POLICE BEAT: Straphanger Stabbing, Motorcycle Theft

Liberty between South End Avenue and West
May 27, 10 a.m.

A thief lifted a camera bag, containing $700 in equipment, from a woman as she was walking through a crowd on the sidewalk.

River Terrace and Warren
May 27, 4 p.m.

A $8,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was taken.

250 Broadway
May 28, 12 p.m.

A man’s wallet containing credit and debit cards, a driver’s license and $500 was lifted from the Dunkin’ Donuts counter.

‘R’ train at Cortlandt
May 30, 1 p.m.

As the train opened the doors at Cortlandt Street station, a teen snatched the iPhone from the hand of a 27-year-old woman. The victim chased the boy for about three blocks, but he got away.

89 South
May 30, 9 p.m.

A $22,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was stolen.

‘R’ train at Rector
May 31, 2 p.m.

A teenager, with the help of three accomplices, swiped the phone of a 33-year-old woman and fled the train just as the car doors were closing at the Rector Street station.

83 Pearl
May 31, 5:50 p.m.

A woman dining at Mad Dog & Beans noticed her wallet was missing when she received a text message notifying her of attempted fraudulent charges using one of her credit cards at a TJ Maxx. Her wallet also contained $3,000.

No. 1 subway / Bowling Green station
June 1, 5:40 a.m.

Two 23-year-old men were robbed on the No. 1 train and in the Bowling Green subway station, and one of them was stabbed while giving chase to the perpetrators. One of the two 20-year-old assailants cut the victim in the head and forearm in the Bowling Green subway station. The incident began when the perpetrators, brandishing knives, ordered the men to hand over their possessions on the No. 1 subway train, near the Rector Street station. The victims, frightened for their safety, gave their Smartphones, a wallet, a driver’s license, a Metrocard and $80. The men were arrested at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, where the victims pointed them out to police.