Police Blotter
‘Trolley Robber’
Police said that on Thurs. Nov. 1,
around 1:10 p.m., inside a residential
building in the vicinity of St. Mark’s
Place and Second Ave., a burglar
gained entry into a 38-year-old man’s
apartment through the unsecured
front door. Once inside, he removed
the victim’s camera equipment, jewelry
and a trolley suitcase. The individual
fl ed on foot with the rolling suitcase
eastbound on St. Marks Place.
On Wed., Nov. 7, around 4:15 p.m.,
according to police, the same guy got
inside of an apartment of a 30-yearold
woman in the vicinity of E. Third
St. and First Ave. through an unsecured
rear bedroom window. Again,
he took the victim’s camera equipment,
jewelry and a trolley suitcase,
and fl ed on foot on E. Third St.
The suspect is black, last seen
wearing a black baseball cap, a white
hooded sweater, a black vest, darkcolored
jeans and gray-and-white
sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the Police Department’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577-TIPS, or
for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be submitted on the
Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, on Twitter at @
NYPDTips or by texting to 274637
A surveillance camera image of
an alleged East Village burglar.
His M.O. seems to be always to
flee with at least one piece of
rolling luggage.
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Deli-cate situation
The Errand Grocery and Deli, at
Eighth Ave. and W. 13 St., was robbed
on Mon., Aug. 27, at 2:50 a.m., according
to police. A store employee said a
man entered the deli and had a “dark
brown gun” and demanded money. The
robber then picked up a knife from the
deli area and walked back to the register,
which the employee opened and
the crook took about $500 cash. The
thief then dropped the knife near the
register and fl ed north toward W. 14
St. Video surveillance from the deli
was later available, along with video at
other nearby locations.
Thomas Jackson, 50, was arrested
Nov. 7 for felony robbery.
H.R.A. hubbub
On Wed., Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m., a man
stood outside the New York City Human
Resources Administration building
at 12 W. 14th St. and shouted obscene
and abusive language at building
security, police said. When an H.R.A.
security offi cer told the man to move
because he was blocking the front entrance,
he refused, spat on the offi cer
and grabbed the door and broke its inside
handle. Edward Bullock, 31, was
arrested by the H.R.A. offi cer for misdemeanor
criminal mischief.
Soho shoplifters
Around 4 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 7,
three shoplifters stole items from two
high-end Soho fashion shops, the Gucci
store at 63 Wooster St. and the
Louis Vuitton shop at 116 Greene St.,
according to a police report.
A male witness in the Gucci store
said that three people entered and
then removed a handbag, with a woman
hiding it in her black shoulder bag
as all three exited.
At the second location, the robbers
would go on to steal three wallets
and an Alma BB Louis Vuitton bag.
The fi ve stolen items’ total value was
$7,590.
Video was available at the fi rst location.
Two suspects were arrested on
Nov. 7, Luz Garcia, 34, and Felix Miranda,
46, for felony grand larceny. None of
the stolen items were recovered.
Gabe Herman
and Colin Mixson
N.Y.P.D.
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