Police Blotter
Sixth Precinct
Meatpacking perps
Police are currently searching for two
men suspected in two separate muggings
on Thurs., March 21, and Sun.,
March 24.
The fi rst robbery reportedly took
place around 3:40 a.m. near W. 13th
and Washington Sts. in the Meatpacking
District. The pair of perps are alleged to
have approached a 34-year-old man and
asked to use his cell phone to make a
phone call.
After the guy obliged, the two are
alleged to have demanded money in
exchange for returning the device. The
victim told cops he refused and was
then punched and had his wallet stolen
before the two fl ed the scene.
The victim suffered pain and bruising
but refused medical attention.
Earlier that morning, around 2:30
a.m., the two had struck nearby at Little
W. 12th St. and 10th Ave., police said.
A 29-year-old man told police he was
asked for money by two men. The victim
refused but the two suspects stole
his wallet, then fl ed.
The suspects are described as black,
between age 20 and 30 and last seen
wearing all dark clothing.
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.
First Precinct
Shoplifter/robber
Police have apprehended an apparent
shoplifter who reportedly also robbed
the Moussy boutique at 474 Broome St.
in Soho on Sat., April 13.
Marvin White, 57, is alleged to have
walked into the store impersonating a
utility worker around noon and stuffed
a $95 shirt into his purse. Instead of
paying for it, he then started to rob the
store register.
An employee reported catching the
suspect taking money from the register
and hiding it under his armpit. The employee
demanded the money back, but
the alleged thief reportedly only handed
over some of the money before saying,
“Shut up before I shoot you.”
The robber then fl ed the place with
$110 and the shirt, but was quickly
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
One of the alleged suspects in a
pair of Meatpacking District muggings.
caught by police who were responding
to the scene after a phone call. Police did
not fi nd any weapons on White at the
time of the arrest.
C stabbing
A 58-year-old man was stabbed in the
back of the leg for no apparent reason on
an Uptown C train at Canal St. on Wed.,
April 10, around 4:45 p.m., police said.
The victim reported entering the rear
train car at Chambers St. about 10 minutes
earlier. He found himself a stabbing
victim — despite having no interaction
with the stabber — when the train entered
the next station. He was treated
with four stitches at the Lenox Health
Greenwich Village, at 12th St. and
Seventh Ave., and was released shortly
thereafter.
The attacker, who is described only
a black man, fl ed immediately after the
incident.
Charlton intruder
A burglar apparently got cold feet after
realizing the apartment he broke into
was occupied.
A 17-year-old girl said a man got into
her apartment at 21 Charlton St. while
she was in her bedroom on Sun., April
14, around 12:15 a.m. She said the man
told her, “I’m sorry,” before running out
of the building.
Police said the man gained entry to
the building by breaking the glass on the
door’s front door.
The suspect is described as black,
with dreadlocks, around age 25 and 6
feet tall.
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
Police want to talk to this guy
in connection with a Chinatown
mugging.
James Hotel burglary
The James Hotel’s Soho location at 27
Grand St. reportedly was robbed Mon.,
April 8, around 3:30 a.m.
According to police, a man wearing
a black baseball cap, blue hoodie, blue
jeans and black shoes got into the premises
via the loading dock on Thompson
St. He then entered an offi ce through an
unlocked door where he proceeded to
take money from a safe. The man reportedly
also took a smaller safe from the offi
ce and placed it in a white box before
leaving the way he came in and fl eeing
north on Thompson St. He is believed to
have made off with $12,020 in cash.
10th Precinct
TAO Ow!
There was an assault inside the TAO
Downtown Nightclub at 369 W. 16th
St., at Ninth Ave., last Saturday, police
said.
On April 13, around 1 a.m., a 26-yearold
female employee working as a bottle
girl, said that a woman punched her
with a closed fi st on the left side of her
face. The blow caused her substantial
pain and redness.
The employee was able to identify the
attacker for police. An offi cer searched
the woman and recovered a small plastic
container with alleged marijuana from
her purse. Kelsie Saavedra, 22, was arrested
for misdemeanor assault.
Woman tased
An assault led to a woman being
tased on the sidewalk at W. 17th St. and
Tenth Ave. last week, police said. On
Fri., April 12, at 3:15 a.m., two female
friends, both 26, got into an argument.
One then hit the other with a closed fi st,
causing minor cuts to the right side of
her friend’s chin and substantial pain
and bruising to the left eye.
When police arrived, the puncher
refused orders to stop fi ghting. Police
tased her to stop the woman from hitting
the victim. Renee Centrella was
arrested for misdemeanor assault. She
reportedly told police, “She hit me.”
Un-Welcome burglar
The SUNY Welcome Center, at 33 W.
42nd St., was burglarized on Sat., March
23, around 1 p.m., cops said. A man reportedly
entered the building through a
side entrance. He then walked behind a
reception desk and swiped a set of keys,
which he used to enter several locked offi
ces. He took a credit card, a cell phone,
$25 and fi ve MetroCards.
An investigation found that at 6 p.m.
that day, the man used the credit card
to buy $200 worth of goods at a CVS at
500 W. 42nd St., at Tenth Ave. The suspect
is described as white, in his 20s.
Seventh Precinct
Chinatown robbery
Police said that on Fri., Feb. 22, at
10:42 a.m., around Allen and Division
Sts., a 69-year-old male man was approached
by an unidentifi ed male who
engaged him in conversation and demanded
his property. The male punched
the victim in the torso and removed
roughly $140 from the victim before
fl eeing in unknown direction. The victim
was not injured and refused medical
attention at the scene. The suspect is
described as Asian, 50 to 60, wearing a
dark-blue ski cap and blue jacket.
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.
Rico Burney,
Gabe Herman
and Lincoln Anderson
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