Posts Tagged ‘robbery’

Un-Lucky Brand

Written by admin on June 9, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A fast-moving thief made off with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the Lucky Brand Dungarees clothing store, at 216 Columbus Ave. and West 70th Street. Witnesses at the store told police a man walked in June 3 at 10:20 a.m. and grabbed three stacks of T-shirts. He ran out the front door heading
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Bad Ending for Honeymoon

Written by admin on June 9, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A couples’ honeymoon ended on a sour note when they returned home to find thousands of dollars worth of jewelry missing. The young couple contacted police June 3 after finding the door to their apartment, on West 62nd Street and Columbus Avenue, open. The jewelry was stored in the nightstand. Police said the burglar took
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Man Arrested For Attempted Bank Heist

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

A man was arrested after he tried to rob the Citibank branch at 441 Columbus Ave. and West 81st Street. Police said that May 14 at 2:30 p.m., Sidney Wray, 37, walked into the bank and showed the teller a note that read, “Put all the money in the bag.” But apparently the teller did
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Robbery and Assault in Apartment Lobby

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

A woman was robbed in the lobby of her building on West 84th Street, between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue. On April 27 at 4:53 p.m., the 27-year-old woman was in her building entryway when a man pushed past her. He pulled out a knife and told her to give him everything she had.
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Man Violently Assaulted, Robbed

Written by admin on April 28, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A 52-year-old Upper West Side man was attacked with a baseball bat in a mugging near his home. Police said that April 21 at 2:25 p.m., the man was fighting with two other men in front of 119 W. 71st St. and Columbus Avenue, across the street from his apartment
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Truck Robbers Busted

Written by admin on February 11, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Two men were arrested Feb. 3 during an attempted robbery of a truck parked on the northeast corner of Amsterdam and West 74th Street. At 5:30 p.m. that evening, police spotted Lamont Bost, 42, and Herbert Owens, 44, taking two boxes from the truck. They were arrested and charged with burglary
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Subway Robbery

Written by admin on December 3, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit

Two teen girls are wanted for trying to rob another teen at the subway station at West 72nd Street and Broadway. Police said that on Nov. 17 at 8:15 a.m. in a southbound express train, one girl sat next to the victim while the other stood by the subway door. As the train pulled into
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Early Morning Armed Robbery

Written by admin on November 5, 2009. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

Three men violently robbed a man on Oct. 17 at 4:20 a.m. Police said the victim, a 38-year-old Upper West Sider, was standing on the southeast corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 72nd Street when three men approached. One attacker, who was well dressed and wearing a fedora, put a gun to the victim’s stomach
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Teen Robbed

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

A 16-year-old was arrested for robbing a 15-year-old Upper West Side boy on the southwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street. Police said that on Oct. 13 at 4 p.m., the arrested teen held the victim while a friend snatched a gold chain from his neck and punched him in the face. Cops
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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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