according to a police report. On April
5, a 34-year-old man left the Dominick Hotel at 246 Spring St., which he said
was the last time he knew he had his possessions, and that he was highly intoxicated
at the time. He said he started walking and when he reached Sixth
Avenue and West Fourth Street, he realized he was missing several items, including
his wallet, multiple credit and debit cards, and a smart phone. The man
said he had no idea what happened to his property, and that there were later
several unauthorized charges on his credit cards. On Oct. 17, Jeffrey Stevens,
53, was arrested for grand larceny.
— Gabe Herman
Arrests for
imitation gun
Two police offi cers were spooked
by an imitation pistol that a group of
men had at the corner of Mercer and
Bleecker streets on Thursday, Oct.
24. Around 11 p.m. the offi cers came
across what they thought was a black
semi-automatic handgun, which made
them fear for their safety, according to
a police report. The offi cers determined
that the fi rearm was an imitation pistol
not authorized by the administrative
code of New York City. Three men
were arrested for menacing, a felony:
Ahmed Elafi fy, 18; Samin Bashar, 18;
and Sory Barry, 22.
— Gabe Herman
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