Wednesday Crime Blotter: Nighttime Edition

CYPRESS HILLS – On Monday, January 14, the NYPD arrested 27-year-old Christopher Benitez for reckless endangerment on the J Train last month.

To recap, on December 18 at approximately 1:20 a.m., a man approached a 19-year-old woman on the southbound J Train inside the Cypress Hills Subway Station. According to the cops, the suspect dragged the young woman by her hair and demanded she performs a sexual act on him. After she resisted, the suspect attempted to throw her onto the tracks. He then ran.

SUNSET PARK – The NYPD needs help searching for three individuals connected to two robberies that took place last month.

On Sunday, December 16 at about 11:25 a.m., three men entered a social club at 5124 9th Avenue. One of the men displayed a gun, while the other two started stealing wallets, cash, and cell phones from 15 to 20 victims, aged 30-to-50-years-old. The total estimated value of the objects stolen is $2,300. No one was injured and the men left the scene shortly after.

That was not enough for the three suspects.

Two days later on December 18, at about 4:30 p.m., the three men entered the same club, displayed a gun, and stole wallets, cash, and cell phones from 15 to 20 victims, aged 30-to-50-years-old. This time, the estimated value of the stolen items is said to be $7,000. No injuries were reported and the suspects left the scene.

Cops describe the suspects as Hispanic men in their 20s wearing masks and dark clothing. A video is attached below.

MAPLETON – The NYPD needs help searching for two suspects involved in two burglaries last month.

On Sunday, December 16 at about 2 a.m., two men entered a nail salon by breaking through a secured gate at 6103 20th Avenue. They stole $1,000 from the register and left the location.

Then, at about 3:30 a.m., the men went inside another nail salon by breaking through a secured gate, located at 6303 18th Avenue. From there, they also took $1,000 from the register and left.

Cops describe the suspects as two men wearing dark colored masks and hoodied. A photo is attached below from the first incident.

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 Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.