Looters sought for stealing $750,000
in merchandise from Chelsea furrier
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Nearly two dozen
looters who helped
themselves to more
than $750,000 in furs from
a Chelsea store during protests
this week remain at
large, police reported.
The NYPD released
video Friday of the suspects
wanted for plundering
Madison Avenue Furs,
located at 118 West 27th
St., at 11:20 p.m. on June 1.
The break-in occurred
about 20 minutes after a
citywide curfew took effect
that evening, following
looting and rioting that undermined
the George Floyd
protests over the previous
weekend.
According to police, the
looters smashed their way
through a glass exterior
door. The security video
shows one perpetrator
SCREENSHOT VIA VIDEO PROVIDED BY NYPD
Sketch courtesy of NYPD A looter climbs over an interior
door of the Madison Avenue Furs shop in Chelsea
on June 1.
scaling and climbing over
a secondary interior door
to get inside the shop.
Within seconds, cops
said, a stream of 15 to 20
looters walked into the
shuttered shop and stole
three-quarters of million
dollars in fur coats, scarves
and other items.
The incident was later reported
Cops seek man who assaulted an officer
during a Manhattan burglary arrest
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for a
suspect who hit a police
offi cer while they were
to the 13th Precinct.
making an arrest in Chinatown.
According to police, at 2:10
a.m. on June 1 offi cers on patrol
saw a burglary in progress at a
convenience store located at
120 Walker St. While the offi
cers were placing the suspect
under arrest, another unknown
man hit one of the offi cers in the
head with a glass object and fl ed
the scene.
The police offi cer was taken to New
York Downtown Hospital where he was
treated for lacerations to his head.
The suspect is described as a black man
between 20-25 years old. He was last seen
wearing a black jacket, white shirt, blue
jeans and yellow and black sneakers.
Anyone with information
regarding the suspects’
whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit information
online at nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or on Twitter @
NYPDTips.
All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NYPD
Anyone with information in regard to
this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA
(74782). You can also submit tips online
at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter
@NYPDTips. All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
Police blotter
Police-involved shooting in East
Village leaves knife-wielding
suspect injured: NYPD
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops shot a knife-wielding man in the
East Village early on the morning of
June 4, police reported.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYPD
Law enforcement sources say that at
6:40 a.m. on June 4, two offi cers assigned
to the 9th Precinct entered Healthy Green
Gourmet, located at 48 3rd Ave., and were
followed inside by a 55-year-old man with
a knife. The man proceeded to menace the
offi cers with the knife, causing one offi cer
Crooks swipe scratch-off tickets
from counter of Village bodega
BY EMILY
DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for
a duo who robbed a
Greenwich Village
bodega in May.
According to police, at
to deploy her taser.
The taser was ineffective in stopping the
suspect’s advances. The suspect then set
his sights on the store clerk and the two
got into a confrontation before the suspect
the original offi cer both fi red shots at the
suspect, hitting him in the arm and torso.
The suspect was taken to an area hospital
in stable condition, while four offi cers
were taken to a different hospital. A knife
was recovered at the scene by the NYPD.
The investigation is ongoing.
3:30 p.m. on May 23 two
unknown people entered
the bodega, located at 110
West Houston St., and approached
the counter and
demanded property from
the 62-year-old employee.
The suspects then reached
tried to leave the store. As
the suspect left the store, he
shoved the second female
offi cer.
Outside, the suspect continued
to motion towards his
waistband and refused the
offi cer’s repeated demands to
stop his aggressive advances.
An additional offi cer who
responded to the scene and
over the counter and forcibly
took several scratch-off
tickets.
The suspects then fl ed
northbound on Thompson
Street. There were no
injuries were reported as a
result of this incident.
On June 8, the NYPD
released photos and video
of the suspects.
Anyone with information
in regard to the
identities of this male and
female is asked to call the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
You can also submit tips
online at nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or on Twitter
@NYPDTips. All calls
and messages are kept
confi dential.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYPD
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