Police Blotter
A car parked on on the Upper East Side was stripped of its wheels overnight earlier this week. (19th Precint/Twitter)
New jack city: U.E.S. car stripped of wheels
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
A car was left on cinder blocks
over the weekend on the Upper
East Side, something uncommon
for the neighborhood, according
to police at the 19th Precinct.
A local resident said he parked his
Honda Accord in front of 421 E. 78th
St., between First and York Aves., on
the night of Mon., Feb. 18, and then
went to work.
When he returned to the spot
around 7:20 a.m. the next morning, he
found his car propped up on four cinder
blocks with its four Michelin tires,
rims, hubcaps and lug nuts gone, all
worth a combined $2,958.
According to police, a woman walking
her dog at about 3:30 that morning
said that she saw two men “jacking” the
vehicle’s tires.
In a tweet about the incident, the
19th Precinct urged locals: “We strongly
suggest using wheel locks on all tires,
including any exposed spares.”
4 March 7, 2019 TVG Schneps Media