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Purloined Porsche

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:48:44 +0000

In the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, an employee of a luxury design store on West Broadway witnessed a 35-year-old man enter the store, open a glass display case, and remove a black Porsche Design Indicator ETA chronometer watch valued at $12,440. The thief concealed the watch in his jeans pocket, attempted to wipe his fingerprints off the display case, and exited through the store’s front door.

Nicked Nikon

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:48:17 +0000

At around 7 p.m. on Friday, May 3, a 15-year-old boy was shopping at a kiosk on Spring Street when a 16-year-old boy approached him, asked, “You know what this is?” and grabbed the victim’s camera from the victim’s hands. The victim refused to let go of his camera and struggled to hold onto it when the would-be thief stated, “My man’s got the grip.” As he said this, a second 16-year-old male accomplice reached for his waistband and simulated a firearm, causing the victim to fear serious physical injury. The first young man then took the camera, and both of the men fled in an unknown direction. Police conducted a canvass of the area but were unable to locate the thieves or the camera, which was a Nikon D 3100 digital camera valued at $500.

Beaver Burglar

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:47:49 +0000

Early in the evening of Friday, May 3, a 30-year-old woman was sitting at a table in a bar and grill on Beaver Street when an unknown perpetrator took her wallet out of her bag, which was hanging on the back of her chair. The manager of the establishment said there were no working cameras in the restaurant. The victim told police that her bank had notified her that one of her cards had been used to charge up to $1,500 at a discount department store. The stolen wallet contained a debit card, credit cards, her Connecticut state driver’s license, and her student ID.

Counter Claim

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:47:19 +0000

In the afternoon of Friday, May 3, a 35-year-old woman placed her purse on the counter at a department store on Nassau Street. She walked away and a few minutes later discovered that $2,900 in U.S. cash was missing from her purse. The store has the incident on video.

Fraudulent Charge Charges

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:46:32 +0000

At around noon on Thursday, May 2, a 15- and 16-year-old man attempted to purchase merchandise valued at $1,869.38 using a stolen credit card at a department store on Prince Street. The defendants were apprehended and arrested on charges of grand larceny and credit card fraud.

Aprilia Arrest

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:45:52 +0000

In the afternoon of May 1, a 17-year-old man was observed operating a black 2003 Aprilia motorcycle with New York plates inside a parking garage on Fulton Street. Upon further investigation, the motorcycle the man was driving was found to have been stolen from a location where the owner — a 52-year-old man — had parked it on the evening of Wednesday, April 24. The motorcycle thief was arrested immediately and charged with grand larceny of a motor vehicle.

Birthday Bash

NYPress — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:45:06 +0000

At nine in the evening of April 26, a 27-year-old man from Howell, NJ met with his friends at a downtown nightclub to celebrate his birthday. They stayed at the club until closing time, when patrons were asked to leave the premises. The man exited the club with his friends and then did not recall any further details until he regained consciousness at a downtown hospital with a crushed-in right-side skull fracture and his right eyeball hanging out of its socket. One of the victim’s friends confirmed that he had transported the victim to the hospital by taxi at 4:50 a.m. The doctor at the hospital concluded that the injury was sustained most likely by the heel of an unknown perpetrator kicking in the victim’s head. The victim requires reconstructive surgery and may face the possible loss of eyesight in his right eye. The victim’s friend stated that there were 500 to 600 people outside the club on Varick and Prince Streets when they left the nightclub, causing the birthday partiers to get separated. When the victim’s friend met up with the victim again, he saw blood covering his face and asked what had happened. The victim replied, “I just want to go home.” $1,000 of the victim’s cash had been stolen. The victim’s friend stated that the birthday party participants were heavily intoxicated but had not been causing trouble. No arrests have been made.

Texting Terror

NYPress — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:15:40 +0000

By Jerry Danzig

In the evening of Tuesday, April 16, a 21-year-old woman was walking along William Street texting on her iPhone, when a man ran up from behind and tried to snatch the phone from her hands. He failed in his attempt, screamed out an expletive, and fled northbound on William Street. Police conducted a canvass of the area, and the victim was able to identify the suspect. A 15-year-old boy was arrested. The victim’s iPhone 4S is valued at $599.

Luckless Law Student

NYPress — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:14:57 +0000

By Jerry Danzig

A 25-year-old man was hanging out with his friends in a dark and crowded tavern on West Broadway in the evening of Thursday, April 11. He placed his bag at the end of their table. When he left the bar at 9 p.m., he realized that his bag was no longer where he had placed it. The contents of the Tumi bag included a MacBook Pro laptop and law books with a total value of $1,900. The MacBook Pro had no tracking software installed. No evidence was collected, because the victim didn’t report the crime until the afternoon of the following day, after the bar had been cleaned.

Suzuki Snatch

NYPress — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:14:02 +0000

By Jerry Danzig

At 8:30 the morning of Wednesday, April 10, a 48-year-old man parked his girlfriend’s motorbike on the southwest corner of South End Ave. and Albany Street. The bike was still there when he went out at 12:30 in the afternoon, but when he returned at 3 p.m., he found the bike was missing. Police conducted a canvas of the area but were unable to locate the motorcycle. The bike owner’s boyfriend went to a building at the end of the block and witnessed video of an unknown person taking the bike, a black 2012 Suzuki GXR with New York plates, valued at $15,469.