Police Blotter
Niagara theft
Police said that on Sun., Feb. 17,
around 2 a.m., one or more individuals
entered Niagara Bar, at 120 Avenue
A, and removed three credit cards
from inside a 26-year-old woman’s bag
and fl ed. Later that day, the victim discovered
that all three cards had
been used in different areas in
Brooklyn.
Police have surveillance
photos of individuals who
used the victim’s credit cards,
as well as an Infi nity QX60
car that was refueled using one
of the cards.
Anyone with information is
asked to call the Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-
57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also
be submitted on the CrimeStoppers
Web site at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM, on Twitter
@NYPDTips or by texting to 274637
(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
Chipotle chiseler
A 17-year-old was arrested Sun.,
April 7, for allegedly treating his
friends to food on someone else’s
dime.
Police said the teen purchased
$65 worth of food at the Chipotle
at 625 Broadway in Noho that
day, between 9 p.m. and 9:45
p.m., using a 47-year-old woman’s
credit card that was linked
to her PayPal. He reportedly
tried to explain himself to police
by saying, “I bought the food for
friends,” but was still arrested despite
the plea.
‘Illegal lobbying’
Police said a man was arrested for
making unauthorized charges with a
credit card he stole from the lobby of
210 W. 10th St. on either Tues., Feb.
19, or Wed., Feb. 20.
Police said he stole the card, which
was intended for a 33-year-old male
building resident, after U.P.S. dropped
it off in the building’s lobby around 9
a.m.
The suspect then reportedly activated
the card and made four charges
in the following 48 hours. These
included charges of $48 at the CVS
pharmacy at Park Ave. South and E.
18th St. around 3:30 p.m.; $40 at the
Starbucks at 93 Greenwich Ave. shortly
after 8 p.m.; and two taxi rides for
unknown amounts.
A photo of a suspect in a robbery of credit cards at Niagara Bar, according to police.
Creighton Rodnebo, 42, was collared
Thurs., April 4.
Christopher case
Police have made an arrest in a domestic
incident nearly a year after it
was fi rst reported. Cops charged a man
with third-degree assault on Wed.,
April 3, for an alleged incident at his
ex-boyfriend’s Christopher St. apartment
between 10:30 a.m. and 10:45
a.m. on Fri., May 25, of last year.
Police said the man, 26, and his ex,
59, got into an argument after
the suspect refused to
give back a cell phone
gifted to him while
the couple were
still together. The
fi ght reportedly
escalated to
where the 26-
year-old began
throwing
and breaking
items, including
a lamp,
vase and picture
frame.
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
Another suspect in a robbery
of “plastic” at Avenue A bar Niagara,
according to cops.
The older man suffered cuts
to his hands and left foot in the chaos
but refused medical attention because
the injuries were minor, according to
police.
The younger man was invited to stay
the previous night despite both men
reportedly having restraining orders
against each other at the time.
Both were previously charged in October
2017 after the now-59-year-old
allegedly tried to beat the other man
with a cane and choke him, and the
younger man reportedly took the other
guy’s wallet and keys.
Police arrested Carlyle David, 26,
last Wednesday.
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
Burger lurker
A man was arrested Wed., April 3,
for allegedly failing to return a laptop
to its owner.
Police said that a 26-year-old left
his $1,500 HP laptop at the Five Guys
hamburger place at 296 Bleecker St.
around noon Thurs., March 21. When
he returned to retrieve his computer,
an employee told him he mistakenly
gave it to someone else.
The employee arranged for the person
who allegedly had the computer to
return to give it back around 3 p.m.
However, following the exchange, the
laptop’s owner quickly found that he
was still missing his property. Police
arrested Maleek Bradley, 28.
‘Registered’ offender
Police are looking for a man who
broke into Greenwich St. Tavern, at
399 Greenwich St., between Beach
and Hubert Sts., sometime between
11:30 p.m. Sat., March 16, and 7 a.m.
Sun., March 17. The suspect allegedly
forced open the front door and stole
$400 from a register before fl eeing.
A 44-year-old employee reported the
burglary shortly after 9 a.m. A similar
incident was reported at the same location
four years ago.
Rico Burney
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