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'I Have A Gun With A Silencer' Mugger Arrested, Police Say
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 22, 2013
Modified Nov 22, 2013
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Published Nov 22, 2013
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The man behind a series of possibly eight armed subway robberies has been arrested, according to police. Vinegar Hill resident Eric Gay, 43, was collared last night and charged with robbery for a string of subway muggings in the East Village, Brooklyn, the West Village and Queens. Investigators say Gay told each of his victims that not only was he armed, but he also had a silencer.
Gay's alleged robbery spree, which lasted from Sunday through Wednesday, relieved victims of their wallets and electronic devices at subway stations at West 4th Street, Dekalb Avenue, Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay, 2nd Avenue and Houston Street, and in Queens.
CBS2 reports that police tracked Gay down using an app on an Android phone that he allegedly stole Wednesday night. During a canvass of the area, a witness riding along with police spotted Gay leaving a building, and he was arrested. But instead of being booked, CBS 2 reports that Gay was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, for reasons that remain unclear. An NYPD spokesman could not say why Gay was hospitalized.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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