Police Blotter
Pair of shoplifters violently beat
LES store clerk over case of beer
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives need the public’s
help in fi nding two
violent shopkeepers who
brutally assaulted a Lower East
Side clerk over a stolen case of
beer.
The NYPD released on June
9 security camera footage of the
wild attack, which took place at
about 4:55 a.m. on June 4 inside
the Deli and Grill bodega at 523
Grand St.
According to law enforcement
sources, the 65-year-old male
worker spotted the two suspects
entering the location, grabbing
a case of Coors Light and then
walking out of the store without
paying for it.
Cops said the clerk then followed
the pair out of the store
and confronted them about not
paying for the beer. That led to
a verbal argument which took
a violent turn when the thieves
began punching and kicking the
man about the body.
The fracas spilled back into the
store, as the footage shows. One of
the suspects bashed the clerk with
an aluminum baseball bat as the
worker tried to fi ght back with a
metal pitcher.
As the attack went on, the
A bat-wielding thief attacks a Lower East Side bodega clerk
while another suspect steals cigarettes from behind the
counter during a robbery on June 4, 2021.
second suspect walked behind
the counter and removed several
packs of Newport cigarettes, valued
walked back to the front of the
store and also attacked the clerk
as he fought the bat-wielding
perpetrator.
Moments later, cops said, the
perpetrators fl ed from the shop
eastbound along Grand Street.
The incident was reported to
the 7th Precinct. EMS treated
the worker at the scene for minor
injuries to his head and body.
Cops described the bat-wielding
attacker as a man with a medium
build and medium complexion
in his 30s, weighing about 160
pounds, with short, black hair
FILE PHOTO BY LLOYD MITCHELL
Random attacker blasts couple with pepper spray in Chelsea
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Police need the public’s
help in fi nding the man
who attacked a couple
with pepper spray at random
on a Chelsea block earlier this
month.
The NYPD released on June
6 video footage of the assault,
which occurred at about 9:50
p.m. on June 1 in front of a
café on 8th Avenue near West
16th Street.
As shown in the video, the
two victims — a 19-year-old
at a combined $450. He then
woman and an 18-year-old
man — were walking away
from a nearby restaurant when
the culprit approached them.
Without any warning or
provocation whatsoever, law
enforcement sources said, the
suspect spritzed them both
with pepper spray, then casually
strode away northbound
along 8th Avenue.
Offi cers from the 10th Precinct
and EMS units responded
to the incident. Paramedics
treated both victims at the
scene for redness and eye
and multiple tattoos. He was
last seen wearing a pair of black
eyeglasses, a black baseball cap, a
black t-shirt and black pants.
His accomplice, meanwhile,
was described as a man with a medium
build and a dark complexion
in his mid-30s, weighing about
190 pounds, who wore a black
do-rag, a black hooded jacket, a
black t-shirt with yellow lettering
on the front, and black shorts.
Anyone with information regarding
their whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA).
You can also submit tips online
at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and
messages are kept confi dential.
swelling.
As shown on camera, the
male suspect has a dark complexion
and a thin build; he
was last seen wearing a black
baseball cap, a black t-shirt,
gray jeans and black shoes.
Anyone with information
regarding the attack
can call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit tips online at nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or on Twitter
@NYPDTips. All calls and
messages are kept confi dential.
Man gunned down
on Kips Bay street
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A 29-year-old man lost his life after being shot by an apparently
paranoid suspect early on Sunday morning, police
reported.
Cops said Akeem White, 29, was attacked as he walked in front
of an apartment building at 330 East 26th St. in Kips Bay at about
4:22 a.m. on June 6.
According to law enforcement sources, an unidentifi ed gunman
approached White, who lived on East 28th Street, and asked him,
“What are you looking at?” The perpetrator then shot White in the
head and fl ed the scene, police reported.
Offi cers from the 13th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call at the
location, found White unconscious and unresponsive. EMS rushed
him to nearby Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead
a short time later.
So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the homicide can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You
can also submit tips online at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter
@NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confi dential.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NYPD
The moment a suspect attacked a couple in Chelsea with pepper
spray on June 1, 2021.
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