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  • 15-Year-Old Boy Hurt After Falling From Train While Subway Surfing In The Bronx

    15-Year-Old Boy Hurt After Falling From Train While Subway Surfing In The Bronx

    A teen boy, who is merely 15 years old, sustained head injuries after falling while subway surfing in the Bronx. The incident occurred Tuesday evening when he fell from the top of a 5 train. The New York Post reported that although his friends were at the station amid the incident, the boy appeared to be the only one subway surfing. 

    He was discovered with head injuries and transported to NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi, where he is, thankfully, in stable condition, according to official reports.

    NYPD data shows subway surfing deaths rose significantly last year, with six fatalities occurring. Reports say at least 181 people were apprehended for related incidents.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Sex Offender With 30 Prior Arrests and Banned From NYC Subway, Arrested Again Underground For Sexually Assaulting Two Women

    Sex Offender With 30 Prior Arrests and Banned From NYC Subway, Arrested Again Underground For Sexually Assaulting Two Women

    A convicted sex offender with 30 prior arrests, who is prohibited from using the NYC subway, was arrested again underground after allegedly sexually assaulting two women on Friday, according to police reports per the NY Post.

    Cecil McKenzie, 53, from Harlem, reportedly pressed his groin against a 22-year-old woman and touched another woman’s buttocks while on a train heading to the 14th Street-Union Square subway station in Manhattan around 9:30 a.m. Officers who observed the incident stepped in. McKenzie tried resisting arrest, but he was ultimately taken into custody, as noted by the NYPD in a post on X.

    “Your @NYPDTransit officers were on the same subway car and saw the incident unfold,”

    the post reads.

    “They knew the man very well as he had been arrested over a dozen times previously including for persistent sexual abuse, forcible touching, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon. He was also on parole and was a transit offender who’s not allowed to be in the subway.”

    McKenzie, who is registered on the state’s Sex Offender Registry, faces multiple charges including persistent sexual abuse, forcible touching, resisting arrest, obstruction of government administration, sexual abuse, disorderly conduct, and harassment for the Friday incident. Standing at 5 feet 8 inches and weighing 170 pounds, he is currently held at Rikers Island on a $100,000 bail or a $300,000 bond, according to official records.

    He previously served time at Fishkill Correctional Facility for persistent sexual abuse in 2017 and was released on parole on June 3. According to a police source, approximately half of his arrests are sealed.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • New York City Postal Worker Pistol-Whipped By Man Who Attempted To Rob Post Office

    New York City Postal Worker Pistol-Whipped By Man Who Attempted To Rob Post Office

    A man reportedly attacked a female postal worker with a gun amid an attempted robbery at an East Harlem post office, according to the NYPD, per the New York Post. Officials responded to the Hellgate Station post office shortly after 6:15 p.m. 

    The unnamed suspect, armed with a firearm, entered the post office and attempted to rob it, hitting a 51-year-old woman in the head and demanding cash. The suspect later fled the scene on a bike without taking any money. 

    The unidentified victim received treatment for her injuries at the scene and did not need additional medical care, according to the NYPD. No arrests have been made yet, and the investigation is ongoing.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Four Teens Who Jumped Elderly Woman In NYC Train Station Have Been Charged

    Four Teens Who Jumped Elderly Woman In NYC Train Station Have Been Charged

    Four teenage girls were apprehended for attacking a 71-year-old woman during a failed New Year’s Day robbery in a Brooklyn subway station. The woman, who was headed to church, bravely fought back. The teens, aged 13 to 15, were charged with robbery, assault, and harassment for the Jan. 1 incident against Linda Rosa, per the New York Post. 

    One of the 15-year-old girls previously faced charges for allegedly assaulting a Queens officer in September. The others had no prior records. The recent crime began when they attempted to snatch Rosa’s purse at Hoyt Street after she exited a No. 3 train.

    A fight broke out when a girl punched Rosa in her face, cutting her nose. Rosa fell, was stomped on; however, she was able to stand and grab two girls while calling for assistance. She was treated at The Brooklyn Hospital Center and expressed appreciation for not being more seriously injured. Despite forgiving the teens, Rosa believes the teens should still be held accountable.

    She said,

    “They don’t know the consequences of their actions until this happened, and now they have to pay for it – because we all have to pay for our choices.” 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Criminal Who Reportedly Attacked An Elderly Man For Tripping Over His Foot Was Freed Without Bail

    Criminal Who Reportedly Attacked An Elderly Man For Tripping Over His Foot Was Freed Without Bail

    A man accused of assaulting an elderly man on a train in Lower Manhattan was released without bail, although he has a long arrest history, The New York Post reports. 44-year-old Johnson Earl, who has been apprehended 14 times, was recently charged with second-degree assault for brutally attacking the 83-year-old victim on Dec. 20 after the man accidentally bumped into his foot.

    The following day, Judge Beverly Tatham granted him supervised release on the felony charge, despite prosecutors requesting $75,000 cash bail or a $100,000 bond to guarantee Earl’s “return to court,” said the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

    He reportedly became furious on a southbound No. 5 train near Fulton Street station at about 6:10 a.m. when the victim tripped over his foot, according to officials and the DA’s office. Earl then struck the senior in the face, leading to a fight that ended with him putting the victim in a chokehold and hitting him further, said an assistant district attorney during Earl’s Jan. 2 arraignment.

    The assault resulted in the victim suffering facial and head cuts, and he sought treatment at Kings County Hospital Center. Earl was most recently apprehended in July in the Bronx for repeatedly punching a security guard at a 99-cent store, as stated in the complaint. During that incident, he allegedly asked the victim, “Why are you not attending to me?” The case was “adjourned in contemplation of dismissal,” with no clear reason given, and the man was ordered to avoid contact with the victim, per Bronx prosecutors.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Knife-Wielding Attacker Spat On NYC Postal Worker Before Fatally Stabbing Him In NYC Deli

    Knife-Wielding Attacker Spat On NYC Postal Worker Before Fatally Stabbing Him In NYC Deli

    A knife-wielding madwoman brutally murdered a postal worker in a Harlem deli this week, as reported by the NY Post.

    The individual has been named as Jaia Cruz, a 24-year-old transgender woman. Cruz is reportedly responsible for the death of Ray Hodges, a USPS employee and father of two. She is now facing murder charges for the killing of Hodges on Thursday.

    The 36-year-old postal worker stopped at Joe’s Deli Grocery on 168 Lenox Ave. to grab lunch when he got into a heated argument with Cruz while waiting in line, bodega employees told The Post. Cruz quickly lost her temper, spat in Hodges’ face, and stabbed him in the stomach, according to police. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities revealed.

    Prior to this horrific incident, Cruz had a criminal history with five arrests, including one in July 2020 for brandishing an open box cutter at a person in Midtown West while shouting,

    “I’m going to cut him,”

    according to police sources. When officers instructed the aggressive Cruz to lie on the ground, she refused and was subsequently arrested for resisting arrest. Just two weeks later, she was apprehended again for a robbery involving a knife.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 71-Year-Old Woman Jumped By 4 Teens During Robbery Attempt In NYC Train Station, Woman Says She Fought Back

    71-Year-Old Woman Jumped By 4 Teens During Robbery Attempt In NYC Train Station, Woman Says She Fought Back

    An elderly woman heading to church on  New Year’s Day was forced to defend herself when a group of teen girls assaulted her amid a failed robbery in a Brooklyn subway station, officials reported. 71-year-old Linda Rosa— who was retired MTA computer worker from East New York, had just exited a No. 3 train at Hoyt Street after 6 p.m. when one of the four girls attempted to snatch her purse, she informed The New York Post Friday.

    “And then I [said to myself], ‘Oh, no, this is not going to happen today,’”

    the victim said. 

    Another teen attempted to grasp the woman’s bag as well and then said,

    “Oh, you want to fight?” 

    Rosa held firmly onto her purse, which didn’t stop the attempted robbers.

    “The first person kept fighting….. She punched me in my face and I have my glasses on, and I have a cut on my nose. When she punched me in my face, my glasses flew to the floor,”

    she continued. 

    “Meanwhile the other young lady was still trying to distract me to get my pocketbook or go into my purse, to snatch something out of my purse,”

    she added. 

    The teen managed to snatch a pocket pouch containing Rosa’s ID and medical records, she stated.

    “I was still wrestling with the first person.. Then I was trying to kick her in between her legs, but my leg wouldn’t stretch far enough, so I believe that’s when I fell. I fell, and then she stomped on me.” 

    “I got an impression in me that she was going to stomp me again, but she was going to aim towards my head.. So I got up right away, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them around my right hand, and then I pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the other young lady said, ‘Let her go.’ And I said, ‘Oh, no, I’m not letting her go,’”

    the woman continued. 

    The elderly woman called out for help when she saw the second teen throw her pocket pouch on the ground and approach her once more.

    The woman grabbed the teen’s hair, twisting it around her hand, forcing them both facedown like rams preparing to fight. The other girls shouted for release, but she held on, calling for aid. Eventually, she let go and gathered her belongings. The startled teens fled up the steps as she announced she would call officials. 

    Rosa was later transported to the hospital in stable condition and is grateful that she wasn’t critically injured. 

  • 15-Year-Old Boy Killed In Potential Gang-Related Shooting, Just An Hour Another Teen Was Fatally Stabbed

    15-Year-Old Boy Killed In Potential Gang-Related Shooting, Just An Hour Another Teen Was Fatally Stabbed

    A 15-year-old boy died in a potential

    “gang-related shooting in the Bronx Friday night,”

    this occurred merely hours before another teen was fatally stabbed in East Harlem. Gunfire spewed near 1491 Macombs Rd., Mount Eden before 5 p.m., striking two teens, per the New York Post. 

    The 15-year-old was struck in the chest and passed away at St. Barnabas Hospital, officials reported. The other teen, 17, was shot in the abdomen and is currently in stable condition at the hospital.

    Three individuals fled, and one person of interest was detained, according to sources. Nearly ninety minutes later, three people, including 17-year-old Carlos Rivas, were stabbed in East Harlem. 

    Rivas was stabbed in the chest and lower abdomen and died at Harlem Hospital, officials stated. Two other men, aged 62 and 22, were also injured and are in stable condition. No arrests occurred by late Friday. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Man Attacks and Strangles 22-Year-Old Woman In Attempted Rape, Officials Say

    Man Attacks and Strangles 22-Year-Old Woman In Attempted Rape, Officials Say

    A brutal attacker assaulted a 22-year-old woman, choking her and trying to rape her on a Brooklyn street early Thursday. Around 2:15 a.m., he went up to her at Herkimer Street and Saratoga Avenue in Ocean Hill, punching her face multiple times, then shoved her down, strangled, and molested her, according to officials, per the New York Post. 

    The unnamed aggressor fled east on Flushing Avenue, according to officials. The woman was hospitalized at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and is in critical but stable condition. 

    Officials released a video of the suspect, described as a heavyset man with a dark complexion, wearing a yellow vest, black hooded sweater, and black pants.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Tries To Slit Ex-Girlfriend’s Throat and Pushes Her Onto Subway Tracks In Front Of Her Teenage Daughters

    Man Tries To Slit Ex-Girlfriend’s Throat and Pushes Her Onto Subway Tracks In Front Of Her Teenage Daughters

    Prosecutors claimed on Thursday that a convicted child rapist on parole attacked his ex-girlfriend, slashing her and pushing her onto the subway tracks in front of her teenage daughters, as reported by the NY Post.

    Michael Blount, 29, was taken into custody on December 28 and faced multiple charges, including attempted murder, after being indicted on January 1. On November 5, Blount began stalking the 37-year-old woman and her daughters at a deli in Harlem. As they tried to escape him, he followed them to the subway platform. Blount reportedly returned to the deli, where he allegedly bought a razor blade before returning to the subway station.

    According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, at around 11 p.m., Blount grabbed the victim by her hair and attempted to slit her throat while she was waiting for the A train at the 125th Street station. Prosecutors stated that the victim tried to shield her neck, but Blount went on to slash her face multiple times. Her daughter was able to pull her mother from the tracks, per District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a statement. She was rescued from the tracks two minutes before the next train arrived.

    Prosecutors reported that a bystander called a cab for the family, where she was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital for treatment of her injuries. She suffered severe lacerations and had to undergo plastic surgery. Following the attack, the District Attorney claims that Blount continued calling, and texting, the woman and her daughters for weeks while he evaded police until his arrest this past weekend.

    Michael Blount Previous Convictions

    State records reveal that Blount is a registered

    “sexually violent offender”

    following his 2013 conviction in Brooklyn for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. He served seven years in prison. After being charged with robbery, he was released in 2020 and remained on parole until 2025. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to the latest charges and was ordered held without bail.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?