Police Blotter
19TH PRECINCT
Wire fraud
A crook tried to wire money out of
an Upper East Side woman’s bank account
22 times, according to a police
report.
According to police, the 38-year-old
victim received a call from the Citibank
fraud department on Sept. 4 at 8 a.m.
in regard to a fraudulent check.
After speaking with the agent, the
woman checked her savings account
and saw that $51,392 had been taken
out of the account and that someone
had attempted to wire additional money
out of the account 22 more times.
P.T.A. fraud
An Upper East Side Parent Teacher
Association treasurer sent thousands
of dollars of school funds to someone
impersonating the P.T.A. president, according
to cops.
According to police, the treasurer
of a school at 323 E. 91st. received
an e-mail on Aug. 28 from someone
claiming to be the P.T.A. president and
saying that he needed $7,986.09 transferred
to an account.
The treasurer complied and sent the
funds from a school account, only to
later realize the man was not who he
said he was.
20TH PRECINCT
Victoria’s Secret
robbery
Four thieves stole 130 pair of underwear
from a Victoria’s Secret boutique
inside 2333 Broadway, at W. 85th St.,
on Sept 3, police said.
According to police, two men and
two women walked into the store
around 6:20 p.m. with empty shopping
bags from Children’s Place.
A store employee approached the
two females and noticed that they had
fi lled their bags with underwear from
the store. Shortly after that, the two
women and men walked out of the
store with their bags in hand.
Prior to peering into
the women’s bags, the
store employee had restocked
shelves with
130 pairs of underwear
worth $2,145, only to
fi nd them empty moments
later.
Moved
motorcycle
On Tues., Sept. 3, an
Upper West Side man
parked his black 2014 Honda
motorcycle in front of
307 W. 76th St., just west of
West End Ave., at 4 p.m.
According to police, when
he returned to his parking spot
to leave for work, at 6:30 a.m. the
next morning, the bike was missing.
The 35-year-old man then went
around the block and found the bike
parked in front of 41 Riverside Drive,
with the ignition wire cut and the seat
pried open. The bike’s reported value is
around $2,500.
Stolen backpack
On Sat., Sept. 7, two women were
loading their car with boxes from inside
of 102 W. 80th St., west of Columbus
Ave., around 10 a.m., police said.
One of them, 72, left her backpack
in the front seat of the car as she went
fetch more boxes to place in the car. Her
friend, who remained on the ground
level of the building, told offi cers that
she was not paying attention to the car,
and when the duo went back to it, the
backpack was gone.
Yoga maneuver
On Sept. 5, a woman placed her belongings,
including a few bank cards,
in a locker at CorePower Yoga, at 2030
Broadway, at W. 70th St., before joining
a class at 3 p.m.
When the class ended, the 18-yearold
r e -
turned
to the locker
to gather her t h i n g s
and go home. Once she
arrived home, how- ever, she wasn’t
able to fi nd her bank cards.
24TH PRECINCT
Stolen packages
An unknown man stole packages
from a West End Ave. apartment building,
according to police.
After a 27-year-old resident complained
that he never received packages
containing $140 worth of items,
the building super checked the place’s
security footage on Sept. 2.
According to police, scanning the
footage, the super saw an unknown
man enter the building, travel to the
sixth fl oor and return to the lobby with
a package. On his way out, the man also
took packages that had been placed behind
the building’s front desk, according
to police.
Subway
bag grab
Police said that a
woman had her bag
stolen while riding
the subway on Sept.
1.
Around 11 p.m.,
a 31-year-old left her
bag on the seat next to
her onboard a southbound
A train.
She said she briefl y
closed her eyes during
the ride. When she
opened them, a 6-foot-1,
240-pound man had taken
a seat next to her, she said.
According to police, the
roughly 35-year-old man
grabbed her bag as the train arrived
at the 96th St. station and
ran out of the train. He then jumped
in a cab — and charged the fare to the
woman’s credit card. The price of the
getaway car was $47.84.
Lock change break-in
Police suspect a woman stole $4,400
worth of stuff from her ex-boyfriend’s
apartment on Sept.6.
According to police, the boyfriend
changed changed the locks on his W.
97th St. apartment door at about at
about 5 p.m. that day and left.
When the 34-year-old returned to
his apartment at 2 a.m. the next day, he
found metal shavings around the front
door and his $2,000 13-inch Macbook
Pro, $1,400 Gucci sunglasses, $500
Tom Ford sunglasses and $500 DITA
sunglasses missing. His ex-girlfriend’s
wallet was found in the apartment, according
to offi cers.
Alejandra
O’Connell-Domenech
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