A wheelchair-accessible yellow taxi cab in Manhattan.
Photograph by Dean Moses
Authorities stated they cuffed and charged a person who stole a yellow cab at gunpoint in Hudson Yards simply after midnight on Sunday.
In accordance with police sources, they arrested 28-year-old Ryce Joseph for the carjacking that occurred exterior of 459 West thirty third St. at 12:30 a.m. Cops stated that Joseph allegedly entered a parked taxi brandishing a firearm at a 53-year-old taxi driver and demanded that he exit the automobile.
Joseph then reportedly took the cab on a joyride, fleeing down tenth Avenue. Police have been in a position to meet up with the stolen automobile and adopted it till he collided with an unmarked NYPD automobile within the neighborhood of the Canal and Lafayette Streets. No accidents have been reported because of the crash.
Joseph was taken into custody with out additional incident. He has been charged with unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motorized vehicle, felony possession of stolen property, menacing, obstructing governmental administration, and unauthorized use of a motorized vehicle.
Final month, one other main crime occurred at Hudson Yards when two suspects allegedly stole almost $30,000 price of knickknack from an on-site high-end retailer. In accordance with stories, the boys distracted an worker whereas they snagged three items of knickknack.
In the meantime, main crimes within the tenth Precinct, which covers Hudson Yards, went down almost 29% yr thus far in comparison with the identical interval in 2025, in response to the newest police information. The lower contains theft, which dropped 42.9% throughout the identical time interval.
