CBS2 Exclusive: Mother Of Lower East Side Beating Victim Says 'He's OK'
The street was bustling early Friday morning. Despite several people walking by, nothing and no one could stop the onslaught.
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The street was bustling early Friday morning. Despite several people walking by, nothing and no one could stop the onslaught.
New York has become one of the busiest cruise ports in North America, with over a million passengers departing from the harbor each year.
It happened just before 1:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Briggs Avenue and East 196th Street.
Exotic dancers in the city are being targeted by thieves because of all the cash they carry.
According to police, one of the suspects pulled a firearm on a 45-year-old employee at the Zubaidi Grocery Store on 174th Street in Claremont and demanded cash.
In each case, police said the individuals approach victims from behind, throw them to the ground and then physically assault them before robbing them.
The girl asked for food and said she didn't know where her parents were or where she lived, according to police.
Police are searching for a suspect who they said uttered anti-gay slurs while attacking two men.
It happened around 12:30 p.m. back on Feb. 28 on the southbound B train platform inside the Broadway Lafayette station.
Homer Griffin, 50, is charged with robbery, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
The victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital Center where he is currently in extremely critical condition.
An agreement that settles lawsuits accusing the NYPD of violating basic rights in Muslim communities after Sept. 11, 2001, has been revised to build in more oversight.
The commissioner said recruits at the police academy will benefit from new tablets, training software, and equipment.
Police say the man walked into JD's Saloon on 35th Avenue just after 3:00 am on Feb. 27 and demanded money from the 35-year-old male employee at gunpoint.
According to police, an unidentified man pretended to help the woman out of an elevator in a residential building on Grand Concourse and Marcy Place before threatening her with an unknown object.
The girls were last seen inside their residence at 469 Atkins Ave. around 7:30 am Sunday morning.
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted a photo of toppled headstones at Washington Cemetery in Midwood on Saturday night.
According to police, the man entered a Metro PCS store on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica Hills at around 7:40 p.m., pulled out a black handgun and demanded cell phones from a 26-year-old employee.
Police say around 6:00 pm on Feb. 24, the man entered an unlocked vehicle at the corner of Northern Boulevard and 74th Street and stole $1,500 in cash.
According to police, the men broke into the Super 99 Cent store located at 731 Grand St. through the front door on Feb. 26 around 11:35 pm.
It happened just before 7 a.m. back on Feb. 2 in the area of West 19th Street and 9th Avenue.
It happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Sutter Express Deli on Sutter Avenue in Brownsville.
David Cruz, 33, is facing two counts of forcible touching in connection to the incidents, police said.
The woman, who didn't want to reveal her name, says she's one of at least three victims -- all brutalized in the Forest Hills area of Queens.
Police say the victim was struck around 4:30 pm in front of 1419 Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick.
