Police arrested a man from the East Village in connection with six purse snatchings in the subway around 11 pm Tuesday night. A tipster led investigators to the man's apartment on East Ninth Street near Avenue C, police said. They identified the alleged robber as Mark McIntosh, 25. He is charged with three counts of grand larceny, three counts of robbery, and resisting arrest. The most recent robbery he is charged with occurred May 19 at the Greenpoint Avenue G station, police said. Police have not charged him with a robbery at the Rector Street subway station robbery that took place on Tuesday morning. That purse snatching is still under investigation, a department spokesman said.
McIntosh is alleged to have targeted at least six women in less than last two weeks in subway stations, mostly in downtown Manhattan.
