Police blotter
Creep on a CitiBike groped two
women on West Village streets
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Detectives are looking
for the creep
who groped two
women while riding around
the West Village on a
CitiBike earlier this month.
The NYPD released on
Nov. 12 video footage of
the pervert sought for the
attacks, which took place
beginning around 7:20 p.m.
on Nov. 9.
Law enforcement sources
said the fi rst incident
happened at the corner
of 7th Avenue South and
Bleecker Street, when the
two-wheeled creep rode up
to a woman from behind on
the sidewalk, grabbed her
buttocks and pedaled away
from the scene.
About 15 minutes later,
cops said, he did the same
thing to a 33-year-old woman
walking at the northwest
corner of Downing
The suspect responsible for groping two women
while riding around the West Village on Nov. 9, 2020.
and Varick Streets. After
grabbing her buttocks, he
was last seen pedaling his
CitiBike southbound on
Varick Street before turning
eastbound on King Street.
Both incidents were
reported to the 6th Precinct.
Neither woman was
injured.
Police described the perpetrator
as a man believed
to be between 25 and 35
years of age with a light
complexion, a medium
build and brown hair. He
was last seen wearing a
Pair wounded in Upper West
Side drive-by shooting: NYPD
BY DEAN MOSES
Cops are looking for the suspects
behind a drive-by shooting on the
Upper West Side on Friday afternoon
that injured two men who worked
for a food delivery organization.
Four people inside a black Chrysler minivan
unloaded bullets within the courtyard
of the Amsterdam Houses at 216 West
64th Street at about 12:21 p.m. on Dec.
11, injuring two men, cops said.
The fl urry of shots rang out mere blocks
away from cultural icon Lincoln Center,
prompting an array of police cruisers to
block off the area.
According to police sources, a 41-yearold
man was shot in the back while a
33-year-old man was hit with a bullet in
his left arm during the drive-by shooting
this afternoon. EMS transported both men
to a local hospital where they remain in
stable condition.
WABC-TV reported that the 41-yearold
bystander was delivering food for the
West Side Campaign Against Hunger,
an organization that attempts to alleviate
hunger by providing healthy food
options and supportive services for the
Robber takes cab driver for ride, steals
cash in Greenwich Village, cops say
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Police are looking for the crook who took a yellow cab
driver on a ride from Midtown to Greenwich Village,
then robbed him on Sunday afternoon.
Law enforcement sources said the trouble began at
about 1 p.m. on Dec. 13, when the 51-year-old male driver
picked up the suspect at the corner of West 44th Street
and 9th Avenue. The perpetrator asked the cabbie to drop
him off at the corner of East 13th Street and University
Place, near Union Square.
Upon arriving at the location, cops said, the perpetrator
suddenly changed his mind — and asked the driver
to bring him to the corner of West 14th Street and 7th
Avenue.
When they arrived there, authorities said, the suspect
told the driver he had to run into a nearby location to get
money from a friend. Cops said he then exited the cab
and ran inside a convenience store at 200 West 14th St.
But when the suspect didn’t return to the taxi after a
black jacket, a black baseball
cap, a dark colored
shirt, shorts and white
sneakers.
He’s pictured in this
security video taken during
the second incident.
Anyone with information
regarding his 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.
few minutes, police noted, the cab driver went inside the
store looking for the man. He found the suspect, and both
men then returned to the cab.
Once they got back inside the taxi, authorities said, the
robber made his move on the driver — demanding his
cash while displaying an unknown black object from his
left pants pocket. Police said the victim complied with the
request and handed over $80 in cash to the perpetrator,
who took the money and ran out of the cab northbound
along 7th Avenue.
The incident was reported to the 6th Precinct; the driver
was not injured.
On Monday morning, the NYPD released images of the
thief taken from inside 200 West 14th St. just before the
cab driver was robbed. He’s described as a man standing
5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds, with
a medium build, a light complexion and gray hair.
Cops said he was last seen wearing a blue face mask, a
black leather jacket, light blue jeans and white sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts
Technical Assistance Response Unit
connects to a security camera.
community when this act of kindness was
abruptly halted in its tracks with a hail
of bullets.
Offi cers from the 20th Precinct remained
on the scene for hours after the
shooting, canvassing the area for evidence.
Members of the Technical Assistance Response
Unit were also spotted connecting
to security cameras in hopes of identifying
the perpetrators from the footage.
The majority of offi cers left Lincoln
Center at about 4:30 p.m. Friday while a
small cluster remained just outside of the
Amsterdam Houses in order to continue
gathering intel. It has not been determined
if the two victims shot were the intended
targets.
This investigation is still ongoing.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYPD
The suspect behind the Dec. 13, 2020 cab driver
robbery in Greenwich Village.
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.
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