Phone Snatching

Written by admin on March 24, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman had the phone taken right out of her hand at 12:15 p.m., March 15. The 43-year-old Upper Manhattan woman told police that she was walking on West 86th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her $200 iPhone. She said the mugger ran
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Mugged for a Jacket

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

An Upper East Side teen was robbed on the southeast corner of Columbus Avenue and West 78th Street. Cops said that on Nov. 7, the 16-year-old boy was mugged while trying to hail a cab at midnight after leaving a party at the Apthorp, on Broadway between West 78th and 79th streets. The mugger stole
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Offering Directions Leads to Robbery

Written by admin on October 23, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A friendly Queens man was robbed on Sept. 25 at 8:55 p.m. in Riverside Park after offering a mugger directions. Cops said the mugger approached the man, who was sitting with a woman, near West 78th Street, and asked him what direction downtown was. As the man pointed the direction, the mugger pulled out a
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Striking Robbery

Written by admin on July 16, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman was struck in the face by a mugger while walking home from a park on the afternoon of June 29. She told police that a man hit her with an open hand and took her iPhone. Cops said the incident took place at 3:30 p.m. in front of 208 W. 84th St., between
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