NYPD looking for 5 suspects in bizarre pan attack and robbery

When crime rages in New York City, everything becomes a weapon – even a frying pan.

The New York Police Department said Saturday that a man reported he was robbed by five people, at least two of whom were holding frying pans, according to the New York Daily News.

The incident happened on the Lower East Side of Manhattan around 2:10 a.m. on July 21, according to police.

The NYPD said the 34-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, was arguing with a stranger when she was attacked.

The victim told police that five people approached him and two of them started hitting him with what appeared to be a frying pan.

The robbers took the man’s wallet, which contained $220 in cash as well as his credit card. Police said about $1,200 was charged over stolen credit cards.

The NYPD said the victim suffered head and knee injuries and was taken to the hospital.

Police released pictures of the suspects on Saturday in the hope someone would recognize them.

The NYPD is looking for five suspects who allegedly attacked a man with a cooking pan on the Lower East Side last month.

– Fox5NY (@ fox5ny) August 6, 2022

In July, major crimes in New York were up 30.5% from 2021, the NYPD said in a press release Sunday.

Theft increased by 40.6%, burglary increased by 37.2% and theft increased by 25.6%. Shootings increased 13.4%, and homicides increased 34.3%, according to the release.

John Miller, a former deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism in New York, blames New York’s bail reform law passed in 2019 for allowing crime to grow beyond all control. , according to the New York Post.

“And then you see crime start to increase, and it really sets us back a decade in terms of shootings and murders, which is [a] Miller said Sunday. “It’s like when you cure an illness and then get vaccinated by the hospital.”

The state legislators “literally every proposal was on the shelf they couldn’t pass because the common people wouldn’t let that happen, they blew them up and passed it all at the same time.” for a while, he said, adding that legislators “sneaked them out in the middle of the night. And we have suffered from it ever since.”

“I don’t think anyone bothers reading them. I think it’s all more of ideology than common sense,” Miller said.

Reforms are one thing, he said, but major changes made without considering their impact are another.

“And I think the criminal-justice system is a complex ecosystem where you can make changes and adjustments and make meaningful reforms,” Miller said. “But you can’t do all of that at once and drop it like an atomic bomb into a complex system and not expect disturbance.

“The district attorneys don’t like that. The judges didn’t like it. The police officers didn’t like that. And citizens don’t like it. So that makes one universe – supporters – think it’s awesome.

“They are advocates for criminals, people who are entangled in the system. And where are the advocates for the others? “

As odd as it may seem, this isn’t the first time the frying pan has been used in a city robbery.

Man, 41, hit in the head with pan during robbery, NYPD hunting for suspect pic.twitter.com/tRUYhb2Qz3

– 1010 WINS (@ 1010WINS) July 11, 2019

In 2019, the NYPD was looking for four suspects after a 41-year-old man was beaten with a pan and robbed in Brooklyn.

This article originally appeared in Western Magazine.

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