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Fitness Club Coat Heist

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

A 32-year-old man from Queens reported to police that he was working out at a Wall Street fitness club on Tuesday, April 2 when someone swiped his coat and other valuables from a coat rack. The man said he hung his coat up and then proceeded with his workout. But, when he returned, his coat
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Locker Mystery

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

The whole idea behind using a lock on a locker is to keep valuables safe from thieves. But one woman’s experience at an Upper East Side fitness club seems to contradict that logic. The woman, who lives in the Bronx, told police that on Wednesday, April 3, around 10:30 p.m., she placed her wallet, iPad
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No Free Rides, Please

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

On Monday, April 1, a yellow cab driver, a 48-year-old man, reported to police he dropped off a passenger at Lexington Ave. near 83rd street around 10 p.m. But, the passenger, a white woman about 5’8’’ and 150 pounds, refused to pay the fare and ran into a nearby building. The superintendent of the building
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Smile, You’re on Camera

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

Last Monday, April 1, a store security agent at a ritzy, Madison Ave. clothing store was watching camera footage of a man as he took a jacket off a rack, put it on top of his personal jacket and then proceeded to walk around the store. Police said the agent continued to follow the man
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Finding True Religion

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 3, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Just in time for the spring holidays, it seems that one city couple managed to find, or rather pilfer, some true religion. Last Saturday, March 23, a 39-year-old clerk at a Third Ave. clothing store reported to police that a True Religion leather jacket and a V-neck T-shirt were missing from a rack in the
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Blonde Assault

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 3, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Last Sunday, Mar. 24, a 24-year-old man reported to police he was riding with an acquaintance in a yellow cab around 11:30 p.m., coming from an address on Van Dam street and heading back to the man’s home. The man reported to police that during the cab ride he got into a heated verbal argument
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Designer Bag Heist

Written by Alan Krawitz on April 3, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

This customer at a trendy Madison Ave. store must’ve been in an awful hurry. The store’s clerk, a 27-year-old woman, reported to police that on Saturday, March 23, a man walked into the store and started to browse for clothing accessories. But, she said that a minute later the man grabbed a Chanel black bag
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Cash, Phone, Metro Cards Heist

Written by Alan Krawitz on March 22, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

In a ruse all too familiar to police on the Upper East Side, a man strolled into a First Avenue convenience store on March 11 and pretended to be looking at some snacks to buy. It turned out that the man had other goodies in mind that day. According to police, a 25-year-old black male
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Computer Swiped in East Side Bar

Written by Alan Krawitz on March 22, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Most New Yorkers know that you should never leave your bags, especially anything valuable, unattended. One man obviously didn’t get the memo. On March 8, a man in his 20s reported to police that he’d been hanging out in a bar/pub on First Avenue and had placed his computer bag, containing a company-owned laptop, on
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Expensive Watch Thief

Written by Alan Krawitz on March 22, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

There wasn’t much drama to this expensive watch heist which took place on March 12, inside a ritzy jewelry store on Madison Avenue. According to police, the perp walked into the store and asked a 35-year-old female employee, “Can I see that?” referring to a watch that was in a case and behind glass. The
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