BY JACOB KAYE
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy after
he was grabbed by AT&T store employees
who were attempting to stop
the teen from stealing cellphones from
a Murray Hill store on Sunday.
The teen and an accomplice entered
the tech shop at 150-19 Northern
Blvd., at around 6:30 p.m. on, Jan. 5, according
to authorities. The pair began
to grab merchandise from the store
when they were spotted by store employees,
police said.
POLICE BLOTTER
Officers responded to the robbery
around 6:45 p.m. only to find store employees
holding one of the suspects and
waiting for the cops. The other suspect
escaped on foot, according to authorities.
Police charged the teen with two
counts of robbery, assault and criminal
possession of a controlled substance.
The identity of the 17-year-old
is being withheld because of his age.
The unknown male accomplice is
still being sought by police. At this
time, the NYPD could not provide a
description for the suspect.
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103rd Precinct
Woman steals purse from wheelchair in Jamaica
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for
a crook who was caught
on camera stealing a
woman’s purse from her
wheelchair at a Jamaica
clothing store.
According to police,
at 1:50 p.m. on Dec. 31, a
32-year-old woman entered
a fitting room at a
Jamaica
Burlington store, located
at 160-08 Jamaica Ave., to
try on clothes. While she
was in the dressing room,
an unknown woman walked up to her
wheelchair — which was sitting unattended
outside of the dressing room —
and stole the victim’s pocketbook.
The suspect then fled the scene
with the pocketbook, which contained
the victim’s cellphone, credit cards,
and keys, in an unknown direction.
On Jan. 3, the NYPD released video
of the suspect at the store committing
the aforementioned crime.
Anyone with information in regard
to the identity of this individual 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 or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All
calls are strictly confidential.
101st Precinct
Far Rockaway
104th Precinct
Maspeth
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives want to talk to a man believed
to be connected to a super-sized
fight outside a McDonald’s restaurant
in Maspeth last month that left two
men stabbed and four others injured.
Cops said the fracas ensued at 3:10
a.m. on Dec. 28 outside the fast food
joint located at 59-60 55th Road.
According to law enforcement
sources, a large group of individuals
got into a beef that led to violence.
During the free-for-all, two men were
stabbed: a 27-year-old man was cut
in the leg, and a 25-year-old man was
knifed in the shoulder.
Paramedics brought both individuals
to a local hospital in stable condition.
Four others involved in the episode
suffered minor injuries, police said,
including one who had been struck by
an unknown vehicle.
On Jan. 3, the NYPD released a
photo of a person of interest sought
for questioning in connection to the
rumble.
Anyone with information regarding
the incident or his whereabouts
can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-
TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA),
visit the Crime Stoppers website or
send a direct message on Twitter @
NYPDTips. All calls and messages are
kept confidential.
Reach reporter Robert Pozarycki by
e-mail at rpozarycki@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 260-4549.
Bigot spits at woman outside Far Rock yeshiva
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Cops need the public’s help in finding
a man connected to yet another
anti-Semitic incident in the city – this
one occurring outside a Far Rockaway
yeshiva.
Police released on Friday video
footage of the suspect connected to
the bias crime, which occurred at
9:40 a.m. on Dec. 24 near the Talmud
Torah Siach Yitzchok yeshiva at 15-13
Central Ave.
According to law enforcement
sources, the perpetrator attempted to
enter the school, but was denied entry
by staff. After being turned away, he
came across a 44-year-old female driver
sitting inside a car parked outside
the yeshiva.
Police said the bigot hurled anti-
Semitic slurs at the woman, then spat
at her through an open passenger side
window and fled the scene.
The incident was reported to
the 101st Precinct; the woman was not
injured.
Cops described the suspect as
a black man in his 20s with a slim
build.
Anyone with information regarding
his whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA), visit the Crime
Stoppers website or send a direct message
on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls
and messages are kept confidential.
There have been at least a dozen
anti-Semitic incidents in the New
York City area since December, most
of which have occurred in Brooklyn.
Police investigate wild brawl outside of a
Maspeth McDonald’s that left two stabbed
109th Precinct
Murray Hill
Cops arrest teen in attempted AT&T robbery
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