Police Blotter
Used stolen
cards at CVS
Stolen credit cards were used to
make purchases, after a woman’s wallet
went missing in an East Village bar
on Thursday, Dec. 12, police said.
Around 9 p.m., inside a bar at 34th
Ave. B, a 28-year-old woman noticed
that her wallet was gone and contacted
the police.
An investigation found that two days
later on Dec. 14, around 6 p.m., a man
allegedly used the victim’s stolen credit
cards to buy several items at a CVS at
253 First Ave.
The man, described as between 20
and 30 years old, then fl ed to parts
unknown. The wallet and amounts
charged to the cards had a combined
estimated value of $1,200, offi cials
said.
— Gabe Herman
Armed heist
on St. Mark’s
There was a group robbery inside
an apartment building near St. Marks
Place on Thursday, Jan. 9, according to
police.
Around 12:30 a.m., near Second Avenue
and St. Marks Place, fi ve people,
at least three of them male, followed a
23-year-old male victim to the second
fl oor of the building and allegedly demanded
his property.
One of the thieves allegedly lifted his
shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband.
The victim complied and the
group fl ed the building in an unknown
direction, with a wallet containing several
debit and credit cards.
There were no injuries reported from
the incident.
— Gabe Herman
Bike rider goes
off in dispute
An e-bike rider is wanted for assault
after an argument with pedestrians
turned violent, according to offi cials.
On Jan. 23, at 12:45 p.m., a man, 57,
and a woman were walking at Eighth
Avenue and West 40th Street, when a
man rode past them on an e-bike and
nearly struck them, police said.
An argument ensued, and the biker
allegedly spat on the man, before turning
his bike around to confront him.
He then got off the bike and allegedly
began to fi ght with the victim. During
the fi ght, police said, he pulled out a
knife and slashed the male victim on
his face, then fl ed.
The victim was taken to Bellevue
Hospital for treatment.
— Gabe Herman
Phone snatched
at subway stop
A woman was robbed at a 42nd
Street subway station on Thursday, Jan.
16, police said.
Around 4 p.m., a woman, 35, was
standing on the platform of the downtown
B train, when a man allegedly
snatched her cell phone from her hand
and then fl ed the station.
— Gabe Herman
One fi shy thief
A man was caught trying to shoplift
seafood from Whole Foods at 250
Seventh Ave., police said. On Saturday,
Jan. 25, around 5 p.m., a loss prevention
offi cer at the store saw a man allegedly
place two items in his jacket without
paying, including a lobster tail and
a package of shrimp, with a total value
of $62. He was caught when trying to
leave the store, and the man, 61, was
arrested for petit larceny.
— Gabe Herman
Threats made
at church
A harassment report was fi led against
a man for allegedly threatening another
man outside the Church of Sts. Cyril &
Methodius and St. Raphael, at 502 W.
41st St., according to police.
On Sunday, Dec. 15, the victim, a
44-year-old man, told police he was attending
a church event with his family.
He said that while leaving the church,
the other man, 53, who was described
as an acquaintance, started yelling at
him and repeatedly saying, “I’m gonna
kill you, you don’t belong here, why are
you even here.”
The victim said the man continued
yelling as he walked and put his family
in the car. The victim told police he
feared for his safety from the incident.
— Gabe Herman
Smash and grab at Mackage SoHo
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Six smash-and-grab thieves
who broke into the Mackage
Clothing Boutique
in SoHo this week and stole
$40,000 in luxury coats remain
at large, police reported.
Cops said the burglary occurred
at 11:12 p.m. on Jan. 23
at the store located at 123 Mercer
St.
According to law enforcement
sources, one of the thieves
hurled a large, unknown object
through the glass front door,
allowing him and his cohorts
entry.
Video footage that the NYPD
released on Jan. 25 shows the
crook hurling the object, which
appears to be similar to a concrete
slab, through the door.
The suspects are shown entering
the shop, then exiting moments
later, clutching armfuls of coats.
In all, police reported, the sextet
grabbed 52 coats, valued at $40,000,
and fl ed inside two getaway vehicles
— a gray BMW X5 and a black Lincoln
Town Car.
Anyone with information regarding
their whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA).
Mackage burglars steal $40K in coats
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for a crook
who broke into a Lower East
Side synagogue and stole electronics.
Police say that at 12:30 p.m. on
Jan. 25, a 62-year-old custodian returned
to work at the Eldridge Street
Synagogue, located at 12 Eldridge
St., and found that property was
missing and reported it to police.
A subsequent investigation by police
found that at 8:45 p.m. the previous
night, an unknown man was
caught on surveillance footage entering the synagogue though a secured side
window. Once inside, the suspect took electronics, valued at $400, and fl ed on
foot to parts unknown.
Call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS with information on the case.
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