A timely reminder to tourists and travelers not to be distracted at JFK airport, or else you might end up being a robbery victim: Port Authority police arrested a serial airport robber who has been connected to at least six robberies at JFK over the last three months. Frederick McDonald, 46, was arrested after stealing a backpack containing a laptop and $4,000 cash from an unsuspecting tourist: “He just flew in,” said Al Della Fave, a Port Authority spokesman. “He’s excited to be in the big city. He was taking pictures. [McDonald], the ultimate opportunist, grabs the bag and walks away.” more ›

Police arrested a team of bank robbers in Queens—and they suspect the group are serial criminals. Plainsclothes cops became suspicious of when Careather Williams and Dwight Washington, entered the Queens County Savings Bank in Fresh Meadows around 12:30 p.m. Saturday with their sweatshirt hoods over their heads, especially since it was pretty hot outside. Cops followed them to their getaway car, and found wigs, costumes and sunglasses in the getaway car, as well as handwritten notes demanding money and over $10,000 in cash. Williams, Washington and two accomplices were arrested and charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property; police believe the group also pulled off multiple bank hiests on Long Island. more ›

According to CityRoom, police believe the same man is behind seven subway robberies since the beginning of the year. After a woman boarded a southbound A train at 207th Street in Inwood on Sunday afternoon: "A man approached her and demanded her property, the authorities said. When she refused, the man struck her, before making off with her bank card at the Dyckman Street station. The woman was cut on the left cheek and had a black eye." The previous incidents, whose victims were four women and two men (the most recent victim was the first to be hurt), occurred on the 1, B and D lines. The suspect is described as "a black man in his early 20s, 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 2 inches tall, with medium build and black hair." Last week, it was reported that a woman was trapped in a high-entrance subway turnstile at a Brooklyn station by a man who threatened and robbed her. more ›