Manhattan
A man is suspected of involvement in the robbery of a sleeping subway rider on a Lower East Side train and the use of the victim’s credit card to purchase MetroCards, authorities said. The napping, 24-year-old victim awoke at about 5 a.m. on April 9 at the East Broadway station on the F line to find his pockets cut open and his wallet missing, cops saiꦯd. Sometime later, the suspect used one of the victim’s credit cards to buy MetroCards at the Beach 25th Street A-train station in Far Rockaway, Queens. The suspect was last seen in a red leather jacket and an orange kni൩t hat with a pom pom on top.
Suspects are wanted in connection with a Washington Heights homicide, authorities said. Dejon McInnis, 41, was gunned down in front of his apartment building on 157th Street just after midnight last Friday in a gang dispute, according to police investigators. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital with a gunshot wound to the l𝔍eg, and died of complications, authorities said.
A woman attemp🔜ted to rob a pub patron at knifepoint in an upscale watering hole in the Financial District, according to police reports. The female victim, 25, was at a table in The Growler at about 11:30 p.m. on April 12 when the suspect pulled a knife and demanded money, cops said. The suspect then made an unsuccessful grab for the patron’s purse and fled, invvestigators said. The suspect was described as a 5-foot-5 and heavyset, and was last seen in a white dress shirt, police꧂ said.
A woman was robbed at knifepoint in a restroom at an East Village boutique, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim was shopping in Verameat on East Nintﷺh Street at about noon on Tuesday wh💧en the male suspect walked in, pulled a knife and forced her into the restroom. The woman handed about $200, jewelry, a laptop computer and a cellphone to the robber, who fled, investigators said.
Brooklyn
Police have released a sketch of a man who assaulted and attempted to rape a woman jogging in Prospect Park. Surveillance video shows the man near the park before the attack and sprinting away afterward. The suspect knocked down the 23🍷-year-old woman as she was jogging near Prospect Park West and Garfield Place at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. He then pulled a knife and said he was going to sexually assault her, but fled when she resisted. Emergency-room doctors had to use stitches to close victim’s wounds. The suspect was described as about 6 feet tall and 190 pounds with a short goatee. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants with white lettering on one leg and black sneakers with white bottoms.
A thief snatched a cellphone from the hand of a straphanger at a Crown Heights subway station, authorities said. The 31-year-old victim was standing on a platform waiting for a 2 train at the Franklin Avenue station when the suspect ran up and grabbed the phone at about 3:40 a.m. on 🍌April 8, investigators said. The suspect was described as in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall and 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, jeans and a red baseball cap, police said.
Queens
A suspect fired a gun during a gang dispute in Jack♑son Heights, authorities said. Witnesses told police they saw two groups in an angry verbal exchange Saturday night at about 11:30 p.m. when one trash-talker shot at his foes. Both groups fled and no injuries were reported. The shooter was sporting a long pony tail and was last seen in black jeans and an orange 🐻and blue jogging jacket, investigators said.