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Snooze and Lose

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

“You snooze, you lose” is an old saying but maybe worth repeating for the uninitiated. A 22-year-old man told police that on Saturday, April 6th, he got on a northbound number 2 Train at Christopher Street and then fell asleep. He said that when he awoke at Rector Street around 3 a.m., he discovered his
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Botched iPhone Heist

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

A 21-year-old woman from Vermont reported to police that on Tuesday night, April 16th, someone came up from behind her as she was texting a friend and tried to snatch her iPhone. The attempt was unsuccessful and the woman told police she heard the person scream an expletive as he ran northbound on William Street.
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Book Bag Lifted

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Expensive books and computers have no place at a club. One man, who was apparently studying law, made that discovery last Thursday, April 11th, as he reported to police that his bag was stolen from a Tribeca bar. The 25-year-old man told police he was having drinks with friends at the bar when he set
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Handbag Heist

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

A 27-year-old clerk at a Greene Street clothing store told police that on Tuesday, April 9th, just before noon, a man walked into the store, grabbed a Chloe handbag from a display and left the store without paying. The bag was valued at $2,995. Police are reviewing surveillance video and are looking for a black
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Punch and Run

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

A stunned 36-year-old motorist reported to police that on Friday, April 12th, around 1 p.m., an unknown man walked up to the driver’s side window of his vehicle on Fifth Ave. and E.96th Street and asked, “Are you in a rush?” The motorist said the man then punched him in the mouth with a closed
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Money, Please

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

On Friday, April 12th, at around 11:50 a.m., a man walked into a large commercial bank on Third Avenue and waited for a window to become available. The 21-year-old bank teller told police the man, wearing one latex glove on his right hand, passed a note to her demanding money. The note reportedly said, “This
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Aborted Bank Robbery

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 24, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Two would-be bank robbers might want to take a course in remedial note writing after their attempted robbery failed miserably last Thursday, April 11. At around 3 p.m., two bank tellers at a First Avenue bank reported to police that they were approached by two different men using the same note to demand money. According
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Fake Weapon, Real Merchandise

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 10, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

A clerk at a Wooster Street clothing store told police that two black men were in the store on Tuesday, April 2 and pretended to shop when one of the men distracted another sales clerk while the other man proceeded to take seven handbags from a display shelf. The clerk also said that as the
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Jersey City or Bust

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 10, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

On Wednesday, April 3, a 28-year-old yellow cab driver told police he discharged a passenger at Exchange Place and Broadway around 5 p.m. But the passenger, a black woman about 5’8” and 150 pounds, wanted to continue the trip and asked the driver to “take me to Jersey City.” The driver had other plans and
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Fulton Street Flower Shop Hit

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 10, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Two men who walked into a Fulton Street flower shop on Tuesday, April 2 were looking for more than just floral arrangements. The clerk, a 57-year-old man, told police two men came into the shop at 5 a.m. and told him to go sit in the corner. He said the men then tied him up
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