110th /112th Precincts
Corona and Elmhurst/Forest Hills and Rego Park
The NYPD is asking for your help in locating the suspect who is wanted in connection with making bomb threats at two subway stations.
On Tuesday, September 14, the suspect called 9-1-1 and informed the dispatcher that there was a bomb inside of a bathroom on the mezzanine level of the Union Turnpike subway station, located at Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike. A search of the area was conducted by NYPD officers with no suspicious devices being found.
That same day, the suspect again called 9-1-1 and told the dispatcher that there was a bomb inside an “E” train at the Roosevelt Avenue subway station, located at the Broadway/Roosevelt area. A search was conducted by NYPD officers with no suspicious devices found.
The suspect is described as a white male, 18 to 20 years old, 5’3″-5’5″ tall. He was last seen wearing a gray and white jacket with dark jeans.
Anyone with information in regards to these incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.