Police Blotter
Radiating anger
An employee was assaulted last week
at the Chelsea Diagnostic Radiology offi
ce, at 230 W. 17th St., between Seventh
and Eighth Aves., police said.
On Fri., Feb. 22, at 11 a.m., a male
employee said he got into an argument
with his supervisor, who then allegedly
pushed him to the ground. The
victim claimed substantial pain in his
right shoulder, causing him to go to an
urgent-care facility the next day.
The supervisor, Francois Rowe, is
wanted for misdemeanor assault.
Club clobberers
There was an assault in front of a
public housing building at 421 W. 17th
St., between Ninth and 10th Aves., last
Saturday, according to police.
A woman, 38, told police that on Feb.
23, at 5 a.m., she was walking home,
going east toward Ninth Ave., when
two women pushed her to the ground.
One reportedly kicked her in the back
and the other pulled her hair. The victim
said she had slight neck pain and
refused medical treatment.
This incident reportedly escalated
from an earlier dispute in the coat-check
area at the nightclub 1 Oak, at 453 W.
17th St. Police said both perps frequent
the nightclub. Wanted for attempted assault,
they are both described as black
and 5-feet-4-inches tall.
Sparring spouses
A domestic dispute inside a Chelsea
apartment led to the arrest of both the
husband and wife, according to a police
report.
On Sat., Feb. 23, around 2:30 a.m.,
a man, 60, and his wife, 44, got into
an argument, which became a physical
fi ght, inside the apartment, at 365
W. 28th St., between Eighth and Ninth
Aves. The woman wound up punching
the man in the nose, causing bleeding
and pain.
The husband was treated at the scene.
In the same incident, the husband
placed his hand around the woman’s
neck, cutting off air and blood circulation,
and also hit her in the face with an
open hand, according to cops.
The woman did not lose consciousness
and also refused medical treatment.
Trevor Johnston was arrested
for criminal obstruction of breathing,
a misdemeanor. Patricia Frue was arrested
for misdemeanor assault.
‘Hit’-and-run
There was an assault on Seventh Ave.
after a road-rage incident on Sat., Feb.
23, around 4:15 p.m., police said.
A woman, 21, said that, at the corner
of Seventh and W. 28th St., she got
into a road-rage incident with a male
passenger in another vehicle. The man
then approached her car and punched
her in the face, causing bruising to the
right eye, she said. The man then fl ed
on foot westbound on W. 28th St.
The car the suspect was in had the
New Jersey license plate A35 GKS. The
suspect, who is wanted for misdemeanor
assault, is described as black, age 25,
and 5-feet-11-inches tall.
Gabe Herman
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