LOWER EAST SIDE — Police are looking for an assailant who hurled a metal padlock at a man's face in broad daylight while he waited for the M15 bus on Aug. 24.
The male suspect approached the 19-year-old victim around 3:20 p.m. at the bus stop at Allen and Grand streets and threw the lock at the back of his head, leaving him with a cut that required staples, police said.
Police put out a wanted poster with photos of a suspect in the attack wanted for questioning, described as a male of unknown age standing at 5-foot-10 and weighing 180 pounds.
Other recent crimes in the 7th Precinct include:
► Two women violently mugged a duo as they walked on Delancey Street in the early morning hours of Aug. 27, police said.
The male and female victims, ages 27 and 24, were between Norfolk and Suffolk streets when one of the women approached and said "Put your hands up" while the other pepper-sprayed the male victim and threatened to cut him with a knife, according to a police report.
The first woman then forcibly grabbed the woman's Michael Kors purse, valued at $1,300, knocking her to the ground, police said. Both attackers then fled on foot. The purse contained a passport, social security card, a $200 iPhone, and $800, according to a police report.
The woman was left with scuffed-up knees from her fall and the man had irritated eyes from the pepper spray, police said.
► An unknown male assailant approached a 43-year-old woman from behind as she walked south on East Broadway Aug. 25 around 1 a.m. and punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground, before snatching her purse from under her arm, police said. The attacker fled south on East Broadway then ran east down Pike Street.
A female witness saw the robbery from across the street and dialed 911 for the victim, police said. Both the victim and witness were unable to identify the perpetrator but described him as standing at 5-foot-8 and weighing 200 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
The victim's $25 black purse contained a $75 flip phone, $45, a bank card, social security card, according to a police report.
