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Police blotter Thieving duo swipes packages from lobby of SoHo apartment building BY EMILY DAVENPORT Cops are looking for a duo who burglarized a Manhattan apartment building and took off with other people’s mail. According to police, at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 a pair of unknown individuals entered a building located in the vicinity of Charlton Street and 6th Avenue through a secured front door without permission to enter. Once inside, the duo swiped packages containing various items from the lobby area. The suspects then fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction. The NYPD released photos and video of the suspects taken from the crime scene. Anyone with information in regard to the identity of these individuals is asked to PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYPD 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 or on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential. Tough guy sought for delivering punch to 65-year-old MTA worker at Chelsea station BY ROBERT POZARYCKI Cops need the public’s help in finding the assailant who punched a 65-year-old MTA worker during a dispute at the 23rd Street station on the C/E lines in Chelsea earlier this month. Police released on Friday video footage of the perpetrator sought for the Nov. 17 attack, which took place at 3:30 p.m. on the uptown platform of the subway station below 8th Avenue. Law enforcement sources said the suspect got into an argument with the 65-year-old male employee. The words then turned physical, authorities said, when the perpetrator slugged the man in the face with his fist, then fled out of the station on foot northbound along 8th Avenue. Officers from the NYPD Transit Bureau and EMS units responded to the scene. Paramedics brought the victim to Lenox Health Greenwich Village in stable condition for injuries to his left eye and face. The NYPD described the suspect as an adult man with a dark complexion believed to be between 25 and 30 years of age, standing between 5 feet, 8 inches and 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYPD The suspect sought for punching a 62-year-old MTA worker at the 23rd Street/8th Avenue station in Chelsea on Nov. 17, 2020. blue sweatshirt, light colored pants and multicolored sneakers. 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 confidential. Suspect sought for fatally stabbing man at Midtown intersection BY ROBERT POZARYCKI Detectives are investigating a deadly stabbing in Midtown Manhattan on Saturday night. Law enforcement sources said the murder happened at about 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the corner of West 38th Street and 8th Avenue. Officers from Midtown South Precinct and EMS units responded to a 911 call of a person stabbed at the intersection. Upon arriving at the scene, they found the unidentified victim, unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple stab wounds to his torso. Paramedics rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced PHOTO VIA GOOGLE MAPS The corner of West 38th Street and 8th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. dead about 35 minutes after the 911 call came in. Police have withheld the victim’s identity, pending family notification. At this time, no arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing. Electrical mishap sparked fire in Manhattan high-rise that killed two women: Marshals BY ROBERT POZARYCKI Fire marshals said an electrical accident sparked a deadly fire in Upper Manhattan early on Sunday morning that killed two women in their apartment. Law enforcement sources said the fire started at about 12:19 a.m. on Nov. 22 on the 24th floor of 260 Audubon Ave., above the Trans Manhattan Expressway, in Washington Heights. Upon extinguishing the blaze, firefighters fund the two victims inside the apartment — ages 37 and 73 — both of whom had suffered smoke inhalation, police reported. Paramedics rushed the 37-year-old woman to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The 73-year-old victim also died of her injuries at Harlem Hospital. No other injuries were reported, police said. Their bodies were brought to the Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Along with declaring the fire to be electrical in nature, the Fire Department reported that the residence had a smoke alarm, but it was not operational. PHOTO VIA GOOGLE MAPS The high rise at 260 Audubon Ave. in Washington Heights. �� 6 November 26, 2020 Schneps Media /nypdcrimestoppers.com