Police Blotter
SIXTH PRECINCT
Village murder
A Village man was fatally shot inside
his apartment at 110 Bedford St.
on Sun., Dec. 31, around 4:56 p.m.,
police said.
Police responding to a 911 call of a
person shot went to Apartment 5A and
found Jonathan Berlin, 62, with a gunshot
wound to the stomach.
EMS responded and transported the
victim to Lenox Hill Hospital where
he was pronounced dead. There are
no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.
Police are reportedly investigating
whether the slaying was drug related.
Gothamist reported that the victim’s
wife was in the apartment at the time
of the shooting, and that drug paraphernalia,
including scales and pot,
were found on the scene.
A source told The Villager that Berlin
lived there more than 20 years and
was Israeli born, but this was not confi
rmed by press time. Cops reportedly
entered the building with hammers
and a pickaxe.
One neighbor was away when the
incident occurred, and her roommate
returned later on Dec. 31.
“This is the fi rst building I’ve lived
in without a doorman,” the roommate
said, noting her parents’ concern
when she moved in about living in a
non-doorman building.
Crackdown
A man and woman, both 24, were
arrested Sun., Dec. 30, for allegedly
shoplifting at a West Village Gristedes,
at 3 Sheridan Square. Police found
the woman to be in possession of two
crack pipes and a “push rod” with alleged
crack/cocaine residue. She also
had an active warrant. Police said the
shoplifters stole three cans of Lysol,
whipped chocolate mousse, pumpkinfl
avored yogurts and a chocolate milk.
Outnumbered
Six hoodlums allegedly dragged
a 45-year-old Queens man from his
car and beat him up on Christmas
Day around 8:30 p.m. on the northwest
corner of Laguardia Place and
Bleecker St. When the victim tried to
call 911, one grabbed his cell phone
and ran off, according to police. That
evening, police arrested two teenage
boys, 14 and 17 years old.
The man was reportedly in his car
when he got into a verbal dispute with
six males, two of whom were teens.
The other attackers’ ages are unknown.
The six toughs broke the man’s right
rear-view mirror, dragged him from
his car and scraped up his left ear.
FIRST PRECINCT
Nikes nabbed
A man stole three pairs of Nike Air
Force 1’s from a 17-year-old, threatening
him by saying, “I have a gun,”
according to police. On Wed., Dec.
19, just after 7 p.m., the teen left a
store with three pairs of shoes totaling
$775.
The alleged robber walked up to him
and asked to buy the fl ashy footwear,
but then instead, swiped the shoes,
pushed the teen, and said he had a
gun. The perp fl ed on foot eastbound
on Howard St. and then northbound
on Broadway, according to police.
The robber was last seen wearing
gray jeans, a black jacket, a red hat
and black sneakers.
Spring St. burglary
A burglar busted down the front
door at a 36-year-old woman’s apartment
at 300 Spring St. on Mon., Dec.
17, robbing her of $8,375 in property
while she was at work, police said.
The woman had a motion-sensing
camera in her home, which snapped
a photo of the robber there around
11:15 a.m. that Monday. The thief
stole an Apple Macbook Air, Apple
watch, Ralph Lauren Ricky and Oliver
Peoples Sunglasses, a Kindle and fi ne
jewelry, including a Hermes bracelet
and David Yurman diamonds.
Sydney Pereira
and Tequila Minsky
PHOTOS BY TEQUILA MINSKY
Police removed evidence from the homicide scene at Bedford St. near
Christopher St. on Dec. 31.
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