Posts Tagged ‘Jewelry’

Crime Watch

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on January 23, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

CAUGHT RED-VELVET-HANDED A 28-year-old woman was leaving a bakery on Broadway on a recent Saturday when she noticed her wallet was missing. The woman canceled her credit cards, but it was too late. Her credit card had already been used to buy $300 worth of products at a yoga and athletic-wear store, as well as
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Crime Watch

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on May 3, 2012. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Crime Overkill How many guys does it take to steal two iPhones, a $40 Metrocard and $31 in cash? Five, apparently, with a semi-automatic firearm thrown into the mix. A posse of five perpetrators accosted two young men on Amsterdam Avenue near West 68th Street at about 2:30 a.m. on Monday.
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Apartment Jewelry Heist

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A man had thousands of dollars worth of jewelry stolen from his West 67th Street and Columbus Avenue apartment. Police said he was at home with an acquaintance June 11 around 7:30 p.m. When the friend left, the 41-year-old man realized that eight pieces of jewelry worth $150,000 were missing. The missing jewelry included a
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Home Jewelry Heist

Written by admin on May 5, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Nearly $20,000 worth of jewelry and electronics was taken from a 31-year-old woman’s apartment April 26. Among the most expensive pieces of jewelry were a $5,000 diamond necklace and $5,000 pair of diamond earrings. The burglar also stole an iPod and a portable hard drive. The total cost of the stolen items was $19,250. Police
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Jewelry Stolen in Burglary

Written by admin on April 21, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A burglar swiped $4,250 worth of jewelry from the apartment of a 77-year-old woman April 14. Police said the woman left her apartment, on West 79th Street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, at 12:30 p.m. to run errands. When she returned, the door was ajar and her jewelry was missing. Cops said the
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Apartment Burglarized

Written by admin on November 25, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

On Nov. 6 at 4 p.m., a woman found thousands of dollars worth of jewelry missing from her apartment on West 69th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. She noticed that the lock on her front door was open when she tried to enter her apartment. Police said a $500 watch, $5,000 earrings
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Bound and Robbed

Written by admin on November 11, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman was robbed in her Upper West Side home on Nov. 4 at 3:45 p.m. Police said the robber followed the 42-year-old woman to her home on West 81st Street between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues. When she unlocked her door, he pushed her into the apartment. The robber displayed a knife and tied her
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Widow Loses Jewelry

Written by admin on July 29, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

After the passing of her husband, a 67-year-old woman on Central Park West and West 75th Street called police to report missing jewelry and cash. On July 12, she told police that many people were in her apartment between March and May, around her husband’s death. Her valuables were in an unlocked safe. The value
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THE PRINCE OF 47TH STREET

Written by admin on November 13, 2008. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

His eyes go cold. “You’re a junkie,” mutters Stephen Herdemian. I jerk my elbows off his glass counter filled with objects of my desire. My idea of a great vacation would be to try on Steve’s thousands and thousands of one-of-a-kind pieces of antique jewelry. And ask him all about provenance and price. Steve (whom
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