he is Central Park, One of the most iconic sites in the Big Apple and a favorite destination for millions of tourists, it has been at the heart of the numerous smartphone thefts and other types of theft so far this year, to turn off the alarms New York City Police Department (NYPD).
Starting this week, the Dress will have a greater presence in the vegetable lung of New York. Intelligence officers are connecting the dots to arrest the criminals who committed the criminal actswhich in some cases has been violent.
Lose iPhone, Max hearing aids, and other electronic devices It seems that they are a target for the people who commit these crimes, said the police chiefs.
“We are using all the resources available to deal with this movement. We have increased surveillance with cameras. We are also using our assistants on weekends to deal with these threats. Anyone who thinks about disturbing our visitors should think about it. “will be caught”said Ruel Stephenson, commander in charge of the NYPD in Northern Manhattan.
Use has already been confirmed in the four police districts included in the park. Officers were assigned on foot and in mobile units. All perimeter entrances are covered.
night thieves
The leaders of the Uniformada are making sure that they have registered an increase 350% in reported theft so far in 2023compared to the same period last year.
Most of these events happen at night.
In the first four months of this year there have been complaints 18 thieves in the parkcompared to four in the same period last year.
Grand theft, which means when someone takes a phone from your hand without causing injury or taking property left at a bank, also increased. Already 12 such situations were reported in police stations this 2024compared to eight last year.
No serious injuries were reported, but there were last week three episodes in just 27 hours.
The cyclist Richard Salcedo visits the park often: “it is much safer than in the 80s and 90s” (Photo: F. Martínez)
More police for 110
El Diario spoke to several visitors to Parque Central, who agree that there is always a much greater police presence at the east and west entrances on 59th Street. But they complain that in street areas 109, 100, and 111 especially at night, more vigilance is needed.
“I’ve been sitting here for a while and I haven’t seen a single police officer. I prefer to be on the sidelines. Don’t come in so late, because you always hear things. Now that summer has come, these are caravans of people exercising and walking, so criminals rarely appear. “They take advantage of the night and the solitude,” he said Petra Salazar Dominican, in front of a bank on 110th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Also, the Richard Salcedo, the Ecuadorian cyclist He insists that he has been frequenting the park, on the edge of Upper Manhattan, for at least 30 years, including early mornings, and has never seen anything strange
“I found out about it from the news. But I, who pass by every day, have never seen anything strange in the past months. If we compare it to the 80s and 90s, it is obvious that we are much better. That does not mean that nothing will happen now. I am a witness that there are more police officers now,” Salcedo said.
After suspicion
Authorities confirmed that a suspect in connection with the robbery was arrested on Tuesday, April 30. It’s about a A 35-year-old Bronx man was charged with a robbery involving an attempted sexual assault on April 25 on West 97th Street. The inmate has nine criminal records and is on parole until 2028. He had been behind bars in a state prison for four years.
In addition, the police were looking three men riding scooters allegedly linked to the theft of a tourist’s phone after threatening them with a laser gun.
NYPD believes the same three people are responsible for at least nine incidents in northern Queens. Similar thefts were reported in other parts of the Upper and lower Manhattan.
Residents of 110th Street and its surroundings are calling for more uniformed police. (Photo: F. Martínez)
The data:
- 37.5 million visitors per year Central Park is considered the most frequented location of its kind in NYC and the nation.
2024-05-03 13:37:54
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