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Major crime continues to surge in NYC, up 36% this year: new police data​



By
Tina Moore


August 8, 2022 6:39pm
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The latest NYPD figures show major crime remains up 36% so far this year – even though shootings and murders both saw a dip of about 10% as of Sunday.
“The politicians will say ‘Murder is down!’ and ignore everything else,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.
“Meanwhile, everything else is God awful.”
Grand larceny was up a whopping 48.3%, from 20,374 to 30,205 incidents, auto theft rose 42%, from 5,589 to 7,939, and robbery jumped 39.8%, from 7,366 to 10,294, over the same period in 2021, the data show.
Rapes increased 10%, from 892 to 989, and felonious asasults were up 19.5%, from 13,086 to 15,640, the statistics show.
Meanwhile, murders were down 8.1%, from 284 to 261, the number of people shot dropped 7.4%, from 1,101 to 1,020, and the number of shooting incidents fell 10.1%, from 938 to 843, according to the NYPD data.
“Usually, during these really hot times, you end up with more violence,” Giacologne said. “Maybe it was too hot. But everything else is going off.”
Data on NYC crimeAccording to NYPD data, major crimes in New York City are up 36% so far this year.NY Post composite
He pointed out that shootings and homicides were up in 2021. making the decrease less noteworthy.
The data also show that murders so far this year were up 2% over the same period two years ago and 48.5% over the same period five years ago. The number of shooting victims and incidents also saw increases over those periods.
“We’ve probably lost two decades-worth of crime reductions, and that’s the real shame,” Giacalone said. “All those years of hard work by the Police Department is all gone in one year.”
The number of murders dropped 8.1% and the number of people shot went down 7.4% so far this year, according to the NYPD figures.The number of murders dropped 8.1% and the number of people shot went down 7.4% so far this year, according to the NYPD figures.Christopher Sadowski
A police officer with more than two decades on the job said any current gains by the department are likely to be erased.
“Give it time,” the cop said. “They’re letting bad guys go home. There’s zero consequences for their actions.”
 

NYC subway thefts soar almost 90 percent as suspected serial pickpocket goes free​



By
Tina Moore


August 9, 2022 3:45pm
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Thefts in the city’s transit system have shot up nearly 90% so far this year, cops said Tuesday — the same day they announced busting an alleged serial subway pickpocket, only to watch him freed by a judge.
Grand larcenies on Big Apple subways and buses have jumped 88.9% – from 342 to 646 incidents – year to date compared to the same period in 2022, the troubling new statistics show.
Overall major transit crime — including rapes, robberies and felony assaults — increased 52% in the same period, mirroring the city’s general trend, according to data released Monday.
The dismal figures come as police crowed on Twitter on Tuesday that they busted accused serial pickpocket Dedrick Williams, 53, a day earlier for committing three more grand larcenies in the transit system.
“Caught & arrested again!” the NYPD tweeted. “Yesterday, @NYPDTransit Public Safety officers arrested a known pickpocket recidivist. This is the man’s 11th Grand Larceny arrest this year alone. Our officers will remain resilient in addressing subway crimes & our commitment is unwavering.”

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But while the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office recommended bail at $30,000 cash for Williams, but a judge let him out on supervised release, officials said.

People walk by a Manhattan subway station on May 24, 2022 in New York City.Grand larcenies on New York City subways and buses have jumped 88.9% between 2021 and 2022.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The suspect, who lives on East 182nd Street, has a total of 20 arrests on his record since 2004, a police source said. The majority of the arrests were for crimes in transit, the source said.


“He steals wallets and uses the credit cards if there are any,” a police spokeswoman said of Williams. “In these past three [cases], he used the victims’ credit cards.”


Williams allegedly stole a woman’s wallet from her backpack while aboard a No. 6 subway in Manhattan at 8:45 a.m. on July 18, cops said. The woman told police “she felt a tugging and pushing on her backpack,” cops said in court documents. The woman saw the reflection of the thief in the subway door and described him to police, who were able to find surveillance video of the man, cops said.

Police walk through a Manhattan subway station on May 24, 2022 in New York City. Police arrested a known pickpocket for the 20th time since 2004, but he was set free due to loose bail laws.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The next day, around 8 a.m. at West 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square, a woman felt a tugging on her backpack as she walked down the stairs to the southbound N platform, she told cops. When she looked in her backpack later, she discovered her wallet was missing along with five credit cards.


The robber charged $130.75 on one of the cards for a MetroCard purchase, cops said. The detective reviewed surveillance video and found the suspect was the same man as in the first case, authorities said.





When they arrested Williams on Aug. 8 around 8:30 a.m. for the two crimes, police recovered a California driver’s license that belonged to a third person who was robbed, court documents show.


Williams was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and identity theft in the incidents, cops said
 


Nearly 2,000 NYPD cops quitting before getting full pensions — a 71% jump from 2021​



By
Dean Balsamini


August 6, 2022 8:33pm
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The NYPD is still hemorrhaging cops.
Ever-growing exodus figures show 2,465 police officers have filed to leave the department this year — 42% more than the 1,731 who exited at the same time last year, according to the latest pension fund stats obtained by The Post.
More disturbing is the fact that the number of cops hanging up their holsters early — before reaching 20 years for a full pension — has skyrocketed 71% this year from the year before (1,098 from 641).
Graduates at their New York City Police Department Police Academy's graduation ceremony.More than 2,000 officers have left the NYPD so far in 2022.Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
NYPD Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said the so-called “voluntary quits” are driving the “stampede” — and not a big academy class that graduated in 2022, as claimed last month by Chief of Department Kenneth Corey.
“We have had retirement waves caused by large academy classes before — they were nothing like this,” said Lynch.
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“This exodus is the result of cops in the prime of their careers deciding they have had enough. … The NYPD should stop trying to explain this staffing crisis away. Admit there’s a problem and help us fix it,” he said.

Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey speaks at a presser on the shooting death inside the subway system at Canal Street this morning.Chief of Department Kenneth Corey had earlier claimed a big academy graduating class led to cops leaving the NYPD.G.N. Miller
In June, The Post reported that more than 1,500 officers had either resigned or retired.


Officers usually work 20 years or more to collect their full pension, which can equate to 50% of their final three years’ average salary.


Being New York’s Finest has lost its luster for many of the rank and file, who have endured anti-cop hostility, bail reform, rising crime and the city’s vaccination mandate — currently on pause.

President of the Patrolman's Benevolent Association Pat Lynch speaks at a press conference held at The Detectives Endowment building on Thomas Street on Monday March 15, 2021 in Downtown, New York City, USA. Hendricks son, Brandon, 17, was a promising high school basketball star was gunned gown by an unknown assailant in the Bronx.NYPD Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said “voluntary quits” are driving the “stampede.”Stefan Jeremiah
Ticked-off members are taking other civil service tests and heading to police departments in Long Island and other suburbs or out of state, or joining the better-paying Port Authority PD.


“They are leaving for other opportunities where they’re paid better, treated better and have a better quality of life,” Lynch said.


Dave, who asked that his last name not be used, was a 30-year-old Queens cop when he quit this summer to take a private-sector gig after only seven years on the job. He said he was fed up with the “oppressive work environment.”



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A general view of an NYPD arm patch in the Times Square section of New York, NY on August 7, 2021.NYPD officers who work 20 years or more collect a full pension.Christopher Sadowski
“As soon as I left, I felt a huge weight off my shoulders,” he said. “And the sad part is that the job doesn’t need to be this way. I hear it all the time from friends who went to other police departments. They say, ‘They treat me like an adult here.’”
 


Overnight NYC shootings leave two wounded, five in custody: cops​



By
Tina Moore


August 7, 2022 9:30am
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A 21-year-old woman was shot in the back behind 569 East 108th Street in Brooklyn



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A woman and man were wounded in separate shootings in Brooklyn early Sunday, as bullets continued to fly in the city, cops said.
The 21-year-old woman was shot in the back behind 569 E. 108th St. in the Breukelen Houses just before 1 a.m., cops said.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition. She told cops she heard shots and felt pain.
569 East 108th Street in the Breukelen Houses.A woman was shot near the Breukelen Houses just before 1 a.m.Citizen
A short time later, at around 1:45 a.m., a man was shot once in the stomach in front of 185 Wortman Ave. in the Linden Houses. His age was unknown.
Video obtained by cops shows three gunmen getting out of a red sedan and firing at the man, according to cops. The shooters then took off on Wortman Avenue, cops said.



The vehicle was recovered less than a mile away at Stanley and Williams avenues, cops said. Five men were taken into custody with charges pending, police said. It was unclear how cops captured the shooters.


One firearm was recovered.
 

Crime-fighting NYPD highlights all the violence in NYC​



By
Tina Moore,

Larry Celona and

Joe Marino


August 5, 2022 11:34pm
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Violent Crime is surging in six major cities, including New York








The NYPD pointed out in a press release Friday just how crime-riddled the city is, saying the grim statistics show how the Big Apple’s bad guys no longer fear getting caught.
Citywide shootings surged 13.4% in July compared to the same month last year, and murders increased an even more alarming 34.3%, according to the department.
The overall rate of major crimes also rose 30.5%, driven in part by a 40.6% surge in grand larcenies.
“Usually they are spinning the numbers to make the bad look good,” an astounded Queens cop said.
A Manhattan cop asked sarcastically, “Why doesn’t the Police Department just raise the white flag?”
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The latest alarming figures emerged amid Mayor Adams’ ongoing battle to convince Albany lawmakers to roll back the state’s controversial 2010 bail reform law.


As part of that effort, the NYPD this week released a “Worst of the Worst” list of repeat offenders, led by an ex-con with 101 arrests, including 88 busts that came after bail reform took effect in 2020.

Man robbing bodegaThe New York City Police Department released new stats on the current state of crime in the city.
“Everyone who lives, works, and visits here deserves to be safe, and the members of the NYPD will tolerate nothing less – but we cannot do it alone,” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a prepared statement Friday.


“When violent criminals are willing to carry illegal guns on our streets and brazenly shoot at innocent people, they must face real consequences.”


A veteran cop said of Friday’s press release, “They’re basically shouting out that they need help.


“We don’t have enough cops, and the criminals are getting right back out onto the street and committing crimes.”

Police at the scene where a person was shot on Davidson Avenue at Evelyn Place in the Bronx on July 28.Police at the scene where a person was shot on Davidson Avenue at Evelyn Place in the Bronx on July 28.Christopher Sadowski Man on gurney A man was shot in Manhattan on July 18.Paul Martinka
Sources told The Post that six people were wounded by gunfire Friday in six incidents across the city in fewer than 12 hours, beginning shortly after midnight.


The victims, all males, ranged in age from 16 to 29, and the shootings took place in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, sources said.
 

NYC murders, shootings spiked in July as part of 40% jump in major crimes in 2022​



By
Kyle Schnitzer,

Larry Celona and

Tina Moore


August 1, 2022 7:34pm
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Violent Crime is surging in six major cities, including New York







The number of city murders, shootings and gun-violence victims in July saw double-digit percentage bumps compared to roughly the same month last year, new statistics show.
The troubling figures have helped fuel a nearly 40% jump in major crimes overall so far this year compared to the same period in 2021, continuing a dismal trend.
“I’m scared every day I walk out the door,” said a 51-year-old Brooklyn maintenance worker, who only gave her first name, Vee, to The Post on Monday.
“Bullets don’t have no name,” the East New York resident lamented.
The Big Apple’s seven major crime categories saw an overall increase of 36.8% so far this year, mainly fueled by grand larcenies, car thefts and robberies. That figure is compared to the 31.1% that the same crime index was up at the end of June.
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Overall, so far this year compared to the same time frame last year, grand larcenies are up a whopping 48%, from 19,624 to 29,129, car thefts soared 43%, from 5,345 to 7,444, and robberies jumped 39.4%, from 7,099 to 9,893 incidents, according to the data through Sunday.


Murders were down 4.2% so far this year over last, and shooting victims and shooting incidents were both down, 6% and 7.8% respectively.

Surveillance footage shows a gunman inside a deli in Manhattan.Surveillance footage shows a gunman inside a deli in Manhattan.NYPD Police had sought help identifying a robber in Queens.Police had sought help identifying a robber in Queens.NYPD NYPD at the scene of a shooting in the Bronx on July 28, 2022. New York City saw a double-digit percentage bump in murders and shootings in July compared to the same month in 2021, according to new statistics.NYPD at the scene of a shooting in the Bronx on July 28, 2022. New York City saw a double-digit percentage bump in murders and shootings in July compared to the same month in 2021, according to new statistics.Christopher Sadowski
But murders saw a 35% increase this past July compared to roughly the same period last year, going from 31 to 42. Shooting victims and gun incidents also saw a nearly 10% bump apiece. Shooting victims increased from 180 to 196, and shooting incidents jumped from 142 to 156.


New Yorkers such as Vee said they were afraid for themselves and their loved ones.


“I feel safe personally, but the city is not safe right now,” said James Sanks, 42, of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. “I don’t like when my dad goes out without me, and I don’t like when my wife goes out without me.”


He suggested that the NYPD bring back its controversial stop-and-frisk tactic that was dialed back after a federal judge ruled it was discriminatory against minorities.

Police investigating a shooting near a deli in Brooklyn on July 27, 2022.Police investigating a shooting near a deli in Brooklyn on July 27, 2022.Gregory P. Mango
“I’m all for it,” said Sanks, who is black. “I’d rather be harassed than let someone with a gun walk around. I get worried when my wife isn’t with me.”


Tiara Jackson, a 31-year-old security guard who commutes to the city from Westchester County on the subway, said she doesn’t feel secure, either.





“I never feel safe,” she said. “You’ve got to protect. Police are not here to prevent crimes; they come only after the crime happens.


“I don’t feel safe on the subways,” she said, adding that her biggest fear is being slashed in the transit system. “The cops are always on the phone.”
 

Stabbings on rise in NYC during surge in major crime​



By
Larry Celona and

Amanda Woods


August 11, 2022 9:50am
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Video shows scene where a 14-year-old was stabbed to death in an NYC subway station












Stabbings are on a rise in the Big Apple amid a citywide surge in major crime, according to the latest figures obtained by The Post.
The statistics, which cover the period through Aug. 7, show that stabbings have risen by 11% compared to the same span last year – from 2,465 to 2,756.
Fatal stabbings have jumped a whopping 43% – from 48 to 69 – during the same period, the data shows.
“People aren’t afraid to carry guns, so obviously they are not worried [about carrying] knives,” a Manhattan cop told The Post. “Plus it is a lot easier to get a hold of a knife.”
A Staten Island cop blamed the lack of serious consequences for offenders.
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“If you get caught carrying a knife – even a machete – you just get a DAT [desk appearance ticket],” the officer told The Post. “It is a misdemeanor. No value for human life.”

The scene where a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death at the 137th Street/City College subway station during a fight with another teen.The scene where a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death at the 137th Street/City College subway station during a fight with another teen.Robert Miller
Just this weekend, 62-year-old Anthony McEnteer was fatally stabbed following a dispute at The Christopher, a homeless shelter on West 24th Street in Chelsea, police said.


Paul De Medina, 59, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, cops said.


Late last month, Richard Sanchez, 29, was stabbed to death with a broken bottle in broad daylight when a fight broke out during a soccer game at Fort Washington Park, authorities said.


Acquaintance Ronald Guilcapi, 24, was arrested and charged with murder, police said.

The scene where 14-year-old was stabbed to death at the 137th Street/City College subway station in Manhattan on July 9.Fatal stabbings — which include the July 9 subway station attack that killed a 14-year-old boy — have jumped a whopping 43 percent so far this year. Christopher Sadowski “If you get caught carrying a knife – even a machete – you just get a DAT [desk appearance ticket],” a Manhattan cop told The Post.“If you get caught carrying a knife – even a machete – you just get a DAT [desk appearance ticket],” a Manhattan cop told The Post.Gabriella Bass
Also in late July, a crazed attacker stabbed a Bronx man to death in a broad daylight attack in front of his wife — who tried in vain to fight off the suspect with a pry bar, cops said.







The victim — Nathaniel Rivers, 35, a dad-of-one who was well-liked in the neighborhood — was stabbed in the chest and rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


Franklin Mesa, 19, was arrested a short time later and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said. Police described him as schizophrenic.


The suspect allegedly attacked two other people last year and was known as a “neighborhood menace.”


In early July, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death at the 137th Street/City College subway station in Hamilton Heights during a fight with another teen, according to police.


In a recent stabbing on the rails, 33-year-old Leo Frasier was knifed in the back on the escalator at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium subway station around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, cops said.


He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.


Cops say the assailant may have gone berserk because he wrongly believed the victim snapped a photo of him.


Frasier said that before the attack, he had complained that the suspect was standing too close to him. He also believes he was targeted because he is gay, but cops could not confirm any hate crime investigation.


No arrests have been made.

The NYPD investigates the scene of a July fatal stabbing in the Bronx.The NYPD investigates the scene of a July fatal stabbing in the Bronx.James Keivom
The rise in stabbings comes amid a 36% spike in major crime citywide as of Sunday.


Grand larceny was up a whopping 48.3%, from 20,374 to 30,205 incidents, auto theft rose 42%, from 5,589 to 7,939, and robbery jumped 39.8%, from 7,366 to 10,294, over the same period in 2021, the data show.


Rapes increased 10%, from 892 to 989, and felonious assaults were up 19.5%, from 13,086 to 15,640, the statistics show.





Meanwhile, murders were down 8.1%, from 284 to 261, the number of people shot dropped 7.4%, from 1,101 to 1,020, and the number of shooting incidents fell 10.1%, from 938 to 843, according to the NYPD data.


“The politicians will say ‘Murder is down!’ and ignore everything else,” Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan told The Post earlier this week. “Meanwhile, everything else is God awful.”
 

Overnight shootings in NYC leave one dead, 4 injured​



By
Dean Balsamini


August 13, 2022 12:39pm
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Police arrive at the scene of the Bronx shooting, where a man was found shot in the head.
Police arrive at the scene of the Bronx shooting, where a man was found shot in the head. Seth Gottfried







A 30-year-old Bronx man shot his wife in the foot and then killed himself, one of a series of overnight shootings across the city, police said.
Three other people were wounded in separate incidents, cops said.
In the deadly Bronx episode, cops responding to 2830 Marion Ave., near East 198th Street in Bedford Park, found a woman shot in the right foot and her husband shot in the head, police said.
The woman, 31, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, police said. Her husband, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police did not say what fueled the shooting-suicide.
The wife of the Bronx shooter was taken to the hospital in stable condition.The wife of the Bronx shooter was taken to the hospital in stable condition.Seth Gottfried
At around 6:20 a.m., a 29-year-old man was shot in the right leg in front of Troy Avenue and St. John’s Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, police said. The victim — who heard shots and felt pain — was taken to Kings County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. There are no arrests.
Earlier, at 4:40 a.m., a 33-year-old man was grazed in the ear on Nichols Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, cops said. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, police said.
Police were also called to the scene of another shooting in Brooklyn.Police were also called to the scene of another shooting in Brooklyn.



The bloodshed began at 9:40 p.m. Friday when a 46-year-old man was shot twice in the left leg by two men who approached him on Gerard Avenue, near East 165th St. in the South Bronx, the NYPD said.


The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The suspects sped off in a gray sedan, cops said.
 

Teen, 19, killed among six shot overnight in NYC, including man hit with stray bullet​



By
Tina Moore


August 14, 2022 1:48pm
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Police at the scene where two people were shot on Third Avenue at E111th Street in New York, NY around 11:20 p.m. on August 13, 2022.
Police at the scene where two people were shot on Third Avenue at E 111th Street around 11:20 p.m. on August 13, 2022. Christopher Sadowski






Six men were shot in the city overnight — including a teen who died and a victim struck by a stray bullet, police said Sunday.
The dead 19-year-old, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was shot in the left leg during a dispute in front of 3761 10th Ave. near 202nd St. in Inwood, Manhattan, just before 11 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
He was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The nature of the dispute was unknown.
About three hours earlier, a 26-year-old man in Manhattan was struck by a stray bullet by a gunman who fled on a scooter, cops said.
The victim was near 60 E. 135th St. in East Harlem when he was shot in the right leg, police said. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, cops said.
“He was struck by a stray bullet in his right knee,” a police source said, adding that 17 shell casings were found in front of the address.
Then at 10:20 p.m., gunfire erupted in front of 67 St. NIcholas Ave. near 113th Street in Harlem, when a 35-year-old man was struck by a bullet in the right leg.
He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition, according to police. He was uncooperative, cops said.
a male was shot in the back in the lobby of 3021 Avenue WA 42-year-old man was shot in the right buttocks and right calf inside 3021 Avenue W in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.Seth Gottfried Police at the scene where a person was shot on St. Nicholas Avenue at E114th Street in New York, NY around 10:25 p.m. on August 13, 2022. At 10:20 p.m., gunfire erupted in front of 67 St. Nicholas Ave. near 113th Street in Harlem.Christopher Sadowski
Three additional men were shot in two separate incidents just before midnight.
Two men were shot in front of 2016 Third Ave. in East Harlem around 11:15 p.m. by a man who fled in a white van, police said.
A 61-year-old was shot in the left leg, and a 27-year-old was shot in the right leg, cops said. It wasn’t clear what led up to the shooting or if the men were shot intentionally.



Then at 11:56 p.m., a 42-year-old man was shot in the right buttocks and right calf inside 3021 Avenue W in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition.
 

NYPD cops confiscate 47 guns, arrest 57 people over the weekend​



By
Haley Brown and

Tina Moore


August 16, 2022 6:37pm
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Community activist Jackie Adams, 74 yr, chief of patrol Jeffrey Maddrey, and Deputy Chief John Chell
Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey and Deputy Chief John Chell shared an update regarding the confiscated guns. Tomas E. Gaston


The NYPD confiscated 47 guns and arrested 57 people over the weekend across the city – including one man who has 11 prior arrests, three of which are for gun charges, an NYPD official said Tuesday.
“There were children and families playing in the park and just like that a few feet away someone is carrying an illegal firearm,” Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey said at a press conference announcing the arrests.
This is Community activist Jackie AdamsCommunity activist Jackie Adams lost two of her sons to gun violence and serves as an advocate for change.Tomas E.Gaston
The third-time offender he was referring to is Octavous Fayton, 41, who was arrested in his most recent bust at 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside Hylan Park at East 216th Street and Bronx Boulevard, police said.






“I just want to use this one incident as a microcosm,” Maddrey said. “This is happening everywhere where people are walking around with illegal firearms and they’re right in our communities which is creating a hazard.”
Fayton was charged with six counts of criminal possession of a weapon, reckless driving and hit with traffic violations for driving without headlights, overly tinted windows and other infractions.
He has 11 unsealed prior arrests, including the three gun arrests, police said.
Fayton was previously busted with a gun on Feb. 18, 2020, when he was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.





He was hit with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of possession of stolen property on Oct. 14, 2017, when he was found in possession of a stolen weapon, cops said.
Jackie Rowe-Adams, 74, co-founded Harlem Mothers & Fathers S.A.V.E after losing two of her sons to gun violence — one was killed when he was 17 in the 80s and the other was 28 when he died in the 90s.
“I applaud the police. I am very proud of NYPD because this is what we need. Enough is enough,” Rowe-Adams said at the event.
“The police is not killing us. We’re killing us,” she said.
The Bronx District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately answer an email seeking information about Fayton’s most recent arrest.


Maddrey pointed out that shootings and homicides were down so far this year over he same period last year but said the gun busts are still happenng..
“It just shows that there’s a proliferation of guns in the community,” Maddrey said.
 

Two men hurt in overnight NYC shootings, cops say​



By
Dean Balsamini


August 20, 2022 9:45am
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A 33-year-old man was shot in front of of 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights.
A 33-year-old man was shot in front of 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights. Seth Gottfried


Two men were hurt in separate shootings in Manhattan, police said.
A 33-year-old man was shot once in the abdomen in front of 2999 Frederick Douglass Blvd. in Washington Heights at about 3:15 a.m. Saturday, cops said. The victim, who told police he heard shots and felt pain, was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
An NYPD officer investigates the scene of a shooting on 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights.An NYPD officer investigates the scene of a shooting on 2999 Frederick Douglas Blvd in Washington Heights.Seth Gottfried An NYPD officer installs tape around the scene of a shooting in Washington Heights.An NYPD officer installs tape around the scene of a shooting in Washington Heights.Seth Gottfried A 33-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen.A 33-year-old man remains in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen.Seth Gottfried
Earlier, in East Harlem at 2:50 a.m., a 44-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder on the 300 block of East 102nd Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, in East Harlem, cops said. The injured man was taken to Cornell Hospital with a graze wound, police said.
Cops are looking for two male shooters who ran off. There were no arrests.

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A 44-year-old man was shot on the 300 block of East 102nd Street in East Harlem.A 44-year-old man was shot on the 300 block of East 102nd Street in East Harlem.Citizen Footage shows an ambulance arriving the scene of a shooting in East Harlem.Footage shows an ambulance arriving at the scene of a shooting in East Harlem.Citizen



 

Security guards feel helpless as brazen thieves loot high-end NYC stores​



By
Dana Kennedy and

Brad Hamilton


August 25, 2022 6:22pm
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A group of seven men and women boosted $30K worth of merchandise from the Lululemon store on 14th St. and 9th Ave. on Aug. 16 — and no one appeared to stop them.
A group of seven men and women boosted nearly $30K worth of merchandise from the Lululemon store on 14th Street and 9th Avenue on Aug. 16 -- and no one appeared to stop them.


Security guards at several high-end stores in the West Village and Soho say they feel like sitting ducks as thieves loot their stores in broad daylight with no consequences.
The two NYC nabes — and their high-end shops — have become a target for enterprising robbers, like the group of seven men and women who sauntered into the Lululemon store on 14th Street and 9th Avenue around noon on Aug. 16 and made off with close to $30,000 in stolen goods.
The gang grabbed clothing and other gear and stuffed them into large sacks and a shopping cart, walking nonchalantly by a security guard who appeared on video to do nothing to stop them. One man carried a huge pile of apparel overflowing in his arms.

The four men and three women remain at large, police said.
A number of security guards and managers at ritzy stores in the area told The Post this week that it’s almost impossible to stop thieves like the Lululemon gang.
Kirstin Aureden, a manager at Marni at 159-161 Mercer St., said she and her sales team don’t detain people who sneak out with clothes or shoes or even challenge them. “We don’t confront. We don’t follow. We just let it go.”
A security guard at the Dior store at 105 Greene St., like many who spoke to The Post, sounded defeated.
Kristin Aureden, strore manager.  Marni fashion store, Mercer street Soho.Of shoplifters, Kristin Aureden, store manager at Marni on Mercer Street, said, “We don’t confront. We don’t follow. We just let it go.”Stefano Giovannini A security guard locks the door at Marni in Soho. Looting in the neighborhood is on the rise, leaving many who work at high-end stores feeling like sitting ducks.A security guard locks the door at Marni in Soho. Looting in the neighborhood is on the rise, leaving many who work at high-end stores feeling like sitting ducks.Stefano Giovannini
“There’s no sense in stopping people,” he said. “You don’t know what they’re going to do. Not only that, everything is insured.”
The NYPD’s 6th Precinct, which covers both the West Village and Greenwich Village, has seen crime spike 80% — fueled by a 103% increase in grand larceny and shoplifting, new NYPD data shows. The area has seen the biggest crime increase of any area in the city so far this year.
Some of the city’s worst repeat offenders for shoplifting include (from left) Nolan Gonzalez, Michelle McKelley and Isaac Rodriguez.Some of the city’s worst repeat offenders for shoplifting include Nolan Gonzalez, Michelle McKelley and Isaac Rodriguez.
The area covering the 6th Precinct — where celebs like Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Lawrence own homes — has seen 1,380 major crimes through the middle of August in 2022, compared to 766 in the same period in 2021, statistics show. Most of that crime wave stems from a huge number of grand larcenies, which include shoplifting. So far there have been 802 this year, compared to the 394 recorded over the same period last year — a 103% rise, according to the figures.
A security guard at the Apple store at 103 Prince St. in nearby Soho said he once prevented a thief from fleeing with a plastic garbage bag full of headphones but otherwise “there’s not a lot we can do.”
The NYPD’s 6th Precinct, which covers both the West Village and Greenwich Village, has seen crime spike 80% — fueled by a 103% increase in grand larceny and shoplifting.The NYPD’s 6th Precinct, which covers both the West Village and Greenwich Village, has seen crime spike 80% — fueled by a 103% increase in grand larceny and shoplifting.Stefano Giovannini
“You can have 15 guards but if shoplifters can’t get arrested or touched, what’s the point?” he told The Post. “We used to be able to do things but those days are over. They just run amok. It’s frustrating.”
He said he was alarmed by the stabbing at the Apple store on 14th Street in October 2021, when a guard there was attacked while attempting to enforce the location’s mask requirement.
“You gotta become a victim in order to defend yourself,” he said.
A security guard at Dior keeps watch as many who work at luxury stores say it’s impossible to stop shoplifters, especially as they might retaliate with violence.A security guard at Dior keeps watch as many who work at luxury stores say it’s impossible to stop shoplifters, especially as they might retaliate with violence.Stefano Giovannini
Some say the alarming rise in thefts and general crime is due to New York’s controversial bail reform laws. Under those rules, virtually all larceny suspects get released without having to post bail or bond.
Among them is booty-boosting menace Harold Gooding, a 53-year-old career crook dubbed “Recidivist No. 1” by Mayor Adams, who keeps being let out of jail despite 101 arrests. Another sticky-fingered fiend, Michelle McKelley, refers to herself as a “professional booster” and has been busted more than 100 times, mostly for shoplifting.
Police released footage of a man who they suspect robbed a number of high-end boutiques in downtown Manhattan including Christian Louboutin, Scotch & Soda and Loro Piana.Police released footage of a man they suspect robbed a number of high-end boutiques in downtown Manhattan including Christian Louboutin, Scotch & Soda and Loro Piana. One suspect looted a string of high-end stores in downtown Manhattan throughout July, lifting $62,000 worth of merchandise.The suspect looted the stores throughout July, lifting $62,000 worth of merchandise.
The Soho guard, a lifelong New Yorker who did not disclose his name because he wasn’t authorized to speak on behalf of his company, said he’s become discouraged by the crime wave in the city.
“I can’t wait to retire and get out of New York,” he said. “I’m moving to Florida, where the laws still seem to matter.”
A suspect walks out of a Christian Louboutin boutique in the West Village with an estimated worth of $26,500 in clothing.A suspect walks out of a Christian Louboutin boutique in the West Village with an estimated $26,500 worth of clothing.
The guard said that shoplifting and burglaries at ritzy shops in Soho and the West Village have long been a problem and can’t be prevented.
“It’s never going to stop,” he said. “Just like you have a job, and I have a job, this is their job.”



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A security guard at Marni said he was told not to stop shoplifters but to alert his company, PTL Security, about thefts in progress. “I’m a preventative measure,” he said. “A sense of security.”
Store managers said they’ve tried various strategies to mitigate shoplifting or smash-and-grab crimes but none of the solutions are foolproof.
“We were getting hit a lot in the spring, so now we lock the door,” Marni’s manager, Aureden, said. “We only let in a certain amount of customers at one time.”
She said they’ve taken other steps to protect the merchandise, including displaying mismatched pairs of shoes — different colors and sizes — to discourage would-be thieves from snatching them and dashing out.
“There’s not a big resale of our items — people who steal want to wear our products,” she said.
“It’s been getting worse,” said manager Kyle Rhodes at Meermin Shoes at 123 Mercer Street, which was targeted on July 5.“It’s been getting worse,” said Kyle Rhodes, manager of Meermin Shoes on Mercer Street, which was hit on July 5.Stefano Giovannini One smash-and-grab thief made off with $3,400 worth of pricy leather goods from Meermin Shoes in Soho along with thousands in goods from other stores in the area.One smash-and-grab thief made off with $3,400 worth of pricy leather goods from Meermin Shoes in Soho along with thousands in goods from other stores in the area.Stefano Giovannini
Some security guards try to stop the steals — with mixed results.
“It’s been getting worse,” said manager Kyle Rhodes at Meermin Shoes at 123 Mercer St., which has been targeted by shoplifters and a smash-and-grab thief who made off with $3,400 worth of pricy leather goods after breaking in at 6:20 a.m. on July 5.
“We had a shoplifter and I ran after him — probably not the smartest thing to do because you don’t know what he might have had on him.”
 

NYC overnight shootings leave two dead, three injured​



By
Larry Celona and

Dean Balsamini


August 27, 2022 9:41am
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Police at the scene of a double shooting in the Bronx early Saturday. Robert Mecea


A 37-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were killed in seprate Bronx shootings overnight that left three others injured.
In the latest deadly incident, three men were shot following a dispute at the corner of East Burnside Avenue and the Grand Concourse at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Joshua Thomas, 22, died from a gunshot wound in the head, while another 22-year-old male was shot in the torso and a 25-year-old man was shot in the left leg, the NYPD said.
Around 4 a.m., two males and female were shot on Burnside Avenue and the Grand Concourse.Around 4 a.m., two males and female were shot on Burnside Avenue and the Grand Concourse.Seth Gottfried




The three victims were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where the surviving 22-year-old was in critical condition and the 25-year-old was listed in stable condition, cops said.
“A 22-year-old person of interest was taken into custody with charges pending,” an NYPD spokesman said. “No firearm has been recovered at this time. The investigation remains ongoing.”
Earlier, at 12:20 a.m., a 37-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man were ambushed in the vicinity of East 170th Street and College Avenue in Claremont while sitting in their car, authorities said.
The woman, who was in the driver’s seat, was fatally shot in the head, while the man, in the front passenger seat, was shot in the left leg, police said. EMS transported the doomed woman to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The “uncooperative” 43-year-old was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said.
There are no arrests and police are investigating. An NYPD spokesman said the 43-year-old “is known to the department” and has a lengthy rap sheet.
Two people in a car were also ambushed shortly after midnight.Two people in a car were also ambushed shortly after midnight.Robert Mecea
Blood also spilled on East 131st Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem early Saturday when a 19-year-old woman was slashed in the right hand by another woman she knew from the neighborhood, police said.
“Words were exchanged and the verbal turned physical,” an NYPD spokesman said.
The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, cops said.
 


Summer 2022 crime surged in nearly every major category, NYPD stats reveal​



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Amanda Woods and

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Crime didn’t take a holiday over the summer of 2022.
Worries that warm weather would bring out the Big Apple’s bad guys proved true, with repeated examples of innocent New Yorkers falling victim to gunmen, crooks, perverts and violent maniacs.
Official statistics show the NYPD tracked spikes in every category of major crime except murders during June, July and August compared with last year.
As of last week, the rate of serious crimes was up 35.6% over 2021, with robberies, burglaries, grand larcenies and auto thefts rising between 32.6% and 46.6% each.
The distressing situation in late July led Mayor Eric Adams to call in vain for a special session of the state Legislature to address his repeated requests for a rollback of the controversial 2019 bail-reform law.
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But with summer’s official end on Labor Day, there’s worries Gotham’s public safety could be headed in the same downward spiral as the soon-to-be falling leaves.


Here are some chilling examples of the summer mayhem:


‘Young people are shooting at each other’​


A basketball game in The Bronx erupted in gunfire when a dispute between players led one man to pull out a handgun and open fire around 8 p.m. July 11.


As terrified people scrambled for cover inside the Arcilla Playground — just blocks from Yankee Stadium — stray bullets struck two 17-year-old girls at a cookout near the court.

Tamiyah Thomas, a 17-year-old girl from Virginia visiting relatives in New York City, was shot at a Bronx park on July 11, 2022. Tamiyah Thomas, a 17-year-old girl from Virginia visiting relatives in New York City, was shot at a Bronx park on July 11, 2022. Courtesy Russ Thomas Police at the scene of the shooting that stemmed from a dispute on the basketball court at Arcilla Playground in the Bronx.Police at the scene of the shooting that stemmed from a dispute on the basketball court at Arcilla Playground in the Bronx.William C. Lopez/NY Post
Virginia resident Tamiyah Thomas — visiting relatives along with her twin 15-year-old sisters — was struck in the head, with the round grazing her skull but miraculously not penetrating it.


“What do you do as a parent when your twin daughters FaceTime you screaming because there is blood coming down your eldest daughter’s head?” outraged father Russ Thomas fumed after rushing to her side.


The furious father — brother of the late rapper Frederick “Fred the Godson” Thomas — also blamed city officials for “not doing enough” to stop the “stupid violence and crazy crime happening in New York, in broad daylight.”


“Teenagers and young people in their early 20s are shooting at each other here and that’s how innocent people get killed,” he said.

Tamiyah's father Russ Thomas blamed city officials for not doing enough to stop the violence happening in broad daylight.Tamiyah’s father Russ Thomas blamed city officials for not doing enough to stop the violence happening in broad daylight.G.N.Miller/NY Post
Both Tamiyah and another unidentified girl who was shot in the leg survived the terrifying incident, which remains unsolved.


But an innocent bystander at another shooting — Houston Baptist University basketball star Darius Lee, 21 — wasn’t so lucky and died after a gunfight broke out at an outdoor party in Harlem around 12:30 a.m. June 20.


Eight others were wounded at the gathering hosted by rapper Troy “Rich” Rhymer, who was recording a music video at the time.


The NYPD offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests in the fatal shooting that happened during a firefight involving handguns and scores of shots fired. To date, no one has been busted.

Houston Baptist University basketball star Darius Lee was shot and killed at an outdoor party in Harlem on June 20, 2022.Houston Baptist University basketball star Darius Lee was shot and killed at an outdoor party in Harlem on June 20, 2022.AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, file Eight other people were injured at the Harlem shooting where Lee died.Eight other people were injured at the Harlem shooting where Lee was killed.Daniel William McKnight for NY Post
Lorreine Matthews, 73, survived her random shooting after a stray round hit her ankle as she sat on a bench outside her Bronx apartment building around 4:20 p.m. Aug. 23.


Two gunmen who began spraying bullets after hopping out of a black sedan are believed to have been aiming at a nearby group in what authorities suspect was gang-related violence.


Several shots ripped through the widows of the building at 725 Garden St., less than two blocks from the entrance to the Bronx Zoo’s Southern Boulevard parking lot.

A bullet hole in the window of an apartment building at the scene of the shooting that injured Lorreine Matthews, 73, in the Bronx on August 23, 2022.A bullet hole in the window of an apartment building at the scene of the shooting that injured Lorreine Matthews, 73, in the Bronx on August 23, 2022.Joe Marino/NY Post
“The kids first thought it was fireworks and when my 13-year-old realized it wasn’t and glass shattered on her, she dropped to the floor,” a resident told The Post at the time.


“All we heard were people screaming. It had to be 15-20 shots.”


No arrests have been made.


Attacked without warning​


A man was sucker-punched into a coma during a random, unprovoked sneak attack in The Bronx that left him with a skull fracture, bleeding in the brain and a broken cheekbone around 10:45 p.m. Aug. 12.


Jesus Cortes, 52, was standing outside the Fuego Tipico Restaurant, minding his own business, when a surveillance camera allegedly recorded convicted sex offender Van Phu Bui, 55, as he pulled on work gloves and decked Flores from behind with a vicious roundhouse punch to the head.

Jesus Cortes was punched in an unprovoked attack allegedly by convicted sex offender Bui Van Phu in the Bronx on August 12, 2022.Jesus Cortes was punched in an unprovoked attack allegedly by convicted sex offender Bui Van Phu in the Bronx on August 12, 2022.DCPI
As if the incident weren’t outrageous enough, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark downgraded an attempted murder charge filed by cops to misdemeanor assault, allowing Bui to be released under terms of the state’s controversial bail-reform law following his Aug. 17 arrest.


Because Bui is on lifetime parole for an armed 1994 sex attack on a 17-year-old girl, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered him arrested the next day, claiming credit despite her refusal to roll back the bail-reform law.


Bui was ordered held without bail following a court hearing at which his parole officer, Nixa Rivera, said he was a member of the infamous “Born to Kill” gang and called him an “imminent threat to the community.”

The attack put Cortes in a coma. He is now off a ventilator and is recovering.The attack put Cortes in a coma. He is now off a ventilator and is recovering.Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post Bui was originally released without bail before getting arrested and held without bail for parole violations.Bui was originally released without bail before getting arrested and held without bail for parole violations.Tomas E.Gaston for NY Post
Rivera also said the charges against Bui — which include harassment, a violation — “will be elevated to felonies.”


The victim, who underwent brain surgery following the attack, was taken off a ventilator on Aug. 21 and appeared to be on the mend, his younger brother, Juan Cortes, said at the time.


There were other several other disturbing unprovoked attacks over the summer, including the fatal, broad-daylight stabbing of married father Nathaniel Rivers, 35, in front of his wife after he parked his car in The Bronx around 1:15 p.m. July 21.


A neighbor with a history of mental illness, Franklin Mesa, 19, was charged with murder in the slaying, which allegedly took place after he approached Rivera and began arguing with him.

Nathaniel Rivers was stabbed to death in the Bronx in front of his wife on July 21, 2022.Nathaniel Rivers was stabbed to death in the Bronx in front of his wife on July 21, 2022.Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post
On Aug. 9, cops busted a homeless man, Rodney Perry, 34, for allegedly pushing and punching three young girls — two 12, one 11 — in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village as they walked with one of their moms.


Perry ran away after the random attack but was nabbed several blocks away and charged with assault, resisting arrest and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17.


Another homeless man, Nickolas O’Keefe, 33, was arrested in a pair of unprovoked stabbings that took place within about 30 minutes of each other the evening of Aug. 31.

Homeless man Nickolas O'Keefe allegedly stabbed two people randomly on August 31, 2022.Homeless man Nickolas O’Keefe allegedly stabbed two people randomly on August 31, 2022.DCPI Christopher, a victim of O'Keefe's alleged stabbing, with a photo of his injury.Christopher, a victim of O’Keefe’s alleged stabbing, with a photo of his injury.Robert Miller for NY Post
“I saw this guy walking towards me, and I didn’t think anything of it, I was just walking, and I saw him reach to his back and as soon as we passed each other he just turned around and stabbed me in the back,” one victim, who asked to be identified only as Christopher, told The Post the following day.


“He just did it and kept walking.”


The other victim, a 27-year-old woman, also survived being stabbed in the chest.
 

Biker bandits run amok​


Two robbers who ride around on a small, black motorcycle are believed responsible for dozens of brazen, broad-daylight capers across Upper Manhattan — including one just steps from the famed Guggenheim Museum.


A 28-year-old woman and a friend were walking on East 89th Street in Manhattan near the iconic modern art exhibition hall around 12:15 p.m Aug. 27 when the crooks rode toward them on the sidewalk.


After stopping alongside the pair, the driver leaned over and tried to snatch a gold chain and other jewelry from her neck, knocking the woman down in the process, according to surveillance video released by the NYPD.

Two robbers on a motorcycle are believed to be responsible for a dozen robberies in Manhattan.DCPI The bikers robbing a woman on the Upper East Side.DCPI
As the victim’s pal tried to pull her to safety, the driver’s accomplice got off the bike and tried to complete the robbery before hopping back on for a speedy getaway.


The incident was one of least four blamed on the bandits that day, culminating in a dramatic, caught-on-camera confrontation with a good Samaritan in Upper Manhattan’s Fort George neighborhood.


One of the crooks fired three shots at a 28-year-old man they chased down a sidewalk before the do-gooder intervened, fought with the robber and grabbed the gun from his hand.

Police at the scene of the robbery outside of the Guggenheim Museum on August 27, 2022.Robert Miller for NY Post
NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said the bandits, who are still on the loose, were suspected in dozens of incidents since July. “They’re just scooting all over and they’re in and out of traffic and they’re flying all over,” he said.


Sex offender on wheels​


An electric bike rider made his way across Manhattan from the Upper West Side to the East Village — sexually assaulting two women in separate incidents about an hour apart.


Surveillance video captured the man riding behind his first victim as he stalked her in a crosswalk at Central Park West and West 82nd Street around 4 a.m. July 16.


After ditching the bike, the man sneaked up behind a 23-year-old woman on a sidewalk and tackled her, warning, “Don’t scream, I have a knife!” before molesting her.

Surveillance footage of a man on an e-bike who sexually assaulted a woman in Manhattan on July 17, 2022.DCPI
He ran away and was later recorded riding the e-bike southbound on Central Park West.


Around 5 a.m., he struck again near East Fourth Street and Avenue A, where he hopped off the bike and grabbed a 28-year-old woman.


After again threatening that he was armed with a knife, the assailant exposed his genitals and forced the victim to perform a sex act.


Days later, cops linked him to a similar unsolved incident on the Manhattan Bridge around 4:30 a.m. May 15.


A sketch of the suspect behind the string of sexual assaults.DCPI

In that case, the man used the bike to stalk a 26-year-old woman on the pedestrian walkway, then hopped off and grabbed her hair from behind.


After pulling out a knife, the man — who hasn’t been caught — pushed the victim to the ground and forced her to perform a sex act.


Another alleged serial sex offender, Scott Blake, 55, was busted Aug. 24 in a string of buttocks-groping incidents in Midtown Manhattan, Greenwich Village and the East Village.


Blake allegedly targeted seven women in their 20s and 30s during a sickening spree that began July 20 and ended Aug. 1, cops said.


On Aug. 21, a South Sudanese diplomat, Charles Dickens Imeni Oliha, 46, was accused of raping a 24-year-old neighbor after forcing his way into her Upper Manhattan apartment.


Oliha was taken into custody for questioning but released without charges after invoking diplomatic immunity,. He then fled the US.


In a statement, South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed “regret” over the incident and said it “took the decision to immediately recall” and suspend Oliha “pending a full investigation from a specialized committee.”

South Sudanese diplomat Charles Dickens Imeni Oliha was accused of raping a neighbor in Manhattan, but wasn’t charged due to diplomatic immunity.Facebook / Charles Dickens Oliha fled the country after being released without charges.Matthew McDermott for NY Post
The ministry didn’t say if Oliha would be extradited if charges were filed against him locally.


‘The subway system is a mess’​


One subway rider got stabbed in the gut Aug. 22 when he tried to stop an aggressive panhandler from harassing passengers on a B train as it barreled through Midtown Manhattan.


“I just told him, ‘Leave me alone, like just back off,'” Fuentes said from his bed at Weill Cornell Hospital Center in Manhattan later that day.


“He just became aggressive and that’s when I had to defend myself.”


Fuentes, a food deliveryman who lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, said the fight “got ugly” but he didn’t realize he’d been stabbed until he got off the train at the 47th-50th Streets/Rockefeller Center station and saw his T-shirt was soaked with blood.

The suspect who allegedly stabbed a man on a subway in Manhattan on August 22, 2022.DCPI
Cops later released a video clip of the suspect, a balding, goateed man who’s about 5-feet-9 with a husky build and appeared to be carrying a large duffel bag with several smaller bags attached to it.


The unidentified man has yet to be caught.


“It sucks what’s happening,” Fuentes said. “The subway system is a mess right now.”


In other transit-related violence, an 80-year-old woman was repeatedly slapped on her head, back and shoulder on Aug. 6 while riding a southbound No. 6 train on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.


The unprovoked attack took place around 4:30 p.m. and caused the victim to fall to the floor of the train but she refused medical treatment afterward, cops said.

The suspect who allegedly attacked an 80-year-old woman on a subway in Manhattan on August 6, 2022. DCPI
Alleged attacker Jerome Gilliard, 65, was arrested four days later and charged with assault as a hate crime based on the woman’s age.


Gilliard has a rap sheet listing 61 arrests for crimes including rape, assault and drug possession, sources said.


Another unprovoked attack took place on an MTA bus in Harlem around 1 a.m. Aug. 11, when a man wearing a white mask suddenly got out of his seat and charged at another passenger.


The assailant, who remains at large, then used a knife to stab the 38-year-old man’s right forearm and slash his right hand as terrified riders rushed to get away.


‘How are we safe?’​


Even NYPD cops weren’t immune from surging crime this summer, with several officers getting mugged while off-duty — including by a brazen armed robber who knew his victim was one of the city’s Finest.


The audacious stick-up took place around 12:30 a.m. July 27 as the 23-year-old officer was unloading the trunk of his car in the Hunts Point section of The Bronx.


“Are you a cop?” the black-masked crook asked before swiping a Glock 17 pistol and the man’s wallet, which held cash, credit cards and his police ID.

NYPD at the scene of where an off-duty cop was robbed in Brooklyn on August 2, 2022.Robert Mecea for NY Post
Less than a week later, another off-duty cop and two pals were robbed by a trio of thieves in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn around 1:30 a.m. Aug. 2.


One of the muggers brandished a knife and demanded the men hand over their watches, which they did.


A more vicious incident took place when three men traveling in a black Honda sedan jumped off-duty cop Muhammed Chowdhury, 48, while he jogged near his Bronx home around 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23.


Off-duty NYPD cop Muhammed Chowdhury was brutally attacked and robbed in the Bronx on August 23, 2022.Robert MIller for NY Post

The attack left the 18-year NYPD veteran with a fractured skull and bleeding in his brain.


Officials said the robbery — in which Chowdhury’s wallet, cellphone and keys was stolen — fit a pattern of 19 similar crimes in The Bronx and Queens since Aug. 1.


Chowdhury’s nephew lamented the message sent by the incident.


“If you see the police officers, who are the public servants, they are protectors,” Jamil Ahmed, 23, said at the time.


“If they are getting attacked, how are we safe in the city?”


One of Chowdhury’s alleged assailants — Oshawn Logan, 18 — was tracked down and charged with gang assault and robbery on Aug. 26 and ordered held on $50,000 bail pending trial.


All the other suspects remain at large.


Prosecute the innocent​


A July 1 attack on a bodega worker in Upper Manhattan sparked widespread outrage after a 61-year-old immigrant wound up charged with murder for stabbing the ex-con who stormed behind the counter, pushed him against a wall of merchandise and tried to lead him away.


Jose Alba spent nearly a week locked up on Rikers Island following his fatal encounter with Austin Simon, 35, inside the Blue Moon convenience store in Washington Heights shortly after 11 p.m.

Bodega worker Jose Alba fatally stabbed a man in self defense after getting attacked in his Manhattan store on July 1, 2022.
Simon was enraged because his girlfriend allegedly accused Alba of grabbing a bag of chips from her 10-year-old daughter’s hand when the woman’s food-stamps debit card was rejected as payment.


Following demands from politicians and everyday New Yorkers who saw the slaying as an object lesson in self-defense — as well as a series of front-page Post reports — progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finally decided to drop the case July 19.


In court papers, prosecutors acknowledged they couldn’t prove Alba “was not justified in his use of deadly physical force,” noting Simon’s unhinged actions likely led the “older and shorter” Alba to fear “what might be in store next.”

Alba was initially charged with murder for the incident before the charges were dropped.Alec Tabak for NY Post
They also cited “the context of the girlfriend saying five minutes earlier that her boyfriend was going to ‘come down here right now and f–k you up.’”
 

7 shot amid Labor Day bloodshed in NYC​



By
Allie Griffin and

Amanda Woods


September 5, 2022 3:16am
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Three people were injured in a shooting in Brooklyn on Labor Day. (Kevin C. Downs for The New York





Seven men were shot, including one fatally, amid an explosion of Labor Day gun violence across the city that brought the casualty count for the holiday weekend to at least 22.
Calvin Kellman, 30, died from a blast to the chest on the grounds of the Nostrand Houses in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, around 12:10 a.m. Monday, cops said.
Two other men, 28 and 30, were also shot in the chest and leg, respectively, in the incident but survived their wounds.
The crime was among four shootings Monday, including one minutes later in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where a 27-year-old man was shot in his left arm and abdomen.
Also in Brownsville, another man, 54, was critically injured when he was shot in the neck shortly before 1 a.m.
Shooting sceneThe shooting left two of the men left in critical condition. (Kevin C. Downs for The New York Labor Day shooting.The shooting took place just after midnight on Labor Day.(Kevin C. Downs for The New York
In Queens, a man walked into Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital with a bullet wound to his left wrist around 6:45 a.m. but it was unclear where that shooting occurred.
A broad-daylight shooting also took place around 1:50 p.m. in the Mott Haven Section of The Bronx where a man was struck in his left shin.
 

Three people hurt in overnight shootings across NYC​



By
Dean Balsamini


September 10, 2022 11:12am
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Three people were wounded in separate shootings in the Bronx and on Staten Island, police said.
In the latest incident, a man was shot in the left leg and a woman shot in the left foot in front of a gas station on Webster Avenue, near the Bronx Zoo at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
Investigators were still sorting out the circumstances behind the shooting, authorities said. The wounded man was taken to Montefiore Hospital and the injured woman was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, both with non-life-threatening injuries, the NYPD said. The unknown gunman ran off. There are no arrests, cops said.
On Staten Island, a 42-year-old man was shot in the left arm while sitting in a car parked outside of 145 Hendricks Ave. in the New Brighton section around 12:30 a.m., police said. The victim got into a dispute with a 6-foot-3 man wearing a black mask and black hoodie when the gunfire erupted, cops said. The wounded man was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in stable condition, police said. There are no arrests.
 














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A doomed 24-year-old man walked into Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn with a gunshot wound to the chest and died early Saturday.
The man was one of two shot at about 2:40 a.m. on East 37th Street and Glenwood Road in East Flatbush, cops said.
The second victim, a 29-year-old man, was shot in the leg. He also showed up at the hospital on his own, the NYPD said, and is listed in stable condition.


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Police at the scene of the shooting in East Flatbush. Seth Gottfried

Authorities said the second victim was in stable condition.
Authorities said the second victim was in stable condition. Seth Gottfried

Police said the 24-year-old victim who died walked into Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn with a gunshot wound in his chest.
Police said the 24-year-old victim who died walked into Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn with a gunshot wound in his chest. Seth Gottfried

No arrests have yet been made in the shooting.
No arrests have yet been made in the shooting. Seth Gottfried



First responder reports said two suspects left the crime scene in separate vehicles.


There were no arrests.
 

Response times to NYC crimes, fires and medical emergencies soar​



By
Rich Calder


September 17, 2022 5:15pm
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According to the Fiscal 2022 Mayor’s Management Report, the city's first responders have seen emergency response times increase in the past year.
According to the Fiscal 2022 Mayor's Management Report, the city's first responders have seen emergency response times increase in the past year. Gregory P. Mango







New York City first responders are taking longer to get to fires, medical emergencies and crimes in progress.
Critics blamed the potential deadly surge in response times on serious staffing shortages in the NYPD and FDNY.
As the Police Department continues to deal with spikes in major crimes and a mass exodus of cops, response times to all “crimes in progress” during the past fiscal year ending June 30 increased from 11 minutes and 40 seconds to 12 minutes and 44 seconds – or 9.1%, according to Mayor Adams’ first management report.
In fiscal 2019, which predated the COVID-19 pandemic and the many new challenges it to brought citywide, the average response time was 9 minutes and 55 seconds.
The Fiscal 2022 Mayor’s Management Report released late Friday – which covers the highs and lows of all city agencies during the final six months of ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration and the first six of Adams’ – also highlighted a serious uptick specifically in response times to armed robberies, burglaries and other “critical crimes.”
Cops on average responded off 911 calls to these crimes in 8 minutes and 26 seconds, compared to 7 minutes and 52 seconds a year ago. In fiscal 2019, they arrived on average in 6 minutes and 38 seconds after a 911 dispatcher fielded the call for help.
Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens), who chairs the fire and emergency management committee, blamed de Blasio’s progressive policies for helping nudge many cops who felt “disrespected” into early retirement and leaving the NYPD short-staffed.
The NYPD's response times to all “crimes in progress” increased from 11 minutes and 40 second to 12 minutes and 44 seconds.The NYPD’s response times to all “crimes in progress” increased from 11 minutes and 40 seconds to 12 minutes and 44 seconds in the past fiscal year.Christopher Sadowski
“We need to fix this because without public safety, you have nothing,” she said Saturday. “People’s lives are in danger.”
Combined response times by FDNY ambulances and fire companies to “life-threatening medical emergencies” were up 46 seconds on average in fiscal 2022 – or 8.7% — to 9 minutes and 30 seconds, the report says.
The new numbers are on par with response times in fiscal 2020 — when emergency responders were overwhelmed at the start of the pandemic. But they’re more than a minute higher than the 8 minute and 28 second average in fiscal 2019, when ambulances and fire companies were actually getting more emergency calls.
The city responded to 564,412 “life-threatening medical emergencies” in fiscal 2022, compared to 515,598 the previous year. In fiscal 2019, it handled 567,757.
Oren Barzilay, president of Local 2507, the union representing more than 4,100 rank-and-file city emergency medical technicians and paramedics, said Saturday the city is short hundreds of EMTs and should be devoting more resources to ambulatory services.
The response time for FDNY ambulances and fire companies to life-threatening medical emergencies went up an average of 46 seconds.The response time for FDNY ambulances and fire companies to “life-threatening medical emergencies” went up an average of 46 seconds.Robert Miller
“Every second counts in [Emergency Medical Services] because a person could bleed out if an ambulance doesn’t get there on time,” he said. “And if there’s a decreasing number of ambulances on a tour, someone will have to wait longer for an ambulance — and they might die.”
The mayor’s report notes that the “peak number” of ambulances in service daily dropped from 516 to 497 the past year.
It also says that, while the number of reported structural fires dropped from 24,359 in fiscal 2021 to 23,387 last fiscal year, the average response time to put out these fires rose 3.1%, or by 9 seconds to 5 minutes and 1 second. In fiscal 2019, the FDNY was averaging a similar time of 5 minute and 2 seconds, but it handled many more structural fires — 26,207.
City officials attributed the rising response times in part to increases in traffic congestion citywide — especially on bridges, tunnels and highways – that were driven by resumption of many in-person services following the pandemic.



“Public safety is a top priority for Mayor Adams — and ensuring first responders can service people efficiently and effectively is a critical part of how we keep New Yorkers safe,” said mayoral spokesman Jonah Allon. “… We will take all necessary steps to promote quicker response times across all uniformed agencies and protect the health and safety of New Yorkers.”
 

Gunplay: Number of teenage shooters, victims in NYC triples in disturbing trend​



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Nolan Hicks and

Craig McCarthy


September 22, 2022 7:14pm
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New Yorkers sound off about gun violence in the city




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The number of teenage victims and shooters in the Big Apple has tripled in recent years with New Yorkers under 18 now accounting for an ever greater share of the bloodshed on city streets, a jolting new police memo reveals.
The findings are part of a three-page data analysis prepared by the New York Police Department, which was recently distributed to other law enforcement agencies around the city, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.
It reveals that 12.7% of identified shooters were younger than age 18 during the first eight months of 2022, a significant jump from the same time period in 2017, when 9.2% of shooters were identified as teenagers.
Compounding that finding, the share of teenagers injured or killed in shootings has also exploded over the five-year period.
Teenagers represented 10.9% of the shooting victims across the five boroughs over the first eight months of 2022, the analysis found — double the 5.7% rate reported in 2017.
Those under 18 have become far more likely to become a victim of a shooting or named by cops as the suspected triggerman as the number of shootings across the five boroughs surged amid the coronavirus pandemic.
There were 111 teenage shooting victims over the first eight months of 2022, which is triple the 36 victims over the same time period in 2017.
Paramedics with a teenager who was shot outside of Lincoln High School in Brooklyn on September 9, 2022.Paramedics with a teenager who was shot outside of Lincoln High School in Brooklyn on September 9, 2022.Paul Martinka
The increase outpaces the overall rise in gun violence, which has nearly doubled in 2022 when compared to 2017.
All told, police have recorded 992 shootings with 1,206 victims so far this year.
“It is crystal clear we are failing our kids,” said Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, who has helped craft policing policy for several decades in New York.
The figures, he said, bolster the findings outlined in alarming new research that shows the average age children first pick up an illegal gun has dropped from an average of 16 or 17 to just 12 or 13 years old.
According to NYPD data, the number of teenage shooters and shooting victims has tripled in recent years.According to NYPD data, the number of teenage shooters and shooting victims has tripled in recent years.Paul Martinka
“We need to get ahead of it. It is a national trend but that doesn’t mitigate it,” Aborne added, saying officials need to redouble efforts to provide parents and counselors with training and resources to better spot early signs of violence.
This past summer bore witness to a string of horrific shootings with teen victims, deepening the toll the Big Apple’s now three-year long surge in shootings has taken on communities across the five boroughs.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the face and a 12-year-old girl took a bullet to her arm in a random and still-unsolved double shooting as they walked separately down Rev. James A. Polite Boulevard near East 163rd Street in The Bronx on July 25.
Both survived but others weren’t so lucky.
Blood on the sidewalk where two teens were shot on Reverend Polite Blvd. in the Bronx on July 26, 2022.Blood on the sidewalk where two teens were shot on Reverend Polite Blvd. in the Bronx on July 26, 2022.J. Messerschmidt/NY Post
Earlier this month in Queens, a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed while sitting in a car by a 15-year-old in the backseat, who accidentally fired the gun, in front of 240-06 136th Avenue near Brookville Boulevard.
Days later, a 15-year-old boy was killed by a masked bandit in a busy downtown Brooklyn park after leaving school on Sept. 7.
Police at the scene of where a 15-year-old boy was shot in McLaughlin Park in Brooklyn on September 7, 2022.Police at the scene of where a 15-year-old boy was shot in McLaughlin Park in Brooklyn on September 7, 2022.Paul Martinka
The NYPD report also found that recidivism among teenagers has dramatically increased over the five-year period.
But it notes the uptick began before the pandemic struck in 2020 and state lawmakers passed controversial legislation that increased the age of criminal prosecution for many crimes — including gun possession — to 18 years old in 2019.

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