Delancey death
A 95-year-old Brooklyn man was killed on Wednesday afternoon June 14 when an eastbound car on Delancey St. at the corner of Eldridge St. hit him at 3:55 p.m. as he was crossing Delancey from the south to the north side, police said. The victim, Isaac Banda, of 218 Penn St., Brooklyn, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. There was no arrest.
Clerk assaulted
A man walked into a store at 203 Allen St. near Stanton St. at 1 p.m. Sun., June 18, waived a handgun and demanded money from the employee behind the counter, police said. The robber hit the employee with the gun and fled empty-handed. The victim was treated at Bellevue Hospital for facial lacerations.
Arrest in locker theft
Police arrested Stewart Dougan, 30, on Friday afternoon, June 16 after employees of the New York Sports Club at 30 Wall St., apprehended him in the locker room and said they found him with a watch taken from a locker. Police said Dougan kicked, screamed and struggled with the arresting officer. The suspect had nine credit cards, two drivers licenses and a social security card that belonged to other people as well as a forged New York drivers license, four forged union cards and two Xanax pills in his possession, police said.
Tobacco dough
Circa Tabac, a bar and smoking lounge at 32 Watts St., was the target of one or more burglars who broke through a metal gate and used a master key to open the door on the night of May 28, police said. The suspects made off with $1,900 in cash and a flat screen television monitor valued at $5,000, police said. The bar has an exemption from the smoking ban.
Robbed on Broadway
Two robbers waylaid a man who was walking on Broadway north of Canal St. at about 4 a.m. May 6, police said. They knocked him to the ground and took his BlackBerry, credit cards and other documents. The robbers, described only as black males, told the victim they would return his possessions if he would go to an ATM and give them $400, police said. The victim refused and the robbers fled. Police said the robbers later made seven unauthorized calls on the stolen BlackBerry.
Soho mugging
A man came up behind a woman as she was entering her building at 73 Wooster St. at about 6:30 p.m. Sun. June 11, knocked her to the ground, took her bag with personal documents and a BlackBerry and fled, police said. Detectives are examining images taken by a surveillance camera at the entrance of the building in their investigation of the incident.
Open window
One or more burglars entered an apartment at 107 Sullivan St. near Spring St. on Thursday night June 15 and made off with a flat-screen television, a laptop computer, a gold necklace and a gold bracelet with a total value of $7,000, police said. There was no sign of forced entry but the victim told police she had left a window at a fire escape open.
Soho car break-in
A man who parked his car on Grand St. near Wooster St. on Sun. June 18 returned at 11:30 p.m. to find a rear door had been forced open and items of clothing and electronic appliances had been stolen, police said.
Laptop stolen
An employee of Standard & Poor’s on the 35th floor of 55 Water St. told police on Friday night June 12 that someone had taken a laptop computer valued at $1,793 from his desk sometime that day.
—Albert Amateau
WWW Downtown Express