Police Blotter
First Precinct
Tragic vlogger
Police responding to a 911 call of a
victim fl oating in the East River, pulled
the lifeless body of a despondent You-
Tube star from the water Mon., June
24, around 6:18 p.m., near South St.
Seaport, according to authorities.
Harbor Unit police removed the victim
to Pier 16, where E.M.S. medics
pronounced him dead.
He was identifi ed as Desmond Amofah,
29, of Willougby St., Brooklyn,
also known as Etika.
According to news reports, Amofah’s
napsack and phone were recoved on
the Manhattan Bridge, and, before his
death, he had posted suicidal thoughts
about the “walls closing in” quickly on
him. CNN reported he had 130,000
followers on YouTube and specialized
in “vlogging” about video games.
Subway slash
A man told police that he left work
on June 16, and was entering the Canal
St. subway station at the northwest corner
of Varick and Canal Sts., around
8:15 p.m., when he was kicked down
the subway steps, causing a laceration
on his left arm.
The victim then ran up the stairs
to confront the perpetrator, who then
slashed the victim on the left side of his
face with a box cutter, cops said. The
victim’s report was confi rmed by a canvass
of surveillance video.
The victim refused medical attention
at the scene. Both the victim and the
perpetrator were identifi ed as Asian/
Pacifi c Islander.
Package perp
Police said surveillance video showed
that on June 19, at 1:23 p.m., a male
perp broke into an apartment building
at 529 Broome St. with a crowbar, then
proceeded to open nine packages and
remove property from seven of them.
He appeared to be working in concert
with another man who was outside the
building. The burglar then fl ed east on
Broome St. A police canvass of area
was negative.
Subway sleep
After a night out drinking with his
friends, a man fell asleep at the subway
station at Exchange Place and Broad St.
on June 19 around 1 a.m., police said.
He was awakened at 5:30 a.m. by an unknown
man telling him he had to leave
the station. Upon leaving, the victim
realized his backpack and phone were
gone. His electronics’ value was more
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The video-game vlogger Etika,
who had recently posted about
being beset by suicidal thoughts,
apparently took his own life earlier
this week.
then $2,000. He went home and tracked
his phone to Bedford Ave., in Williamsburg,
but it was quickly turned off.
E-bike takeout
On June 19, at 3 p.m., a man was
eating at Ben’s Pizza in Soho, at 177
Spring St., while his $4,500 electric
bike was parked, but unchained, outside.
The victim went to the bathroom
but when he came back, his e-bike had
been removed, according to police.
Video footage was available, according
to the police report. Police did not say if
the victim was a pizzeria employee.
Hermes
At 3:30 p.m. on Wed., June 19, at the
Hermes boutique at at 15 Broad St., a
woman took a $1,050 belt from a display
and left the store, concealing it under
a bag she was carrying, according
to police.
Sixth Precinct
Ice cream haul
A total of $1,237 worth of Häagen-
Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was
stolen from the CVS store at 360 Sixth
Ave., at Washington Place, on Sat., June
15, at 10 a.m., police said. A canvass
for the two perps was conducted with
negative results.
Balaboosta bag
An employee at Balaboosta, at 611
Hudson St., at W. 12th St., put her bag
on a hook in the employee area, and
On the evening of June 20, the lifeless body of a man was found floating
off of Pier 36. The pier is home to Basketball City, which is also used as
an event/party space and also a Department of Sanitation garage.
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Police say this guy broke open an
East Village apartment building’s
rear door and stole a bike from a
courtyard.
when she returned to the spot, the bag
was gone, according to police. Security
cameras at the Middle Eastern eatery
confi rmed this. Items stolen included
a credit card, clothing, perfume, medicine
and makeup amounting to $270.
Police said the perpetrator is an employee
of another company that delivers
meat to the restaurant. An arrest
was made.
Seventh Precinct
East River body
Police responding to a 911 call of a
man in the East River near Pier 36 and
South St. on Thurs., June 20, around
7:15 p.m., found an adult male unconscious
and unresponsive in the water.
He was removed from the water and
E.M.S. medics pronounced him dead
at the scene.
Not a lot of information was immediately
available about the man, whom
a police spokesperson said was still unidentifi
ed at this time. What is known
was that he was a male Asian, in his
30s, she said. The body was “decomposing,”
the spokesperson said.
The medical examiner will determine
the cause of death and the investigation
is ongoing.
Ninth Precinct
Bike burglar
Police said that on Sat., June 8, around
12:30 a.m., at a residential building in
the vicinity of E. Sixth St. and Second
Ave., a man forced open the place’s rear
exterior door to gain entry into the rear
courtyard. Once inside, he removed a
33-year-old man’s bicycle.
The suspect is described as a lightcomplexioned
male, last seen wearing
a dark-colored baseball cap, a black
hooded sweater, black pants and lightcolored
shoes.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline, at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA
(74782). Tips can also be submitted on
the CrimeStoppers Web site at WWW.
NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and tips
are strictly confi dential.
Lincoln Anderson
and Villager staff
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