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An Apple Product a Day

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:08:22 +0000

A pickpocket went on a spending spree at the Apple Store, at 1981 Broadway and West 67th Street, after stealing from a woman in a restaurant. A 48-year-old Westchester woman reported to police April 14 that her credit cards and driver’s license were stolen while she was eating at Ouest, at 2315 Broadway and West 84th Street. She had left her bag on the back of her chair. After realizing that she had been robbed, she canceled her cards, but not before the thief charged $2,872.05 at the Apple Store.

Drama at the Movies

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:52:24 +0000

A man was arrested for stealing purses Jan. 29 at the Loews Theater at 1998 Broadway and West 68th Street. Police said a day before his arrest, 21-year-old Nicholas Fairclough went to the fourth-floor IMAX theater and stole the purse of a 44-year-old Upper East Side woman. Fairclough then went to the handicapped aisle to steal another purse.
The day of his arrest, he was spotted entering and remaining unlawfully at the theater, intent on committing a crime, according to cops. Police said Fairclough bypassed all theater agents and appropriate entrances. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of items reported stolen, and was charged with grand larceny and burglary.

Auto Theft

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:48:33 +0000

A man was arrested for breaking into a car and stealing electronic devices. Four witnesses told police that on July 21 at 1:15 a.m., they heard glass shattering and saw Larry Harris, 33, inside a 1998 black Jeep. The vehicle was parked across the street from 10 Riverside Drive and West 73rd Street. Harris allegedly made off with a cell phone charger, GPS navigation system and a credit card. He was picked up by police soon after.

RESTAURATEUR BUSTED BY D.A.

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:10:57 +0000

H+H Bagels may have been shuttered for three hours because of outstanding taxes, but Yuval Aroety, owner of the Kosher Mediterranean eatery Nargila Grill, was busted for pocketing money that should have gone to the government.

On July 9, Aroety pled guilty to stealing $310,751 in collected sales tax over a four-and-a-half year period. He dodged state and city corporate taxes as well, according to the district attorney’s office.

“In an era in which the state and city governments are having difficulty funding basic services, it is inexcusable for the well-to-do to avoid paying their fair share of lawful taxes,” said District Attorney Robert Morgenthau in a statement following the arrest. “This disposition should serve as a warning to others that these matters are being prosecuted vigorously.”

Nargila Grill, which has a branch on West 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue, closed soon after the execution of a search warrant, according to the district attorney’s office. There is a sister restaurant across town on York Avenue, between East 84th and 85th streets.

The stolen money includes at least half of the sales tax that the two restaurant branches owed, as well as all of the sales tax owed by Nargila Grill’s catering service. Aroety was additionally found to have not paid the sales tax he owed for some of his Manhattan bagel bakeries.

Aroety could serve one year in jail should he fail to abide by a plea agreement that has him paying $60,000 in criminal fines and more than $500,000 in state and city sales and corporate taxes, accrued interest and penalties.