Crime Watch

Written by Paul Bisceglio on November 28, 2012. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

CAUGHT RED-HANDED A sneaky customer swiped a scanner from a pharmacy on York Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 21, but failed to get away with the robbery. The thief entered the store at 11:30 a.m., picked up a $2,500 Motorola Telzon scanner from the counter, then walked out. No one witnessed the theft, but the scanner
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Crime Watch

Written by admin on March 15, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Crime Watch OTDT, Crime Watch our town, Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, West Side Spirit

Not-So-Good Deed What should have been merely a touching example of a youngster helping out an elderly neighbor became the stuff of police reports last week. A 25-year-old woman jumped to the assistance of an 82-year-old man who was crossing a busy Upper West Side street last Thursday. By the time she had ferried the
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Head Strong

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A man arrested for shoplifting added to his troubles when he head-butted a police officer in the jail cell Sept. 14. A manager of a store called police when he identified Nathaniel Weston, 49, as the man who shoplifted his merchandise. He refused to be cuffed, flailing his arms and legs. He was eventually brought
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Four Shoplifters Arrested

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

Four women were arrested July 14 after a shoplifting spree, mostly from Upper West Side stores on Broadway. Linda Harris, 38, Carol Fagon, 45, Natalie Campbell, 28, and a 17-year-old girl were arrested for grand larceny. They were arrested after stealing $3,878 worth of merchandise from Loehmann’s on Broadway and West 74th Street, American Apparel
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Secret Shoplifting

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

A man made off with more than $1,000 worth of underwear from Victoria’s Secret, at 2333 Broadway and West 85th Street. An employee told police that on April 26 around 1:40 p.m., she noticed a man acting “strangely” in the back of the store. She asked if he needed assistance and he declined. He started
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CLOTHING SWIPE

Written by admin on October 2, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman is suspected with walking out of a clothing store, Theory, on Columbus Avenue near 71st Street, with more than $1,500 in designer jeans. An employee told police that on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. a woman entered the store, looked around and, when the employee’s back was turned, swiped six pairs of jeans.
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