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‘Jack Sparrow’ Mugs Straphanger on Subway

Cops Searching for Pirate Mugger The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging inside a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  October 31, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Halloween came early for one crazed mugger who beat a straphanger dressed in a pirate costume, cops said. At around 4 am on October 27, the suspect dressed in a pirate costume was seen on surveillance video wandering around the subway station at Brook Avenue in Mott Haven.  Cops said the Jack Sparrow look like walked over to the turnstile and attacked a 32-year-old male. The pirate repeatedly punched the victim in the face and body. He then ripped the victim’s AirPods out of his ears and then took the sneakers off the man’s feet.  The mugger than ran out of the station.  The victim refused medical attention at the scene.  The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a mustache. He was last seen in a pirate costume complete wit

Train Conductor Sucker Punched in Bronx

Police are looking for this man in connection with an unprovoked attack on a subway train conductor.


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 26, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx train conductor was sucker punched in the face by a deranged passenger at the subway station near Hostos College. 






The attack happened at the East 149th Street and Grand Concourse subway station near Hostos College. At around 7:30 pm on September 20, the Number 2 train had just pulled into the station and the train conductor opened the window to his car. Suddenly a man ran up to him and punched him in the face. 



The attacker fled. 


The conductor was transported down the block to Lincoln Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. 


Anyone with information should 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


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