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Robbery suspect. Click to enlarge

Burglary suspect. Click to enlarge

Police are seeking the following two men, wanted in connection to a robbery and burglary – both unrelated – in the 61st Precinct.

The first suspect, featured in the sketch on the near right, is a male wanted in connection to a burglary. The man is believed to have broken into a home near East 22nd Street on February 20 at approximately 6 a.m.

The second man, featured in the sketch on the far right, is described as a male in his 20s, wanted for armed robbery inside the lobby of a building in Sheepshead Bay. The robbery occurred March 7, at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Anyone with information regarding these crimes is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

Officers from the 60th Precinct are looking for the public’s help in finding the man photographed above. Described as a 25-year-old male, 5’6″, he is wanted for robbery of a livery cab driver on January 26. The robbery took place at West 23rd Street and Mermaid Avenue, in Coney Island.

Police are hunting for the three individuals photographed above. All three are wanted in connection to a grand larceny.

The theft happened on Friday, November 30, in front of 2214 Avenue R.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

Police officers from the 60th Precinct are asking the public for help finding the above pictured man, sought as a suspect in an assault and robbery in Coney Island on Monday afternoon.

According to police, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the man, described as a black male, 17 years old, approximately 5′ 5″ and 130 lbs, shoved a woman and took her phone. The incident occurred at 2715 Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island.

A video of the suspect can be seen here.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

The individual pictured above is wanted in relation to a bank robbery on Avenue U. The robbery took place on September 18 at approximately 8:30 a.m. The suspect as described as a male in his 20s.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

Police are looking for the two scam artists caught on camera in the video above.

The suspects are described as wearing dark colored wigs and sunglasses, last seen driving a darkly colored four-door Audi, according to DNAinfo.

The site goes on to describe their scam:

The con happened August 28, 2012 near Kings Highway and E. 16th Street, police said.

The suspects, two middle-aged women, approached the female victim with a bag they told her was filled with cash. In exchange for sharing the supposed cash, the victim gave the scammers an undetermined mound of money.

Cops call the ruse a so-called pigeon drop, a term that describes a scam in which the victim is easily conned.

Police officers flooded Sheepshead Bay’s commercial corridors on Sunday, going door-to-door to inform business owners of a murderer believed to be targeting convenience stores in a bloody spree that has already left two dead.

The man they’re looking for, pictured above, is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s, 5-foot-9 and with a medium build.

The suspect’s most recent alleged victim is Isaac Kadare, found brutally killed in his Bensonhurst 99-cent store on August 2. The discovery of Kadare’s body was first reported by Bensonhurst Bean. Media reports later confirmed that two customers found Kadare on the floor of the store at approximately 8:45 p.m., and that Kadare had been stabbed in the throat and shot in the head.

Over the weekend, NYPD ballistics teams linked Kadare’s murder with the July 6 murder of Mohammed Gebeli in his Bay Ridge clothing store, Valentino Fashion. Both men were shot in the head in their shops with what’s believed to be the same .22 caliber gun.

According to the New York Post, police sources are exploring the possibility that the suspect is a serial killer, targeting businesses with the numbers 1, 7 and 8 in their street addresses – Kadare’s store was located at 1877 86th Street, while Gebeli’s was at 7718 5th Avenue. However, they acknowledge that the addresses could be simply be a coincidence, and are looking at other motivations, such as ethnic hatred.

Police are offering a $12,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect. Additionally, Senator Marty Golden is offering $5,000 and Councilman David Greenfield, along with the Sephardic Community Federation, are offering up another $5,000.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Callers should use the reference number BK-2303 when calling. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

The NYPD has issued the following call for information:

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the following individual wanted in connection with an assault within the confines of the 60 Precinct. Details are as follows. On Friday, July 13, 2012 at approximately 8:00PM, in the vicinity of Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue, a white male punched and bit the victim (NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent). The suspect fled in an unknown direction.

The suspect is described as male white, 25-30, approximately 5’10″- 6’0″. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, black shorts and dark-colored sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

[via Brooklyn Scoop]

The NYPD released photos of two men accused of robbing a straphanger of an iPhone on Monday, July 9.

The incident occurred on a northbound Q train at the Kings Highway train station.

If you have information about the men in the photos, call 800-577-TIPS. You can also submit tips at www.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.

Thanks to Thomas C. for the tip.

Surveillance images released by NYPD (via Daily News)

Police are on the hunt for two men, photographed above, accused of sexually assaulting a 60-year-old woman at a Marine Park auto leasing company yesterday morning.

Authorities released the surveillance photos above, which show the two men and the red Honda Civic they used to flee the scene. The assailant accused of the sexual assault is described as black, about 5-foot-10, wearing a brown jacket, blue pants and a Yankees hat. His accomplice is described as black, about 6-feet tall, and was wearing a dark jacket, a light blue hoodie over his head, dark sweatpants with a broad white strip down the side and an A’s baseball cap.

The Daily News reports:

A frail 60-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her Brooklyn office Tuesday morning just moments after arriving for work, cops and neighbors said.

The woman had just stepped inside the car leasing agency on Nostrand Ave. in Marine Park when one suspect rang the doorbell just before 10 a.m., cops and neighbors said.

After letting him in, the man asked if the owner was around so he could give him some papers, cops said. As they were speaking, a second suspect knocked on the door and the woman let him in too.

The second man then put the victim in a choke hold,

took her into the bathroom and sexually assaulted her, cops said.

Meanwhile, his accomplice picked up a box of files and fled.

The accomplice returned twice, both times leaving with boxes of files, cops said.

Anyone with information on the case should contact the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, or text CRIMES and then enter TIP577, or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.