Elderly Man Mugged
An 87-year-old man was mugged March 31 at 2:11 p.m., after he finished grocery shopping. Police said that assailant David Simmon, 47, started shaking the elderly Upper West Side man on the northwest corner of West 68th Street and Broadway. During the interaction, Simmons allegedly lifted the man’s wallet out of his pocket. The man asked someone on the street to call 911. After canvassing the scene, police stopped Simmon and found that he was in possession of the man’s wallet. Simmon’s lookout, 47-year-old Ronald Myers, was found with a credit card belonging to someone else. Both Simmon and Myers were charged with robbery.
Subway Kiosk Assault
Two men mugged and assaulted a subway kiosk employee. Police said that at 6:45 a.m., Jan. 7, a man approached the employee manning the platform kiosk, at the West 66th Street 1 stop, and asked for a pack of cigarettes. Then another man forcibly entered the kiosk, trying to get cash and merchandise. Cops said he punched the employee, a 59-year-old Queens man, in the face. The other mugger, who had a knife, jumped over the counter and grabbed $1,500 in cash, a phone card, 15 cigarette cartons valued at $1,400 and a pack of 20 MetroCards.
Man Mugs Two Teens
Two 18-year-old Bronx women were robbed Jan. 2 at 10:30 a.m. The women were walking south on Broadway. Police said that as they turned left onto West 83rd Street, a man ran up behind them and pinned them to the wall. He told them not to scream and said that if they did, he would hurt them. The mugger told them to hand over their coats. He made off with one $250 navy blue jacket and wallet, cops said.
FOOD GRAB
An elderly man was mugged walking south on West End Avenue after leaving a Gristede’s Supermarket on West 96th Street and Broadway. Cops said that on Sept. 28 at 8:30 p.m., a thief snatched his green canvas bag. The 81-year-old West End Avenue resident told police he could not identify the suspect, who got away with $200 in cash, groceries and credit cards.
