Police Blotter
Kitchen knife threat
A man robbed an Upper East Side
CVS by threatening an employee with
a kitchen knife, police say.
At 11:42 p.m. on Oct. 2, the suspect
walked into a CVS Pharmacy located at
305 East 86th Street, took items off the
store’s shelves and left, police said.
An employee followed the thief out
of the store, where the crook threateningly
pulled out a kitchen knife. The
thief then jumped into a nearby vehicle
and fl ed, police said.
Offi cers found and arrested the man,
56-year-old Leonard Wilkins, after
they found him in wrecked vehicle after
a car crash. Police found two knives in
the thief’s waistband and $246 worth
of stolen CVS items in the car.
Thirsty bandit
hits pharmacy
A man stole beer from an Upper East
Side Duane Reade on Sept. 24.
At 8:50 p.m., 49-year-old Steven
Davis entered the store at 1191 Second
Ave., went to one of the store’s refrigerators
and placed four cases of beer
into a black plastic garbage bag.
According to police, after placing
the beer in the bag, he fl ed the store
but was caught soon thereafter and arrested.
Phony bondsman
gets locked up
A woman was swindled out of a
$6,800 by someone impersonating an
attorney on Oct. 4.
At 11:00 a.m., an 81-year-old Upper
East Side woman received a phone call
from someone identifying themselves as
an attorney from Michigan representing
her grandson. The caller told the
woman her grandson had just been in
an accident and that the woman needed
to pay a bail bondsman. When the
“bondsman” showed up to her apartment,
woman gave him $6,800 and he
fl ed in an unknown direction.
Tussle at
Best Buy
A man stole a $2,722 camera from a
Best Buy on Sept. 17.
At 10:50 a.m., the suspect entered
the electronics store located at 1880
Broadway, ripped a Sony a7R III ILCERM3
from a display and shoved it
into his pants before fl eeing the store.
According to police, when the thief
exited the store he got into a tussle with
a 27-year-old employee who tried to
stop him from taking the pricey camera.
The thief made off with the camera
after the tussle when he hopped in got
a vehicle parked by a nearby TD Bank
and fl ed.
Textbook thief
Cellphone robber on the lam
Cops need the public’s help in fi nding
a pugilistic robber who beat up a
19-year-old man at a train station in
Midtown earlier this month.
Law enforcement sources said the
beating took place at 1:10 p.m. on
Oct. 4 on the Queens-bound platform
of the 7th Avenue station, located below
7th Avenue and 53rd Street.
According to authorities, the 19-
year-old victim was waiting on the
platform when the unknown suspect
began throwing punches at him,
striking his face and body repeatedly.
The crook then grabbed the victim’s
cellphone, then exited the station.
Police said he was last seen exiting
at the corner of 7th Avenue and 53rd
Street, but apparently dropped the
stolen phone while fl eeing.
Offi cers from the Midtown North
Precinct responded to the incident.
The victim suffered pain and swelling
to his face, but refused medical
attention.
Call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-
TIPS with info on the case.
— Robert Pozarycki
Property damage at homeless shelter
A man broke the window of a homeless
shelter with a trash can, according
to police. The incident occurred
on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m., at
the Covenant House at 550 10th Ave.
when a police offi cer saw a man grab
Stolen textbooks
A man stole $1,206 worth of textbooks
from the Fordham University
bookstore on Sept.7.
At 1:44 p.m., a man entered the
bookstore at 113 West 60th Street and
proceeded to remove the sensors from
fi ve textbooks and place them his backpack.
— Alejandra O’connell-Domenech
a metal trash can and throw it at the
building, causing a window to break.
There was no reason given for the incident.
Perry Kwarteng, 26, was arrested
for criminal mischief.
— Gabe Herman
Groper rode
the R Train
Police need the public’s help fi nding
a man who sexually assaulted a woman
on the R train in Midtown Manhattan
last month.
The NYPD released on Oct. 10 a
cellphone photo of the perpetrator involved
in the Sept. 4 incident, which
occurred at 5:20 p.m. on Sept. 4 on a
Queens-bound R train.
As the train approached the Lexington
Avenue-59th Street station, law
enforcement sources said, the suspect
approached the 45-year-old woman
from behind and grabbed her buttocks.
He then exited the train and fl ed in an
unknown direction.
The incident was later reported to the
Midtown North Precinct and NYPD
Transit District 4.
Anyone with information regarding
the suspect’s whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for
Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit
the Crime Stoppers website, nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or send a direct
message on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
— Robert Pozarycki
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