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Looted Locker

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

In the evening of Monday, May 6, at 29-year-old woman discovered that her property had been removed from the locker at her Madison Avenue gym, which she had left unattended for a period of time. The items stolen included a Marc Jacobs leather wallet valued at $250 containing her credit and debit cards, her Social
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Sidewalk Snatch

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

Just after five in the afternoon of Saturday, May 4, a 68-year-old woman left her cell phone and wallet on a table outside a bar on Second Avenue and went inside to get a drink. When she returned, she found her property was missing. She searched the area but was unable to locate the missing
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Pinched Polishers

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

In the afternoon of Thursday, May 2, a 46-year-old man had left his commercial truck unattended on Lexington Avenue with the shutter on the back of the truck closed but not locked, as he went off to run an errand. When he returned, he found the truck’s shutter was open and items had been removed
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Stuy Town Throws Shade on Sunbathers

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Gothamist reported last week that some residents of Stuy Town aren’t pleased with what the sunny weather has turned out on their communal lawns. The Stuyvesant Town Report blog recently asked its residents: “When is a playground not a playground?” and answered itself: “When it’s being used by our college/university student population for sunbathing. Playground
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Local Pols Pledge New Anti-MTS Group

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Pledge 2 Protect, a new coalition group that has sprung up in resistance to the city’s controversial plan to reopen the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station (MTS), announced the support of several elected officials and candidates last week. City Council Member Jessica Lappin, who is vacating her seat to run for Manhattan Borough President
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Kawasaki Klepto

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig At 8 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, April 30, a 32-year-old man parked his motorcycle on W. 63rd St. and went to work. When he returned at 1 p.m., his cycle was missing. The victim stated that no one else had keys to the vehicle. There were no cameras at the
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Honda Heist

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig A 35-year-old man reported that early in the morning of Saturday, April 27, he was in the lobby of his building on W. 70th St. when he heard a loud noise. When he walked to the door to check out the cause of the disturbance, he observed unknown perpetrators loading a motorcycle
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Repsol Removed

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig In the evening of Friday, April 26, a 37-year-old male loaned his motorcycle to a friend. When the motorcycle owner returned the following morning to the parking spot on Riverside Boulevard where his friend had returned the cycle, he found the bike missing. Police were unable to locate the missing motorcycle. The
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No Account

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig In the evening of Tuesday, April 24, a 32-year-old male living on W. 75th St. reported that when he had his credit checked recently, he discovered that an unknown person had opened a cell phone account using his personal information. $5,000 in merchandise had been charged to the fraudulent account. The victim
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Library Looted

Written by NYPress on May 8, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

By Jerry Danzig At around noon on Monday, April 8, an unknown perpetrator walked into an open room in a public library on Amsterdam Avenue and removed two laptop computers without permission. Video footage is available for review. LoJack theft-recovery software was installed on the laptops. The value of the laptops stolen totals $4,
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