Police Blotter
Firebug burns fl ag
A man is wanted by police after an
arson incident earlier this month.
Law enforcement sources said the
person allegedly approached the front
gate of a commercial storefront at 56
Seventh Ave. on a white bicycle. He
then lit an American fl ag on fi re that
was hanging from the exterior gate of
the business.
The lower portion of the fl ag became
engulfed in fl ames and the man fl ed the
scene in an unknown direction on his
bicycle, according to police.
— Gabe Herman
6th Precinct
Greenwich Village
Video game swiped
Police are still looking for a video
game thief who broke into a Greenwich
Village apartment recently.
A man allegedly gained entry to a
bedroom of an apartment in the area
of Grove and Bedford Streets at around
1:45 a.m. on Aug. 31 and took a Nintendo
Switch, a Superman game and a
WYSE wireless camera that belonged
to a 29-year-old man.
The victim was not home at the time
of the incident, police said.
— Gabe Herman
Heel gets hostile
A man threatened a store employee
after trying to shoplift at DSW, police
said.
The incident occurred on Wednesday,
Sept. 4, at 11 a.m. An employee of
the store, which is at 40 East 14th St.,
told police that he saw a man put store
merchandise in a white plastic bag, including
Nike sneakers and fi ve pairs of
Nike socks, totaling $157 in value.
Cops said the man tried to leave the
store, and when the employee confronted
him, the would-be thief allegedly
displayed a sharp metal object and
said, “I will stab you.”
Edward Bullock, 32, was arrested
for felony robbery, and all of the items
were recovered.
— Gabe Herman
W. Village man
takes fatal fall
Photo via Google Maps
A man apparently took a fatal fall
while climbing down a fire escape
in Greenwich Village on Sept. 24.
Detectives are looking into the death
of a senior man who apparently took a
fatal fall on a West Village fi re escape
on Tuesday morning.
Offi cers from the 6th Precinct and
EMS units responded at 11:45 a.m. on
Sept. 26 to a 911 call about an unconscious
man at an apartment building on
Bleecker Street between Morton and
Cornelia Streets.
Upon arriving at the scene, fi rst responders
found 71-year-old Gary English,
who lived at the Bleecker Street
home, unconscious and unresponsive
on a rear fi re escape overlooking the
building’s courtyard.
Sources familiar with the investigation
stated that a maintenance worker
at the building discovered English and
called for help.
English was found with injuries to
head and neck, and law enforcement
sources indicated that it appears he
suffered them from a fall down the fi re
escape steps. Paramedics pronounced
him dead at the location.
English’s body was transported to the
Medical Examiner’s offi ce for an autopsy
to determine the cause of death.
No criminality is suspected at this
time, police said. The investigation is
ongoing.
— Robert Pozarycki
Bank denies thief access to their funds
There was an unsuccessful robbery attempt at an HSBC bank, police said.
At the 769 Broadway location, on Monday, Sept. 16, a man allegedly approached
a teller and passed a demand note, while also verbally demanding
cash. The teller didn’t comply, and the man fl ed by foot south along Broadway.
Police described the man as black, between 50 and 60 years old, and last
seen wearing all dark clothing.
— Gabe Herman
Louisiana man busted for local break-in
A Louisiana man was arrested for forcing his
way into two women’s homes in Manhattan and
Brooklyn earlier this year.
On July 26, at 1:45 a.m., 22-year-old Tyler Lockett,
followed a 21-year-old woman home to her
apartment between Avenue A and East 12th Street
in the East Village.
Once the woman arrived to her apartment,
Lockett pushed his way into the young woman’s
home, grabbed her, threw her to the ground and
covered her mouth to muffl e her screams shortly
after telling her to “shut up.”
Lockett fl ed the apartment after the young woman’s roommate, a 22-yearold
woman, woke up and encountered him in the apartment, police said. According
to police, Lockett was charged with burglary.
— Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech
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