Police Blotter
Sixth Precinct
Went to pot
A male employee was assaulted over a plant inside
Space Market, at 1 University Place, on Sat., June 1,
around 2:50 p.m., police said. The worker, 38, said he
got into an argument with a man over merchandise —
a broken potted plant. He said the dispute escalated
and turned physical when the man slapped his hand
and bit his right leg.
The employee sustained swelling, bruising, redness
and pain to his upper right thigh. He refused medical
attention at the scene.
Michael Johnson, 43, was arrested for misdemeanor
assault, and was also found to have an active warrant
out for his arrest. He reportedly told arresting offi -
cers, “The plant was broken, I wanted a new one.”
Teen muggers
A man was robbed on Horatio St. on Mon., May 27,
around 9:50 p.m., police said. The victim told cops
he was walking toward W. Fourth St., when he was
surrounded by three or four males, who demanded
his wallet. They pushed the man, 33, to the ground
and took it. They then punched him in the face and
ordered him to fork over his cell phone. The man
gave it to them, then complied when they asked him
to unlock it. The attackers ran off west on Jane St.
The stolen property included an iPhone 6s, a wallet,
eyeglasses and fi ve credit cards, with a total value of
$670.
A canvass was conducted but was unsuccessful.
The victim refused medical attention.
Images from cameras were available from several
nearby locations on Horatio and Jane Sts. The next
day, according to police, four youths were arrested
for felony robbery: Steven Kaiser, 15; Christopher
McMillian, 14; Justice Delaney, 15; and Akhmadov
Khumoyun, 14. None of the stolen property was recovered.
‘Tenant’ trouble
From inside 780 Greenwich St., between Bank and
Bethune Sts., a woman kicked the building’s front
door and broke glass on May 27 around 6:25 p.m.,
according to a police report. After investigation by
building management, it was determined the woman
allegedly was not renting the apartment she was staying
in, and that it was being rented to another woman
who had signed a lease but not moved in yet. The
leaseholder said the other woman did not have permission
to be there. Responding offi cers found the alleged
interloper inside the apartment, with a key that
she said a previous tenant gave her. It was unknown
who that previous tenant was.
Damage to the apartment and to the building’s
front door each exceeded $250. A pipe was found in
the apartment containing alleged marijuana residue,
and the legal tenant told police that it was not hers.
Nicole Cannizzaro, 37, was arrested for felony criminal
mischief.
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
Police say the woman in this surveillancecamera
image robbed the NY Grill & Deli, at E.
12th St. and Avenue A.
Shoplifters
Two men and a woman are wanted in connection
with shoplifting incidents, two apiece in Greenwich
Village and Midtown, police said.
The Village thefts occurred at Sunglass Hut, at 755
Broadway, at E. Eighth St. On Tues., May 14, around
3:30 p.m., two men and a woman reportedly entered
the store and took 11 designer sunglasses before fl eeing
on foot. Then on Thurs., May 16, around 4:15
p.m., the two men in the trio took 31 designer sunglasses
from the same store and fl ed. The stolen sunglasses’
total value from the two thefts was $12,800.
The trio are also suspects in the theft of a $1,900
handbag at Saint Laurent, at 3 E. 57th St., on Sat.,
May 11, and the stealing of three handbags, worth
a total of $1,800, at the FURLA 5th Avenue Store,
at 645 Fifth Ave., between E. 51st and 52nd Sts., on
Tues., May 14.
The suspects were described as between age 20
and 30.
Ninth Precinct
‘Fine’ thieves
Police said that on Fri., May 24, around 4 p.m., in
the vicinity of E. Fourth St. and First Ave., a 45-yearold
man was notifi ed by his credit-card company that
a duplicate card had been fraudulently ordered under
his name without his authorization. An investigation
revealed that on Sat., May 25, at 1:30 p.m., three
males, all between age 20 and 30, were observed
on video surveillance using the duplicate card inside
the Fine Fare supermarket at 42 Avenue C. The trio
charged about $550 worth of store merchandise.
Anyone with information is asked to call the 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, on Twitter @NYPDTips
or by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) and then
entering TIP577.
‘In the bag’
A woman took the phrase “deli takeout” to another
level when she allegedly stole $1,000 worth of property
from an East Village store.
Police said the unidentifi ed suspect swiped unspecifi
ed merchandise inside the NY Grill & Deli, at 191
Avenue A, at E. 12th St., on Sat., May 25, around 4
p.m., then fl ed on foot in an unknown direction.
The woman is described as white, age 20 to 30, and
last seen wearing a dark jacket and dark shorts.
Cops said she was captured on surveillance camera
inside the location before the incident.
A worker who answered the phone at the deli
Thursday said his understanding was that the thief
went into the place’s basement, where she stole two
store workers’ backpacks and their contents, including
an iPad tablet and possibly similar items. He said
the woman also snatched some store merchandise,
including what he called “CBD juice.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime
Stoppers.
10th Precinct
Punched wife
A man was arrested after assaulting his wife in front
of 184 Seventh Ave., at W. 21st St., and causing property
damage to a nearby deli, police said. On Sun.,
June 2, at 12:20 a.m., a woman, 51, was punched in
the face by her husband, after the couple argued, a
witness said. The woman refused to cooperate with
police and answer questions, and left the scene. Police
were unable to check if she had any injuries.
The witness had video of the husband pushing the
woman into the door of the nearby Kharian Deli. The
woman was found to have an order of protection, and
the man, a parole warrant. The witness told cops the
man broke the deli’s door. A search of him turned up
an ID card and debit card that did not belong to him.
Randy Swinson, 50, was arrested for felony criminal
contempt and misdemeanor criminal mischief.
Spray suspect
A man sprayed a chemical agent at several people
at REBAR, a Chelsea club, early last Sunday morning,
according to police. A 29-year-old man said that,
on June 2 around 2 a.m., he was standing inside the
club, at 225 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth
Aves., when an unknown man spritzed something,
which police said might have been pepper spray, into
his eyes and face, causing eye irritation and redness.
The victim received medical care at the scene but did
not go to the hospital. A canvass was conducted with
negative results, but police said a video was available
from the scene. Three other men at the club around
the same time reported being similarly sprayed.
Gabe Herman
and Lincoln Anderson
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