Police Blotter
SIXTH PRECINCT
Push and Pull
There was an assault at the Up and
Down nightclub at 244 W. 14th St., near
Eighth Ave., on Sat., Dec. 22, around
1:30 a.m., police said. An argument
broke out, and as a female employee,
40, was trying to restrain a woman,
the woman yanked the employee’s hair
and body, causing substantial pain and
bruising to her left arm and head. Cathrine
Walsh, 19, was arrested for misdemeanor
assault.
Short-circuited
There was a robbery at the New York
Sports Club at 125 Seventh Ave. South
on Wed., Dec. 19, around 9 p.m., according
to police. Two male employees
reportedly tried to take electronics,
valued at $13,500, from the establishment.
They were stopped at the door by
a custodian, who told them they were
no longer allowed to enter or take property
from the location. The arresting
offi cer recovered the property from the
employees’ vehicle and on the sidewalk
on hand trucks and dollies.
At the Village’s Sixth Precinct, an
inventory search uncovered a box of
speakers from the vehicle’s trunk and
a plastic container of crystal meth.
The two men did not want to speak
to detectives and asked to speak to a
lawyer. Sanjay Patel, 43, and Theresa
Mazzocca, 40, were arrested for felony
burglary.
Bleecker mugging
Two men, ages 29 and 30, were
mugged while walking on Bleecker St.
on Sat., Nov. 10, at 10:30 p.m., according
to a police report. They were approached
by two black males, described
as being in their mid-20s, both around
5-feet-10-inches tall and wearing hoodies
and jeans. The muggers demanded
the men’s wallets and cell phones, and
held down one of the victims as they
took them from him. The second victim
also had his wallet taken, and said
he fought with his attacker and tried to
keep his property, then walked west on
Bleecker St. and heard one of the muggers
say, “I will shoot you.”
No weapon was displayed. The attackers
fl ed east on Bleecker St.
One of the victims reported a thumb
injury but refused medical attention.
One also said there were charges on his
cards from multiple locations. On Dec.
19, Kahron Robinson, 21, was arrested
for felony robbery.
Police say this man burglarized the Grace Church School.
Sneak-y shoplift
There was a shoplifting incident
at the DSW shoe store at 40 E. 14th
St., on Tues., Dec. 18, police said. At
3:45 p.m., a man took a pair of Puma
sneakers, valued at $94, from the display
rack and tried to hide them in a
Whole Foods bag, then left the place.
But he was stopped outside by a DSW
security agent, who was able to recover
the items. Richard Margiasso, 33, was
arrested for misdemeanor petit larceny,
and was found to have an open warrant
for his arrest.
Bank robberies
A man is wanted for two recent bank
robberies, police said. The fi rst reported
COURTESY N.Y.P.D.
incident happened on Fri., Nov. 30, at
10 a.m., when a man entered the HSBC
at 769 Broadway, near E. Ninth St., and
passed a note to the teller demanding
money. The teller complied and gave
an undetermined amount of cash. The
robber then fl ed south on Broadway.
The second incident was on Mon., Dec.
17, at 10 a.m., when the man entered a
Chase Bank at 2099 Broadway, at W.
73rd St., and again passed a note to the
teller demanding money. The teller gave
him $1,700 and the man fl ed south on
Broadway. The robber is described as
black, 5 feet 6 inches tall, in his late 60s
and with a medium build. He was last
seen wearing a green winter jacket and
a dark hat.
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
(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
All tips are confi dential.
Phone store bandits
Police are asking for the public’s
help in fi nding fi ve men, wanted for
questioning about 11 robberies, mostly
in December, from cell phone stores
throughout Manhattan, including at
144 Delancey St. on the Lower East
Side, 462 Sixth Ave. in Greenwich
Village and also in Midtown. In each
incident, various numbers of the men,
ranging from one of them to all fi ve, entered
the store and snatched displayed
cell phones before fl eeing. The value
stolen at each store ranged from $900
to $3,900. One of the wanted men has
been identifi ed as Timothy Adams, 17,
described as Hispanic, 5 feet 7 inches
tall and 120 pounds. The other four
men are all described by police as black
males in their late teens or early twenties,
last seen wearing facial covering
and all-dark clothing. Police have obtained
photo and video from some of
the incidents.
Police ask that tips be reported to
Crime Stoppers.
NINTH PRECINCT
School robbery
There was a robbery at Grace Church
School, at 46 Cooper Square, on Sat.,
Dec. 15, around 6 p.m., according to
police. A man entered the school from
an open rear door and took three Apple
MacBook Pro computers, totaling
$4,200, from different offi ces, according
to a school employee who discovered
the thefts the following Monday.
The thief left the building through the
same rear door and fl ed in an unknown
direction. Police provided a photo of
the suspect, who is described as white,
in his 50s with a beard, and last seen
wearing a plaid shirt, blue jeans and a
gray winter hat.
Police ask that tips be reported to
Crime Stoppers.
Gabe Herman
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