The NYPD is asking for the public’s help finding the person who slashed a 25-year-old man in the face in front of 174 Orchard Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Police say the attack happened around 3:00 a.m. on January 4 within the 7th Precinct. On May 8, the department’s Crime Stoppers unit put out a wanted alert and offered a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.
The wanted flyer, posted May 8 by NYPD Crime Stoppers, states that the assailant used a cutting instrument on the victim’s face and identifies the victim as a 25-year-old man. The post advertises a reward of up to $3,500 for tips that help secure an arrest and indictment and lists the NYPD’s tip hotlines and web form. The alert does not name a suspect and does not report any arrests in the case.
How to pass a tip
Anyone with information can call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online through the department’s tip page. According to NYPD Crime Stoppers, tipsters may remain anonymous, and eligible tips that lead to an arrest and indictment can receive reward payments.
Where it happened
174 Orchard Street sits between Stanton and Houston Streets in the Lower East Side and is listed as a commercial building on StreetEasy. The address houses The Skinny Bar & Lounge, which advertises late-night hours on its website, a detail that helps explain why there were likely people out on the block at that hour.
Why investigators went public
Although the assault happened in early January, the Crime Stoppers alert went out in May, a move police often make to refocus public attention on cases that remain open. Investigators say they hope renewed visibility prompts fresh tips or uncovers bystander footage that could help push the case forward…