Crime & Safety

SEE: Man Smashes 42 LinkNYC Kiosks In Manhattan, Police Say

A man has been linked to smashing 42 LinkNYC kiosks through Manhattan, from the West Village through Midtown, police said.

Police are searching for a man caught on camera smashing 42 LinkNYC kiosks, according to the NYPD.
Police are searching for a man caught on camera smashing 42 LinkNYC kiosks, according to the NYPD. (NYPD)

MANHATTAN, NY — A man has been smashing LinkNYC Kiosks throughout Manhattan since last Tuesday, police said.

Police said the man has been tied to smashing 42 LinkNYC kiosks with what appears to be a brick in one video the New York Police Department released.

Between April 16 and 23, the man has been caught throwing bricks and other objects at the kiosks from the West Village through Chelsea and Midtown, police said.

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The man has a beard and was last seen with a long-sleeved blue shirt, dark pants with a white stripe and gray sneakers, police said.

LinkNYC said last week regarding the vandalism that its kiosks provide "a valuable public service to many of the city's most vulnerable."

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"When people vandalize Links, they impede on its ability to fund and deliver these services. Please be a good neighbor to your fellow New Yorkers," LinkNYC tweeted.

Video footage from one of the kiosks itself caught the man throwing a brick at the screen.

Below is video on April 16 near a Duane Reade pharmacy store at Eighth Ave. and West 47th Street:

Twitter users posted photos of the busted up kiosks.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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