Subway Mugger Has Hit 13 Victims, 10 Women

2009_08_subwaymugger.jpg Police have identified a subway mugger who has pulled off a total of 13 robberies, including ones in each of the four boroughs the trains run in. Police are hunting for Rasheen Wallace (pictured), a career criminal who has 18 prior arrests for petit larceny, trespass, possession of marijuana and served 8 years for robbery. Police describe him as "a smooth operator" who isolates his victims, sometimes targeting them in the last car and near the end of the line. Ten of the thirteen robberies in the spree that began early this year have targeted women, including one in Inwood where Wallace punched a woman the face when she refused to give up her purse. Another 27-year-old woman robbed in Washington Heights tells the News, "It was just me and another guy in the car. The next thing I know, there was a knife in my stomach...I don't feel safe. I'm thinking of taking a karate class." The Post has a map of the robbery locations and describes Wallace as wearing a Boston Red Sox cap.

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Post this thugs face in every car and hopefully someone will shove him in front of the next train.

He should get the Ever-Loving Shit beat outta him for the simple fact that he's been observed rocking a Red Sox Cap!! Like SERIOUSLY BEATEN.

Does anyone have any info as to the perp's race and nationality...

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The perp can be described as a 6' 5" white man with blonde hair and a thick German accent.

Right... This natural-born shit eater looks like he a needs to be fucked by a gun Bernie Goetz-style.

Oh swell, he looks like a real winner. I agree with you edEx.

until this man is brought to justice, anyone matching the perp's description should be prohibited from entering the nyc subways by the nypd.

I think he looks like a honest upstanding gentlemen that I would trust my wallet with for a couple of hours.

My internet is working horribly and the pictures don't want to come up. What does he look like?

An uglier version of chris rock

So if a photo is available, why hasn't the MTA posted his face up in every station?

The MTA credo: We really don't give a shit.

MTA: "We ain't law enforcement. Better figure out how to legally defend yourself on your own."

Love that I can always count on some disgusting racism, Gothamist comment section. (Steven).

In all honesty, how many white dudes do you see in the news doing the same thing?

don't get all factual on him, he just wanted to pretend it was unfair for people to notice how one race which only makes a small percentage of the population commits an extremely large percentage of the city's violent crime. We shouldn't seek out reasons for why that is, just pretend it isn't happening. Just like with AIDS and the gay population in the 80s!

your sarcasm is so disguised so well. and how come you didn't bring up the jews and the plague?

I'm not saying anything about his skin color, but come on people, the guy's got 18 priors. I guess he has a problem adjusting to the normal cultural rules as set down by law abiding citizens. How unusual for a man of his upbringing.

What does his father think about all this?

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