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Woman Slashed In The Face During Sidewalk Mugging
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 12, 2016
Modified Feb 12, 2016
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A 20-year-old woman was slashed in the face while walking home in the Bronx early this morning.
Police say the incident happened around 12:10 a.m. Friday when the victim was walking home along Holland Avenue near Morris Park Avenue. The mugger approached the woman from behind and attempted to steal her cell phone. When the woman resisted, he slashed her in the face with some sort of blade. She fell down, he grabbed her pocketbook, then punched and kicked her on the ground before fleeing.
The victim was taken to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition. Cops describe the suspect as a "Hispanic male in his 30s, and approximately 5' 5" tall." They add that the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.
This morning's slashing is the latest in an apparent spike in slashing assaults. According to NYPD stats, slashings and stabbings were up 24% as of last week, with 381 incidents compared with 308 in the same period last year.
While officials insist there is no pattern to the uptick, cops are planning to give the MTA a proposal to ban career criminals from the subway as part of his MTA crime-prevention strategy. At least one MTA board member wants the MTA to create a unit (costing around $250,000) that "tracks prosecutions of suspects with hefty records of subway crimes and works with district attorneys to make subway bans part of plea deals or terms of probation."
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