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 Search dogs were brought to the crime scene, on Forsyth Street, near Rivington. Search dogs were brought in yesterday to track down a suspect who fled after attacking a young woman on Delancey Street. It happened around 4 p.m. as a 17-year old girl was walking along Delancey. According to police, the suspect took her to … Continue reading  
 This afternoon in Soho; Prince and Wooster streets. Photos by Tim Schreier. You may have seen the headlines earlier today. The FBI and NYPD have descended on a building in Soho in a renewed attempt to solve the murder of 6-year old Etan Patz, who mysteriously disappeared on his way to school in 1979. During the … Continue reading
During October and November of 2010, 12 homes in Chinatown were burglarized, often in the early pre-dawn hours while residents slept in their beds. The thief made off with credit cards, cell phones, laptops and other electronics, taking advantage of buildings with unlocked front doors, according to court records. Last week, 24-year-old Kenneth Harden-Smith was sentenced to up to eight … Continue reading
 The NYPD released this image of the suspect. Police are looking for a man who stole a wallet and iphone from a woman during a blind date on the Lower East Side. It happened Friday, March 9. The woman, 50, spent some time with her date (who she met online) at a bar on Orchard Street. … Continue reading
 Michael Torres. A short time ago we received word from the District Attorney’s office that charges were officially filed today against Michael Torres, who’s accused of the brutal rape of a woman in the Bowery subway station last month. In an indictment, Torres is charged with predatory sexual assault, a criminal sexual act in the first degree, … Continue reading
 85 Pitt Street; June 2011. This morning, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has made public a letter he sent to Manhattan DA Cy Vance and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly calling for a “gun buy-back program” on the Lower East Side. Residents have been concerned about a number of incidents in the last few years. A man … Continue reading
 Columbia Street, near Delancey; Monday, February 27. Here’s a follow-up on that overnight shootout near the Baruch Houses a week ago Sunday. The suspect, Luis Martinez, was charged yesterday with two counts each of first degree attempted murder, attempted assault and 2nd degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held without bail. During a chase … Continue reading
 Columbia Street, near Delancey. It’s still an active crime scene on Columbia Street this morning, following last night’s shooting spree. As we reported earlier, two police officers and suspect Luis Martinez exchanged gunfire during a chase around the Baruch Houses. People are milling about on the corner of Columbia and Delancey streets watching officers collect evidence. … Continue reading
 There was a lot of activity around the Baruch Houses late last night. Gunfire erupted about 1:30 a.m. as police were questioning a man on Columbia Street. Police say the man opened fire on police officers Thomas Richards and Thomas Dunne, and then fled down Rivington Street. According to WABC, “one of the bullets, a 9mm round, … Continue reading
 Screen grab from surveillance video. In this morning’s police blotter in the Post, there’s news of a burglary on Suffolk Street. It happened February 10th, at about 1:45 p.m. The NYPD says the suspect swiped as much as $20,000 in jewelry and electronic equipment from an apartment on Suffolk, near Stanton Street. The suspect is described as … Continue reading
Michael Torres. Police have arrested a suspect in a brutal sexual assault Wednesday in the subway station at Bowery and Delancey streets. The incident happened just after 1 a.m. The woman was riding the escalator when, police say, Michael Torres, 29, grabbed her from behind. According to WNBC, he dragged the victim to the end of the … Continue reading
 Photo: NYPD. Police are asking for help in finding this man, who’s suspected of stealing a cell phone from the purse of a customer at Los Feliz, the restaurant and club at 109 Ludlow Street. It happened January 22 at about 3:15 a.m. The 22-year old victim had the purse over her shoulder when the suspect … Continue reading
 210 Stanton Street. Photo: thelodownny.com. This afternoon, police were called to an apartment building at 210 Stanton Street (just west of Pitt), where a 16-year old girl was shot, allegedly by her boyfriend. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a gun shot wound to the arm. She is expected to survive. We’re told investigators … Continue reading
A Lower East Side political activist with a history of criticizing abusers of subsidized housing has been accused of stealing more than $260,000 from a small low-income co-op at 172 Forsyth St. for which he served as the property manager, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Roberto Caballero, 53, was arraigned in Supreme Court this afternoon. … Continue reading
 Pierre Hecker. Police have arrested a suspect in the murder 16 months ago of a man near 46 Madison Street. 28-year old Anthony Evans, a resident of the Alfred E. Smith public housing complex, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 1st, 2010. A short time later, police released a photo of … Continue reading
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