Crime & Safety
Kips Bay Man Arrested For Smashing 42 LinkNYC Kiosks, Police Say
Officers arrested a man for smashing some 42 LinkNYC Kiosks, police said.
MANHATTAN, NY — Officers arrested a Kips Bay man for busting up several LinkNYC Kiosks across Manhattan Wednesday, police said.
Juan Rodriguez, 41, of Kips Bay was arrested and charged for criminal mischief after some 42 LinkNYC kiosks across Manhattan were smashed up with a brick and other objects since April 16, police said.
Police said the man was caught busting up the kiosks from the West Village through Chelsea and Midtown between April 16 and 23.
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Surveillance footage from the kiosk itself recorded Rodriguez throwing a brick at a kiosk near a Duane Reade pharmacy store at Eighth Ave. and West 47th Street:
Twitter users posted photos of the busted up kiosks.
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yikes, somebody went around the village smashing all of the @LinkNYC screens pic.twitter.com/swdtWL82TI
— Josh Machiz (@Machiz) April 20, 2019
Obsessed with New York’s newest incidental street art, smashed @LinkNYC kiosks pic.twitter.com/TAgkHareKW
— Britton Powell (@britton_powell) April 23, 2019
Have not seen a @LinkNYC vandalized this blatantly before. Both sides, on 14th between 7th & 8th pic.twitter.com/QOy5L1q187
— Dave Temkin (@dtemkin) April 22, 2019
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