Police Blotter
19TH PRECINCT
Punched for
misstep
A woman was punched in the
face after accidentally stepping on
someone’s shoes, police said.
On July 13, at 12:50 p.m., a 23-
year-old woman exited a Starbucks
att 1261 Lexington Ave., at E. 85th
St. On her way to the Lexington Ave.
train station at 86th St., she stopped
at a crosswalk, where she accidentally
stepped on a man’s sneakers.
According to police, the man then
punched the young woman on the left
side of her face and ran to the train station.
Packages perp
The same man was arrested twice for
stealing packages from Upper East Side
buildings, police said.
On July 12, at 9:37 p.m., a man was
seen inside a building on E. 94th St.
placing packages that did not belong
to him into his backpack. According to
cops, the guy was not a resident of the
building and was arrested once he exited
the building with the packages.
A week later, on July 17, the same
individual was seen again taking packages
from a building, this time on E.
88th St. at 12:58 a.m. According to police,
the man was arrested again when
he exited the building.
Phone scam
An 85-year-old woman was swindled
out of $1,600, according to cops.
On July 12, at 10 a.m., an elderly
woman received a phone call from
someone stating she was a public defender
and told her that her grandson
had been arrested.
According to police, the caller then
told the woman that in order to bail
out her grandson, she needed $1,600
in cash as soon as possible. The concerned
grandma then went to the bank
to withdraw the funds, which she then
gave to the mystery caller in an envelope.
Later that day, the woman that had
made the call picked up the money
from the grandmother in the lobby of
her Park Ave. building.
20TH PRECINCT
E-bike getaway
A man took off on e-bike after robbing
an Athleta clothing store.
On July 2, around 5:20 p.m., a man
entered the women’s athletic-wear
store located at 216 Columbus
Ave., at W. 70th St., and started
placing items from the display
table into a bag.
According to police, the
thief then left the store with
$2,768 worth of items and
fl ed southbound on an e-bike
parked outside.
Shady thief
Police said a man took off
with $1,652 worth of designer
sunglasses in a shoplifting haul on
the Upper West Side.
On June 30, at about 12:40 p.m.,
the thief entered the Sunglass Hut at
2218 Broadway, at W. 79th St., and began
taking sunglasses off the shelves
and placing them into a bag.
He then exited the place, jumped into
a cab and fl ed northbound on Broadway,
according to police. He stole a
$270 pair of Prada sunglasses, two pair
of Tiffany sunglasses, one worth $360
and the other worth $240, a $300 pair
of Prada sunglasses, and three pair of
Ralph Lauren sunglasses worth $150,
$130 and $90.
Credit cards stolen
at movie theater
A woman told police she had her
credit cards stolen while at the movies
with her son.
On July 6, at noon, a woman went
to the AMC Movie Theater at 1998
Broadway, at 68th St., to watch “Toy
Story 4” with her son.
The 42-year-old mother sat down
in movie theater No. 6 and placed her
handbag on the seat next to her. According
to police, she said there were
no other moviegoers sitting in her row
nor was anyone sitting in front of her.
But there were people sitting in the row
behind her.
When the movie ended, the woman
noticed that her purse and wallet were
both open. According to offi cers at the
20th Precinct, the woman’s Citi Mastercard
and American Express card
had all been taken.
Locker break-in
Someone broke into a locker at the
Equinox gym at 344 Amsterdam Ave.,
at W. 76th St., police said.
On July 9, around 5:30 p.m., a 30-
year-old man locked his belongings
in locker No. 887 at the tony Upper
West Side gym. According to police,
the man returned to the locker
at 6:18 p.m. to find that it had been
opened. His American Express credit
card and $100 were taken from the
locker.
The victim told police that he canceled
the card but noticed that it did
have an unauthorized transaction for
$77.97 at a Vitamin Shoppe.
24TH PRECINCT
Tools taken
Police are still looking for a man
wanted for burglary in the Manhattan
Valley area.
On May 22, at about 11:15 p.m., a
man entered 56 Duke Ellington Parkway
(W. 106th St. near Columbus
Ave.) through the basement and stole
$4,600 worth of contractors’ tools. He
then fl ed the building in a unknown direction.
Alejandra O’Connell-
Domenech
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