Daily Archives: September 26, 2019

Teens arrested for bag, phone snatching in Stuyvesant Town

By Maria Rocha-Buschel

Police arrested two teenagers for a bag theft that occurred outside one of the playgrounds in Stuyvesant Town last week.

According to the NYPD and Stuy Town management, the victim was sitting on a park bench outside Playground 1 behind 330 First Avenue around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18 when the one of the teens came up to the victim and grabbed her bag, which contained credit cards, and the other teen snatched her phone before running from the location.

Police said that both suspects entered the subway at First Avenue and East 14th Street, where one of the teens was arrested at 11:29 a.m., but the other suspect fled from the station and ran south on First Avenue. He was later arrested inside the 13th precinct on Thursday, September 19 at 6:12 p.m.

The bag containing the victim’s wallet was recovered when the first teen was arrested. It was not clear if the teen who allegedly grabbed the victim’s phone had it on him when he was arrested, and the device was turned off and unable to be tracked.

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Man wanted for Flatiron bank robbery

Bank robbery suspect

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection to a bank robbery in the Flatiron District.

Police reported that on Wednesday, September 25 around 2:53 p.m., an unidentified man approached a teller and passed a note demanding money inside the Wells Fargo at 777 Sixth Avenue near West 28th Street.

The man reportedly simulated a weapon but did not display one at the time of the incident. The teller complied and the suspect fled the location with $150. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident.

The person wanted for questioning is described as a black man with a dark complexion and in his fifties.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

Letters to the editor, Sept. 26

Cartoon by Jim Meadows

Blackstone not required to provide polling places

To the editor:

Although I am disappointed that some voters will have to cross 14th Street to vote, we must remember that Stuyvesant Town management is not at all obligated to provide space for voting. Voting is a right but one that a landlord is not required to facilitate. Should the government seek to compel management to provide the space, the Fifth Amendment would require that “just compensation be provided.”

Name withheld

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