Officials say the man is suspected to be behind several street robberies in Manhattan and Brooklyn since May.
The two strangers fled on a scooter last week, according to officials.
The mugger dragged the woman on the ground then fled with her bag, police said.
Police said a bystander intervened and stopped the early morning attack last week.
Benjamin Abrams tried to evade cops by taking a shelter worker's outfit, but ultimately was found with meth in his car, prosecutors said.
A pair of crooks took off in a stolen car after they punched its owner as he sat inside the parked vehicle earlier this month.
The same crew who held up a West Village smoke shop this week has been robbing in Midtown since late April, authorities said.
Police say that they arrested a man responsible for stealing two Rolex watches last summer, with a total value of $55,000.
Officials say that a man took a crowbar to the consulate early Monday morning as the country enters a runoff presidential vote.
A man was arguing with a pair inside the Time Square Subway station when one slammed him with a portable speaker, officials said.
A trio of crooks stole a suitcase from a car containing around $100k of diamonds and jewels, police said.
A 71-year-old was punched in the face on Saturday, according to officials.
The thief got into the West 35th Street building through an unlocked front door, police said.
A minor was arrested Thursday — a month after the attack — and was charged with hate crime assault and other charges, police said.
Officials said that a man rubbed against a woman during the morning commute on Friday.
Police arrested a man on Sunday in connection to a slashing last month.
A man photographed a woman underneath her dress while riding the escalator together last week, officials said.
Police are looking for the sprayer, who released the toxic fumes earlier this month.
It took over 100 smoke eaters more than two hours to fight the blaze, according to officials.
The man tripped and fell onto the tracks before being stuck by the train, police said, and was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg says the man kidnapped a young woman from a shelter specifically for homeless victims of sex trafficking.
A construction worker fell inside a Midtown ventilation shaft for the Amtrak-owned East River Tunnels on Monday, according to officials.
No injuries were reported from the multi-floor collapse, officials said. The demolition will make way for a massive corner tower.
Officials said they are looking for Benjamin Abrams in connection to the dramatic scene last week.
A man grabbed at a 16-year-old underneath her clothes while she left the theater, and again just outside, officials said.
A Cadillac driver on the loose wrecked havoc across town, driving on the sidewalk across from a special education school.
The third person arrested in connection to the drugged robberies, Jayqwan Hamilton, surrendered Monday night, according to the Daily News.
The bullet hit a parked car during an Easter Sunday afternoon fracas on West 44th Street, officials said.
The Hermes heist saw thieves taking hammers to the windows of Heritage Auctions on Park Avenue, police said.
"We will not be cowed, we will not be intimidated," said Council Member Erik Bottcher this morning.
A 63-year-old man was hit on the head after arguing with another man in the subway station beneath Grand Central, police said Thursday.
Four of those charged were minors, according to police.
An unidentified 38-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon and later died, police said.
The man died the same weekend a woman was punched in the face by subway robbers and cops released images of a transit groper, officials say.
"I have no idea how it happened," Connor Lian's father told Pix 11. “It’s a miracle!"
A 28-year-old worker was slashed by an upset customer Tuesday night, according to police and an employee of the 24-hour gas station.
Police partially evacuated Grand Central terminal when a suspicious package was found Tuesday afternoon, now reportedly benign.
A man was knifed by another person after a verbal argument turned bloody on Friday, police said.
An apartment fire took the life of a woman early Friday morning, according to reports.
A NYPD officer rappelled from hundreds of feet in the air to safeguard a man who spent all day threatening to jump from a 31st floor window.