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Man Nabbed for Bottle Attack on Bronx Subway

Queens Man Arrested for Subway Assault The NYPD arrested  Ellis Landel for an assault on a Bronx subway train. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Bronx Voice September 19, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Queens man has been charged with bashing a Bronx straphanger in the head with a bottle inside a subway car, cops said.  Police arrested 43-year-old Ellis Landel of Far Rockaway, Queens and charged him with second degree assault. Cops arrested Landel in connection with an attack last month on a subway train in Mott Haven.  At around 9 am on August 13, a 57-year-old male was sitting on a southbound Number 5 train. Cops said a man just walked up to the straphanger and hit him upside the head with a glass bottle.  The attacker got off at the 138th Street and Grand Concourse Station and fled. The victim sustained a cut to the head and was treated at the scene by EMS.  Police recovered surveillance video of the suspect from the subway station cameras. It is still unclear

Couple Strong Arms Senior to Withdraw Cash

Senior Forced to Make Withdrawals 
The NYPD is searching for this woman in connection with forcing an elderly woman to withdraw cash from the ATM. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this woman in connection with forcing an elderly woman to withdraw cash from the ATM. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 16, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for a man and a woman who allegedly forced an elderly woman to withdraw cash from her bank account. 


At around 2 pm on August 30, a 78- year-old woman was walking near Apple Bank on Westchester Square. Cops said a man and a woman grabbed the senior by the arm and forced her into the back. They allegedly forced the victim to make to withdraws from the ATM. It is unknown how much cash the pair was given.


The suspects ran off without further incident. However, not before their images were captured on surveillance cameras throughout Westchester Square. 


The NYPD released the photos of the suspects and is injuring the public to send tips to help capture them.   


Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.


All calls are strictly confidential.

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