Crime Watch

Written by Paul Bisceglio on November 8, 2012. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit

PART HIT MAN, PART SPAMBOT A 50-year-old West End Avenue resident reported to police last Thursday that he received repeated e-mails from an unknown man threatening to kill him. In the messages, the perp explained that someone had offered him $2,000 (half given in advance) to execute the Upper West Sider, and that the resident could only
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Apartment Ransacked

Written by admin on February 26, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A 25-year-old man reported to police that his Amsterdam Avenue apartment, between West 80th and 81st streets, was burglarized. Police said that at 11 a.m., Feb. 17, the burglar broke into the apartment by busting the bottom lock. The intruder stole two laptops—a Macbook and a Dell—and a $500 Sony video camera
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If at First You Don’t Succeed

Written by admin on January 13, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

After an unsuccessful break-in attempt, a burglar had better luck next door. Police said that on the morning of Jan. 4, a burglar tried to break into a 36-year-old woman’s apartment, on West 71st Street and Columbus Avenue. Upon returning home, the woman saw signs that a drill and pry bar had been used in
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Attempt to Raid Doc’s Office

Written by admin on October 1, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

On Sept. 17, a man attempted to burglarize a doctor’s office at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, at 425 W. 59th St. near Columbus Avenue. Police said that at 7:45 p.m. that night, a man entered the building unlawfully and was seen on the 7th floor exiting the doctor’s office. When he tried to leave through
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Nabbed Before Crime Committed

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A doorman stopped a would-be burglar before he could steal from the residents of a West 79th Street apartment building, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues. On Aug. 20 at 1:30 a.m., a building worker told the doorman that someone was in the basement of the building. The doorman checked the monitor to confirm. Cops said
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Would-Be Burglar Deterred

Written by admin on July 22, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A burglar was chased away from an apartment building on West 64th Street between Amsterdam and West End avenues on June 30. Police said that at around 11 p.m. that evening, a woman saw a burglar attempting to break in through the kitchen window in the back of her apartment. She screamed out for her
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Boozy Burglar

Written by admin on July 8, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Compass, a restaurant at 208 W. 70th St. near Amsterdam Avenue, was broken into on June 25. Cops said that at 6:30 a.m., an employee starting his shift saw a man leaving the premise through the rear door, which is usually locked. Police said the thief stole 17 bottles of top-shelf liquor, totaling $1,
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