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Metal Pipe Attack at Queens Plaza Station The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a straphanger with a metal pipe. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice February 18, 2024 QUEENS - A day after a Brazilian tourist was slashed across the neck at the Queens Plaza subway station, a man was beaten with a metal pipe at the same station in an another apparent random attack. At around 1 am on February 17, a 31-year-old man was standing on the platform at Queens Plaza Subway Station. Cops said an unknown male approached the straphanger and started arguing with him. The man walked off. Cops said the man came back with a metal pipe and repeatedly struck the straphanger in the head with the pipe. The attacker fled the scene and out of the station on foot. EMS rushed the victim to Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he was treated for lacerations about the head. He is listed in stable condition. At around 10:30 am on February 15, a 29-year-old tourist f

Tourist Neck Slashed at Subway Station   The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a slashing of a Brazilian tourist at a Queens subway station. -Photo by NYPD 2nd Brazilian Tourist Wounded in NYC in 2 Weeks By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  February 16, 2024  QUEENS - A Brazilian tourist was slashed across the neck at a Queens subway station during what is being called an unprovoked attack, the NYPD said.  At around 10:30 am on February 15, a 29-year-old tourist from Brazil was standing on the mezzanine level of the Queens Plaza subway station on the "E, M, R" line. Cops said without warning a man dressed in a black balaclava and gray hoodie walked up behind him and slashed the left side of the tourist’s neck with a knife.  The knife-totting suspect ran out of the station but not before his image was captured on subway surveillance cameras.  The victim was rushed by EMS to Elmhurst Hospital. He is listed in stable condition. This is the second Brazilian tourist inj

‘Family is Everything’ Written on Knife-Wielding Suspect’s Hoodie The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a knifepoint robbery inside a Queens cellphone store. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice February 15, 2024 QUEENS - A man wearing a hoodie that had the words “Family is Everything” written on it, robbed an elderly cellphone store employee at knifepoint the NYPD said. At around 2:45 pm on February 6, a man in a blue hoodie walked into a MetroPCS cellphone store at 86-24 Rockaway Boulevard. Cops said the man pulled out a knife and put it to the throat of a 71-year-old male store employee.  The knife-wielding man took $150 cash off the worker and took cellphones from the store valued at $1,615, cops said. The suspect wore a blue hoodie with the words "Family is Everything" written on it. The NYPD released surveillance video which shows the suspect walking out of the store with a large shopping bag. The suspect is a male with a dark complexion.  He w

Migrant Released on Cop Attack Arrested for Shoplifting Cops arrested Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel on a shoplifting charge in Queens. He had previously been arrested for assaulting cops in Times Square. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice February 14, 2024 QUEENS - One of the migrants caught on camera kicking NYPD officers outside a migrant shelter in Times Square was arrested again. This time the migrant was arrested as part of a shoplifting crew that assaulted a security guard in Queens, the NYPD said. Cops arrested 19-year-old Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel for shoplifting at a Macy’s in the Queens Center Mall.  At around 3:30 pm yesterday a crew of four people walked into the Macys and took merchandise off the rack and placed them in a bag. As the members tried to leave the store without paying, a store security guard stopped the group at the door.  Cops said the shoplifters struggled with the guard and members punched the guard in the face.   The shoplifters ran out of the st

Man, Age 69, Assaulted on Queens Bus The NYPD is seaching for this man in connection with the assault on a 69-year-old male on a Queens bus. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice February 13, 2024  QUEENS - A 69-year-old man was violently assaulted on an MTA bus in Flushing, cops said.  At around 3:20 pm on February 8, the 69-year-old man was riding on a northbound Q44 bus in the vicinity of Main Street and Kissena Boulevard. Cops said the bus rider was approached by a man he did not know who began arguing with him.  Suddenly the man began punching the elderly rider in the face and head over and over again, cops said.  The suspect hopped off the bus and ran away.  The victim sustained injuries to his left eye and ear. He was transported to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital where was listed in stable condition.  The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the bus. The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion who weighs around 200 pounds. He has a medium build

Rider Slashed on MTA Bus in Queens  The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a slashing inside an MTA bus in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice February 7, 2024 QUEENS - A crazed straphanger slashed a fellow rider with a box cutter inside an MTA bus near Queens College, the NYPD said. Surveillance video from inside the bus appears to show the suspect holding the box cutter before the attack. At around 5 pm on January 22, a 57-year-old man was riding on an MTA bus at the intersection of Main Street and Melbourne Avenue, near Cedar Grove Cemetery when another rider started arguing with him. Cops said the man who was seen holding a camo backpack, took a box cutter and slashed the rider in the arm and chest.  The attacker jumped out of the bus and fled in an unknown direction.  EMS rushed the victim to Presbyterian Queens Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.  The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion, medium build and a mustache.