Police Blotter
20th Precinct
Glass grab
An Upper West Sider found a surprising
piece of his car missing one recent
Thursday morning.
On March 28, at 9 a.m., an elderly
owner of a black 2019 Mercedes-Benz
checked on his car parked at the southeast
corner of Riverside Drive and W.
73rd St. Once the 85-year-old reached
the vehicle, he noticed the glass from
both side-view mirrors was gone.
According to 20th Precinct police,
this is not an isolated incident. There
have been a few similar incidents in the
24th and 30th precincts, they said.
The mirrors taken from the Mercedes-
Benz were worth a combined $500.
iPhone thief
Police are looking for two men who
they say stole a woman’s iPhone X.
On March 24, a 51-year-old woman
was walking on W. 73rd St. when two
men approached her from behind. While
one of them talked to her, the second
grabbed the phone, valued at $1,000,
from her and fl ed westbound on W. 73rd
St. The other guy fl ed eastbound.
Bad date
A date stole more than a heart in early
April.
On April 5, a 31-year-old man met
with a gentleman he had connected with
on hunglatinos.com at Hudson Market
at 601 W. 57th St. at 3 p.m.
According to police from the 20th
Precinct, the victim said they went to
“take a nap” at the La Quinta by Wyndham
New York City Central Park West,
at 31 W. 71st St.
At 4 p.m. the date left the hotel, and
at 4:30 p.m. the other man noticed his
$2,300 laptop and charger were missing
from his bag.
Credit card fraud
A man calling himself J. Mccorkle,
John Brown, Jayson Brown and Juan
Ramires was able to swindle a Patagonia
store out of thousands of dollars.
According to police, on March 14, the
thief used another person’s credit card
information to buy merchandise and gift
cards from the store, at 426 Columbus
Ave., between 80th and 81st Sts. The
person whose credit card information
The 19th Precinct is tweeting out a request for the public’s help in
identifying this guy, who police say has robbed at least two Upper East
Side small stores in the past half year, once at gunpoint.
was used notifi ed police on April 5, after
noticing strange charges on a statement.
The store lost $3,861.
Quick grab
On April 7, at 1:15 p.m., a 67-year-old
woman was shopping at Harry’s Shoes,
at 2299 Broadway, at W. 83rd St., and
put her black backpack down on the
fl oor. She continued shopping and when
she turned back to the spot where she
had left the bag, it was gone. Along with
the $30 bag, the Upper West Sider lost
a $150 red wallet, four credit cards, a
debit card, a New York State driver’s license,
a $150 jacket and a pair of $1,000
sunglasses.
Backpack snag
On April 7, at 2:10 p.m., an 82-yearold
woman was shopping at Housing
Works, at 306 Columbus Ave., between
W. 74th and W. 75th Sts., and left her
black backpack on the fl oor by her
friend’s feet. She only left it there for a
moment, before a man came and took the
$75 Danskin backpack, which contained
$15 cash, two blank Chase checks, a senior
MetroCard, a small black purse, an
American Express card, a Capital One
card, a Chase bank card, her iPhone and
keys to her home.
Twentieth Precinct police canvassed
the area and found the bag on W. 76th
St. with the help of the Find My iPhone
app. Only the bag and cell phone were
recovered.
Matinee madness
Police are asking for the public’s help
in fi nding a woman wanted for beating
an elderly moviegoer. Police said that, on
Sun., March 30, at 3:39 p.m., the senior
was waiting in line at the AMC movie
theater, at 2310 Broadway, between 83rd
and 84th Sts.
According to police, the victim and a
35-year-old woman waiting in line with
her two children, got into an argument.
The younger woman then approached
the 81-year-old from behind, grabbed
her hair and threw her to the ground.
The attacker then fl ed with her two children.
19th Precinct
Store robber
On April 9, at 10:28 a.m., a man stole
two packs of Newport cigarettes and
cash from Lexington Ave. News, at 1248
Lexington Ave., at E. 84th St.
According to police, the thief walked
into the store, went behind the counter
and pushed the store manager. He then
grabbed $1,400 from the cash register
and $28 worth of cigarettes, plus the
manager’s $200 Samsung cell phone,
before fl eeing.
Nineteenth Precinct police say the
same suspect robbed a nearby smoke
shop, at 1121 Lexington Ave., at gunpoint
on Nov. 2 of last year. The precinct
is offering a $2,500 reward for any information
on the suspect.
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.
Punched praying
A woman praying a little too loudly
was told to keep it down in a less-thanforgiving
way.
On March 26, at 9:45 a.m., a 70-yearold
woman was praying and listening to
her daily devotional at Saint Monica’s
Church, at 413 E. 79th St., when a woman
began screaming at her to “Shut up!”
After shouting, the upset woman then
punched the worshiper on the right side
of her mouth, cutting her lip and leaving
behind a bruise.
According to police, they initially were
looking for a 57-year-old white woman
who goes by the name of “Annie” and
frequents the church. Police arrested
Nancy Hunt on March 28 in connection
with the attack.
Alejandra
O’Connell-Domenech
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