Police Blotter
20th Precinct
Bad allergies
A couple walked into a pharmacy
and stole thousands of dollars worth of
over-the-counter allergy medication.
On April 28, at 7:30 p.m. a 35-yearold
woman and man walked into the
Duane Reade at 1889 Broadway, at W.
63rd St. They went to the pharmacy
section of the store and grabbed 110
of boxes of Zyrtec 24 HR, six boxes of
Xyzal, 12 boxes of Mucinex DM Max
Strength and three boxes of Mucinex
Maximum Strength tablets. The combined
value of the stolen drugs was
$2,946.
Flick pick
An Upper West Side woman paid
more than $3,000 to go to the movies.
On April 27, at 6:45 p.m. a 56-yearold
woman went to a show at the AMC
Lincoln Square 13 movie theater at
1998 Broadway, at W. 68th St. The
patron placed her purse under her seat
when the movie started. When the
lights turned on in theater after the
movie had fi nished, she looked down
for her bag. She noticed it was not in
the position she had left it in, having
been knocked over on its side. She
quickly looked inside her bag to discover
her wallet missing. The woman told
police that there had been $200 in cash
in the wallet. She subsequently discovered
her credit cards had $2,715 worth
of charges on them.
Whiskey ‘tip’
A liquor store owner was swindled
out of more than a dozen bottles of
booze by the very men that delivered
it.
The owner of 67 Liquor Shop, at 179
Columbus Ave., met two deliverymen
outside of his store as they dropped
off several cases of alcohol. The owner
started storing the new merchandise in
the store’s basement andleft the delivery
guys alone with the cases that he
could not carry.
After storing the fi rst case, the owner
went back to his merchandise at the
other end of the store and noticed 16
bottles missing, including two bottles
of 17-year-old Hibiki Whiskey, four
bottles of 21-year-old Hibiki Whiskey
and 12 bottles of Brancott wine. Combined
the alcohol was worth $1,342.96
This scooter mugger made a quick getaway after stealing a senior’s purse,
police said.
Stolen side mirror
The latest in a borough-wide pattern
of reported thefts of vehicle side mirrors
happened on the Upper West Side.
On May 3, a local man went to check
on his Audi Q5, which he had parked
outside of 201 W. 77th St., near Amsterdam
Ave. When he got to his vehicle,
he noticed that one side mirror,
worth $420, was missing and that side
of the car was scratched.
Fake credit card
A man thought he could shop till he
dropped with a fake credit card.
On May 6, the 26-year-old entered
the Century 21 at 1972 Broadway, near
66th St., at 4:56 p.m. He picked tried to
purchase a $30 pair of Sudio earbuds, a
$25 Billionaire Club shirt, two $20 Billionaire
Club shirts, a $25 Polo shirt, a
$60 pair of Hudson jeans, a $270 Fitbit
watch, a $190 pair of Maison Margiela
men’s sneakers, a $40 Adidas sweater,
a $30 True Religion cap, two pairs of
$25 Polo brand underwear, a pair of
$40 Wahl clippers, a $55 bottle of Versace
fragrance and a $25 DKNY belt.
But the cashier noticed that the card he
was using was fake.
19th Precinct
Fatal fi re
On Fri., May 10, around 5:32 p.m.,
police responded to a 911 call of a
residential fi re inside 1760 First Ave.,
apartment No. 6.
Firefi ghters arrived at the building,
between E. 91st and 92nd Sts., and
after putting out the blaze found an
86-year-old woman in the bathroom.
E.M.S. medics pronounced her dead at
the scene.
The fi re marshal will determine the
cause of the blaze. The investigation remains
ongoing.
The identity of the deceased is pending
proper family notifi cation. According
to the New York Post, she was a
teacher and longtime neighborhood
resident.
Mobile mugger
A thief used a scooter as his getaway
vehicle.
According to cops, on May 4, at 3:06
p.m., an 86-year-old woman was walking
at the northeast corner of E. 64th
St. and First Ave. when a man snuck up
behind her on a scooter and snatched
her purse, knocking her to the ground.
The thief scooted away eastbound on
E. 64th St. toward York Ave.
After the woman complained about
pain in her arm, police on the scene
had E.M.S. take her to New York Weill
Cornell Medical Center.
The purse had the woman’s ID card,
keys, glasses, Citibank card and $200
cash.
The person wanted for questioning is
described as male and last seen wearing
a yellow helmet, dark pants and a
black-and-white jacket.
Yes! to necklace
A man said oui! to taking off with a
pricey necklace on April 17.
The owner of Oui! boutique said
that around 1 p.m. a 60-year-old man
stepped into the jewelry store, at 1031
Lexington Ave., at E. 74th St., grabbed
a 14-karat gold diamond necklace
worth $2,500 and fl ed.
Purse grab
On April 22, at 6:30 p.m., a 28-yearold
woman was walking north on Second
Ave. at E. 93rd St. when someone
grabbed her shoulder from behind to
turn her around. The woman did not
recognize the man she was suddenly
facing, who then snatched her purse
from off her shoulder.
Before he could take off, a mini tug
of war took place as the woman tried
to take her bag back. The roughly 30-
year-old bag snatcher then punched the
woman in the nose and took off with
the $15 Old Navy purse, which contained
inside of it an Amazon Kindle
Fire, a pair of Apple Air Pods, a Kate
Spade Wallet, a monthly MetroCard, a
debit card and a New Jersey license.
Offsides
A middle schooler was caught asking
for donations for a fake sports team at
The Penrose bar, police said.
On April 30, at 5:33 p.m., the manager
of the Upper East Side watering
hole at 1590 Second Ave., at E. 82nd
St., called police after noticing a teen
asking for donations for a team called
the “Bronx Steelers.” The boy was jotting
down names of donors on a sheet
covered with the team’s logo.
Police arrested the teen and notifi ed
his father at 8:48 p.m. A scalpel blade
was found on the boy, police said.
In an earlier incident, on April 24, the
14-year-old allegedly grabbed a wallet
from the bartop and fl ed after its owner
turned his or her back to the bar.
Wants his Levante
On April 30, a man parked his Maserati
Levante in front of 421 E. 81st St.,
police said. When he went to check on
the car at 9 a.m. the next morning, it
was gone. Police from the 19th Precinct
canvassed the area but were unsuccessful
in fi nding the stolen $100,000 car.
Alejandra O’Connell-
Domenech
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