Brooklyn
Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly sucker-punched a 61-year-old woman at a Boerum Hill subway station. The victim was exiting an elevator at the Atlantic Avenue station at about 7 p.m. on April 4 when for unknown reasons the suspect punched her in the face, cops said. The suspect, who fled on foot after the assault, was last seen wearing a black skullcap, black work boots and a black jacket.
A 45-year-old man was found fatally shot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said. Cops found the victim, whose name was not immediately released, with multiple gunshot wounds at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday in a hallway at the Gates Patchen Houses on Gates Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital. No arrests have been made, police said.
The Bronx
A thug pushed an elderly woman back into her Norwood apartment and then choked and robbed her, cops said. On Monday at approximately 10:15 a.m., the attacker ran up to the woman exiting her home in a building at Hull Avenue and East 209th Street, pushed her back in, forced her into an upright position and choked her while demanding money, investigators said. He then searched the apartment, grabbed $335 and fled, police said. The woman, who suffered a bruised neck and hip pain, declined medical attention, officials said.
A young punk roughed up a 69-year-old woman in a futile bid to grab her purse in Williamsbridge, cops said. He strolled into the lobby of a Bronx Boulevard apartment building at about 1:10 p.m. on April 11 and forced the victim to the ground, police said. She hung on tight to her property and the suspect fled empty-handed. He was described as about 17 years old, 6 feet tall and 140 pounds.
Manhattan
A Level 3 sex offender was busted after cops witnessed him grinding against a woman aboard a subway train in Midtown, police said. Two plainclothes cops, Lt. Luis Almonte and Officer Leslie Friday, were on patrol at the Times Square 1/2/3 station when they recognized Bradley Wilson, 59, as a suspect who has preyed on female passengers. The cops followed Wilson onto a northbound
3 train, where he stood close to a 24-year-old woman. When the train doors closed, the plainclothes officers witnessed him allegedly grinding up against the victim, who pushed him away. At 72nd Street, both the victim and Wilson exited the train. Friday then identified herself as a cop and got a rundown of the incident from the victim. Wilson was then cuffed and taken away for processing. Wilson, of The Bronx, was charged with persistent sexual abuse and forcible touching, cops said.
Queens
Police are looking for three thugs who beat and robbed two victims in separate Ozone Park incidents. According to police investigators, the suspects first targeted a 25-year-old man at about 1:45 a.m. last Saturday near Glenmore Avenue and 76th Street. They knocked the victim to the ground, punched and kicked him and then made off with his phone and wallet, cops said. The victim, who suffered head cuts and two black eyes, was in stable condition at New York Presbyterian/Queens Hospital. The following night at about 11:25 p.m., the same thugs attacked and robbed a 32-year-old man a block away on 77th Street, investigators said. One of the suspects tossed a rock that struck the victim in the face, and then the trio beat him, cops said. The violent gang fled with the victim’s cellphone and wallet, investigators said. The victim was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical but stable condition, said police and hospital officials.
Staten Island
A man cashed more than $10,000 in stolen checks at two bank branches, authorities said. He first deposited a $15,000 check into an account that wasn’t his but which he was able to access at 3:25 p.m. on March 21 at the Northfield branch in Stapleton, cops said. The following day at 10 a.m., he deposited a $2,500 check into the account and then withdrew $900 at a different Northfield branch. And the next day he withdrew $9,500 from the account. The suspect, who was seen on surveillance video, was last seen wearing a black jacket with red trim.