The Bronx
Cops are on the hunt for a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy in a Hunts Point park. The victim was attacked in Concrete Plant Park on Whitelock Avenue near Bruckner Boulevard on Jan. 31 at about 7:45 p.m., police said. A goateed suspect, who was captured on surveillance video, is between 45 and 50 years old, about 5-foot-7 and weighs between 140 to 160 pounds, cops said. He was last seen wearing a black wool cap, a red sweater and tan work boots.
A man smashed a subway rider in the face with a beer bottle in Highbridge early Thursday, police said. The 19-year-old victim boarded a downtown 4 at 170th Street and was on the train with the suspect, someone with whom he’s had prior disputes, cops said. The suspect hurled the bottle as the victim was exiting the train at 167th Street at about 12:40 a.m., cops said. The man suffered a small cut to his right cheek and was taken to Lincoln Hospital for treatment. He refused to identify the attacker, police said.
A livery cab driver was assaulted and robbed in Bedford Park following an argument over the fare, police sources said. The 26-year-old cabby told cops he had a dispute with a female passenger who was riding with her child, when he dropped her off in front of a Botanical Square apartment building near Webster Avenue on Wednesday at about 9 p.m., sources said. The woman, who is believed to be about 28, told her child to go into the building and get help. The child returned with a man who approached the driver and flashed a black firearm in his waistband, sources said. The man, believed to be in his 30s, then took $220 from the driver. The victim then grabbed a shovel from his trunk, but the man snatched it and whacked the cabby in the head, sources said. The woman delivered some kicks to the driver’s body before she and the other attacker fled, sources said. The victim was treated for a laceration at Montefiore Medical Center and released. No arrests have been made.
Queens
Three female hoodlums snatched a cellphone from a 62-year-old woman in a Jamaica subway station, police said. The victim was talking on her phone in the 179th Street station on the F line at about 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 when the three thieves ran past her and one grabbed the phone, police said. The gutsy victim chased them through the station, but they got away on a downtown F train, according to authorities. All three suspects are described as between 16 and 18 years old, between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, and approximately 120 pounds. One was wearing a dark coat, light pants, light baseball cap and a light scarf around her neck. The second had on a dark hooded jacket, blue jeans, tan boots and a pink and black shoulder purse. The third wore a purple hooded sweater, dark jacket and dark pants.
A band of 10 hooligans jumped a 30-year-old man and slashed him twice across the face in Far Rockaway early Thursday, police sources said. The man was walking along Grassmere Terrace near Ocean Crest Boulevard at around 12:05 a.m. when the thugs attacked the victim and fled, sources said. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was treated and released. Sources said the victim was being uncooperative with police.
Cops are looking for a man who frightened straphangers by pulling out a boxcutter on the subway in Jamaica. A 43-year-old female passenger snapped a photo of the man on an E train at the Van Wyck station on Feb. 5 at about 4 p.m. before she fled the train, police said. The man is described as 35 to 40 years old, 5-foot-10 to 6-feet tall and about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black wool cap, a dark bubble coat, dark pants and white sneakers.