Police Blotter
19TH PRECINCT
Knockout-rob
washout
On Aug. 20, at 4:10 p.m., a middleaged
man knocked on the door of luxury
skincare store Knockout Beauty,
at 1031 Lexington Ave., at E. 74th St.,
stating he wanted to buy a gift for his
wife, police said.
However, once he was let inside, he
asked an employee if she knew what
was going on. The man then stuck his
hand into a Starbucks bag he was carrying,
pointed toward the employee and
asked for all the money in the place’s
cash register.
After the employee began to scream,
the man fl ed with $3,000. Offi cers
found the suspect, 55, inside the 6-train
station at Lexington Ave. and E. 77 St.,
where they arrested him.
Lyin’ ‘wine’ guy
On Aug. 27, around 2:30 p.m., a
48-year-old man identifying himself as
an employee of Southern Glazer Wine
and Spirits stopped by Patsy’s restaurant,
at 604 E. 60th St., to pick up a
large order of wine that, he claimed,
had been mistakenly sent to the pizzeria.
The day before, after Southern Glazer
received the large order from someone
identifying themselves as a Patsy’s employee,
the company called the pizzeria
to confi rm the order. However, Patsy’s
confi rmed that the order was not made
from anyone in their employ.
Police confronted the man, 48, after
he tried to abscond with the wine and,
after a brief chase, arrested him.
Parking perps
On Aug. 17 at 11 p.m., two 25-yearold
men entered a parking garage at 225
E. 63rd St. and reportedly demanded
cash from an employee manning the
garage’s booth.
According to police, the pair threatened
the 61-year-old worker with a
knife and took $200 that belonged
to the garage that the booth operator
had left on his desk. They also took
the employee’s ID and credit and
check card.
Box-cutter attack
On Aug. 20, at 12:20 p.m., a construction
worker got into an argument
with another man who tried to slash
him with a box cutter.
According to cops, the dispute occurred
at the southeast corner of Park
Ave. and E. 67th St. The 34-year-old
hard hat used his helmet to shield himself
from the blade.
Police arrested the weapon-wielding
39-year-old shortly after the dispute.
20TH PRECINCT
Gadgets gone
A man had his property stolen after
he fell asleep on a bench on Columbus
Ave. at W. 61st St. on Aug. 16.
The 34-year-old placed two bags
fi lled with electronics under his head
and fell asleep around 2:30 a.m., according
to police.
When he woke up, the bags were
gone, including his $2,300 MacBook
Pro, $1,000 Apple iPad Pro, iPhone 5,
$1,000 in cash and a passport.
Sunglass Hut job
On Aug. 14, around 1:45 p.m., two
men stole nearly $700 of shades from a
Sunglass Hut at 2218 Broadway, at W.
79th St.
According to police, after entering
the store, the two men took a $203
pair of rose-gold sunglasses, a $203
pair of gold-brown sunglasses, a pair of
fl at-black sunglasses worth $178 and a
$109 pair of black wafer-like sunglasses
before running out of the place.
Cleaned out car
An Upper West Side woman had
more than $1,000 worth of belongings
stolen from her car on the evening of
Aug. 12, police said.
Around 9 p.m., the 43-year-old victim
was returning to her car, which she
had parked at the southeast corer of
Freedom Place and West 66th St.
As she walked to her vehicle, she noticed
the glove compartment was open,
and decided to search the vehicle.
While searching, she discovered that a
pair of $250 Burberry tall boots, a pair
of $250 Burberry short boots, $500
worth of physical-therapy equipment
and a $13 umbrella were gone.
24TH PRECINCT
Bucket list...not!
On Wed., Aug. 21, around 7:13 p.m.,
an elderly man was attacked in his own
Upper West Side building lobby.
According to police, a 25-year old
man threw a bucket at the 69-year-old
in a W. 95th St. building lobby.
After fl inging the bucket, the younger
man then lunged at the older man
with a knife, cutting the victim’s right
index fi nger.
Police arrested the attacker later
that day.
Stolen laptop
On Aug. 25, a 64-year-old woman
invited a friend over to her home at
Central Park West and 101st St.
According to police, the woman left
her friend alone in the apartment while
she ran some errands. When she returned,
the friend was gone, along with
her silver MacBook Air, which she had
left on her kitchen table.
Bad friend
A woman was arrested after attacking
a friend, police said.
On Aug. 18, around 11 p.m., at
860 Columbus Ave., at W. 103rd St.,
a 30-year-old woman punched a male
friend in the eye and ripped a gold
chain with a blue sapphire ruby pendant
from his neck.
Ember Hughes was arrested four
days later and charged with robbery
and assault.
Hoggin’ the Dazs
A man allegedly stole 25 pints
of Häagen-Dazs from a 7-Eleven at 801
Amsterdam Ave., at W. 99th St.
On Aug. 19 around 3 p.m., the
man entered the convenience store
and placed the pints, worth a total of
$144.75, into a large bag, according to
police.
When a young store employee
stopped the man while the latter was
exiting the store, the ice cream thief
punched him in the face, then took off
on a bike.
Alejandra
O’Connell-Domenech
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