Police Blotter
Burglar hits
three eateries
A man is wanted in connection with
three burglaries at Midtown restaurants,
police said.
All three occurred on Thursday,
Nov. 21, and involved the man allegedly
breaking the front door glass of each
establishment.
Around 1 a.m., at Vino Tapas at 201
E. 31 St., the thief allegedly took about
$700 from the cash register.
Then around 11:46, he allegedly
broke the glass at Café Delectica, at
564 Third Ave., tripping the alarm. He
fl ed before entering that location.
The third incident was just minutes
later, around 11:53 p.m., when he allegedly
entered Nirvana Restaurant at
346 Lexington Ave. and stole the cash
register which contained $150, according
to police.
— Gabe Herman
Woman robbed
at Pier 84
A woman was robbed by a group of
men on bicycles in front of Pier 84, at
555 12th Ave., according to police.
On Friday, Nov. 15, around 6 p.m.,
six males on bicycles surrounded a 41-
year-old woman, offi cials said. One of
the men allegedly displayed a handgun
and demanded her property.
The woman complied, offi cials said,
and the group fl ed uptown on 12th Avenue
on their bikes. Items in the purse
included $60 in cash, the woman’s cellphone
and three credit cards.
An investigation found that later that
evening, two of the males in the group
allegedly used the victim’s credit cards
to buy over $640 worth of merchandise
at three CVS pharmacies and a smoke
shop, according to police.
— Gabe Herman
Perfumed prowlers
Two men are wanted for grand larceny
after a theft at the Rite Aid at 210 Amsterdam
Ave. Store camera footage shows two
men breaking the locked windowpanes of
the store’s cologne section at about 12:10
p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8. The men fl ed with
$1,017 of merchandise police said.
— Chriss Williams
Theft on the 1 Train
A 77-year-old-woman on a southbound
1 train reported her wallet stolen. On
Monday Nov. 11 at about 8:35 a.m. the
victim reported feeling someone reach
into her bag and take her wallet. The thief
exited at the 66th and Broadway station
as the doors of the train closed and the
victim continued to a meeting downtown.
According to the fraud department of the
woman’s credit card company, the wallet
thief went on a shopping spree at Gap,
Forever 21 and Footlocker before lunching
at Melissa’s Deli and Café 1133.
— Chriss Williams
Uber bikes
An Uber Eats delivery man’s bike was
stolen in front of Spice at 435 Amsterdam
Ave.
The 30-year-old Queens resident
parked his electric bike outside the restaurant
on Sunday, Nov. 17 at about 9:28
p.m. He returned less than a minute later
to fi nd his bike and phone missing. According
to police, a witness saw the bike
taken by an unknown man that peddled
southbound on Amsterdam Ave.
— Chriss Williams
Social scam
An 86-year-old woman reported to police
that she was a victim of a week-long
phone scam.
According to police, on Tuesday, Nov.
12 at approximately 10 a.m., the victim
received a phone call from a female caller
purporting to be a representative from the
Social Security Administration. The caller
informed the elderly woman that her social
security number was associated in a string
of fraudulent activities and unless she cooperated
there would be a warrant issued
for her arrest. Over the course of the week
the caller instructed the Upper Westside
resident to withdraw various cash amounts
and use Fed Ex to send them to 3 addresses
in California. By Saturday, Nov. 16 the
woman had sent over $39,000. The case
remains open as police investigate.
— Chriss Williams
Man smacked with broomstick
A man was attacked with a broomstick
while walking in Chelsea, police said.
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, around 4
p.m., a 24-year-old man was walking
uptown on Eighth Avenue, near West
21st Street, when an unknown man approached
him from behind and allegedly
hit him in the head with a broomstick,
offi cials said.
The attacker fl ed on foot uptown.
The victim went to St. Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital in stable condition. He was
treated for pain and swelling on his
head, and was then released.
Anyone with information about the
suspect’s whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
— Gabe Herman
Cashmere sweater haul
from Brooks Brothers
A man stole several pieces of clothing from Brooks Brothers, at 346 Madison
Ave., according to police.
On Friday, Nov. 8, around 11:30 a.m., a man entered the store and allegedly
removed nine cashmere sweaters from a rack and put them in a bag, offi cials
said.
The man then fl ed in an unknown direction with the merchandise, valued
around $3,000.
— Gabe Herman
Newsstand worker stabbed by crooks
A newsstand employee was stabbed and then robbed by two people last
week on the Upper West Side, according to police.
The Nov. 21 incident occurred around 11:45 p.m. at the corner of West 60th
Street and Broadway. Two men allegedly approached and demanded the male
employee exit the stand.
One of the men stood in front of the newsstand, while the second man allegedly
displayed a knife and stood at the stand’s entrance, according to offi cials.
There was then a struggle with the employee, police said, and the knife-wielding
man then allegedly stabbed the employee on the back of his left shoulder.
The two alleged thieves took $1,440 in cash, police said, then fl ed on foot
into the subway at Columbus Avenue and West 59 Street.
EMS took the victim to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was treated
for a slight laceration and then released, according to police.
The two wanted men are described by police as being in their late teens or
early 20s, each wearing jeans, sneakers and multi-colored hooded jackets. Call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS with info on the case. — Gabe Herman
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