Police Blotter
6th Precinct
Greenwich Village
Woman strangled
after argument
A woman was arrested after an argument
with her girlfriend turned physical
outside a bar, police said.
Cops said the incident happened at
around 8 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the corner
of West 4th Street and Eighth Avenue.
The 22-year-old victim claimed that
her girlfriend became irate after an argument
and strangled her, causing pain
and bruising to her neck. The victim
also said that she tried several times
to leave the area, but the other woman
didn’t let her.
Elixandria Brienza, 25, was later arrested
for felony strangulation in the
fi rst- and second-degree.
—Gabe Herman
9th Precinct
East Village
Burglar steals
pillow shams
Cops are still looking for a burglar
seeking comfort from an East Village
apartment building during the summer,
police recently announced.
Law enforcement sources said a man
allegedly gained entry at a residence on
Second Avenue between East 9th and
East 10th Streets at 4 a.m. on Aug. 24
by forcing open the building’s front
door.
Police say that he then took a package,
which contained pillow shams.
—Gabe Herman
Tapas bar bag thief gets collared 13th Precinct
Gramercy
Robbers spray and
beat deliveryman
Four robbers beat up a deliveryman
and sprayed him in the face
with a chemical while robbing him
on a Gramercy street Monday night,
police reported.
Law enforcement sources said the
attack happened at about 9 p.m. on
Sept. 30 as the 36-year-old deliveryman
dropped off food at an apartment
building on East 24th Street near
3rd Avenue.
According to authorities, the four
bandits approached the deliveryman
soon after he arrived on the scene, and
demanded that he hand over his iPhone
and bicycle.
When he refused, cops reported, the
group went on the attack, punching
the deliveryman in the face. One of the
robbers then displayed a knife, while
another sprayed the victim with an unknown
substance.
The four thieves then took the deliveryman’s
phone and bicycle and
fl ed eastbound along East 24th Street,
authorities said.
Offi cers from the 13th Precinct and
EMS units responded to the incident.
Paramedics treated the victim at the
scene for his injuries.
As shown on the Citizen app, numerous
police units responded and canvassed
the area for the suspects, but the
search ended without any arrests made,
according to police.
Sources familiar with the investigation
described the suspects as four
Hispanic males.
The investigation is ongoing.
—Robert Pozarycki
A man was arrested two weeks after
a restaurant employee’s bag went missing
at work, according to police.
On Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. at Las Ramblas
tapas bar, located at 170 West 4 St., a
female employee put her bag down in
the waitress work station in the rear of
the restaurant. Several minutes later,
cops said, she noticed that her bag was
gone.
Her bag contained a Marc Jacobs
wallet, a debit card, a Nordstrom store
credit card and other personal items.
Two weeks later, on Sept. 26, cops
picked up Sotomayor Miguel, 52, for
the theft; he was booked for felony
grand larceny.
Police said there were no charges
made on the stolen cards.
—Gabe Herman
Thief walked right through unlocked door
An arrest was made for a burglary during the summer at the Palma restaurant
at 28 Cornelia St., police said.
On June 18, around 1:50 a.m., a man allegedly entered the restaurant, which
was closed at the time, through an unlocked front door. Once inside, he forced
opened the offi ce drawers and removed various items.
The man then fl ed on foot through the building’s front door and in an unknown
direction. Police say he got way with about $1,500 in cash. Camera
footage was available at the scene.
On Sept. 23, Christopher Lyles, 25, was arrested for felony burglary.
Underage rampage at Village smoke shop
Cops need the public’s help in
fi nding a young man who went on a
heated rampage at a smoke shop near
Union Square after the clerk refused
to sell him a vaping device.
The 9th Precinct tweeted on Sept.
27 images of the suspect behind the
incident, which occurred at 9:45
a.m. on Sept. 13 inside the I Smoke
& Vape Shop at 141 4th Ave. in the
East Village.
According to law enforcement
sources, the 20-year-old perpetrator
walked in and attempted to buy a
vape. A 36-year-old male clerk, however,
refused to complete the transaction
because the man was underage.
Sales of tobacco products, including
vaping devices and e-cigarettes,
— Gabe Herman
are prohibited to anyone under 21 in
New York State.
Police said the spurned suspect
then went on the attack. According
to authorities, he broke items on the
counter and fl ung other goods across
the store, then punched the male
clerk in the face.
Moments later, he fl ed the scene in
an unknown direction, cops said.
Anyone with information regarding
the suspect’s whereabouts can
call the 9th Precinct Detective Squad
at 212-477-7809, or send a direct
message to Crime Stoppers @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are kept
confi dential.
—Robert Pozarycki
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