The Bronx
A man is suspected of molesting a woman in Wakefield, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim was walking along 241st Street at about 11:15 a.m. on July 19 when the suspect came up from behind and grabbed her butt, cops said. The victim hustled away but the suspect followed, and in the vestibule of her apartment building he grabbed her again and then fled the scene, police said. He was described as dark-skinned with braided hair, 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, investigators said. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with blue patterns, black pants with white stripes and sunglasses.
Police are looking for the suspected mugger pictured above at right, who with his now-under-arrest cohort targeted three women in Longwood, authorities said. The two men first approached a 38-year-old victim at the Whitlock Avenue 6-train station at about 5:30 a.m. on July 3, cops said. As the victim descended a stairway, they tried to grab her purse, but the straps broke. The victim continued resisting, and the suspects fled empty-handed on Southern Boulevard. About 15 minutes later, the duo targeted two women at East 165th Street and Westchester Avenue, authorities said. One suspect punched a 22-year-old victim from behind and tore away her purse, cops said, while the other dragged a 21-year-old victim to the ground and snatched her purse. The 22-year-old victim was treated at St. Barnabas Hospital for cuts and bruises, officials said. One suspect was arrested shortly after the second incident, cops said. His identity has not been revealed. The at-large suspect was described as in his early 20s, 5-foot-8 and 150 to 160 pounds, said police investigators. He was last seen wearing a green T-shirt, gray shorts, white socks and white sneakers.
Police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who rammed his red pickup truck into a 38-year-old man in an Edenwald parking lot, cops said. The victim had been standing outside a white commercial van in a supermarket lot on Grace Avenue when the Ford F-150 slammed into him at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The driver, described by cops as dark-skinned, sideswiped the vehicle and struck the man, who appeared to have been trying to open the van door. The driver fled. The victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was in serious condition.
Brooklyn
Police are looking for the man who robbed a 65-year-old woman of her necklace in East New York, investigators said. The elderly victim was walking along Pennsylvania Avenue at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect accosted her, authorities said. He snatched the chain from her neck and fled on foot. Police described the robber as dark-skinned, 35 to 45 years old, 5-foot-7 and 165 pounds. The suspect was last seen wearing dark blue sneakers, a purple shirt and blue jeans.
Queens
Two men broke into a Jackson Heights eyewear store and stole expensive sunglasses, police investigators said. The crooks smashed the front window of Coco’s Vision on 37th Street with a brick at about 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. One thief snatched the pricey shades while his accomplice acted as a lookout, cops said.
A suspect groped a young woman in a Jamaica subway station, cops said. The 18-year-old woman was victimized in the mezzanine of the Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue station at 3:15 a.m. on July 30. The suspect was described as in his 30s, 5-foot-7 and 220 pounds with hazel eyes.