Calling all boats
On the afternoon of the blackout on Aug. 14, hundreds of people flocked to the Chelsea Piers to board boats to get home to New Jersey. Some charter boats, like Spirit Cruises, and the Screamer, a high-speed powerboat ride, took people across for free. Others, including a privately owned cabin cruiser and some party boats, reportedly charged up to $50 per person for their services. (Villager photo by Anne Rinestone)
East Side murder
An argument between two young men on the Lower East Side turned violent at 2:29 a.m. Thurs. Aug. 21, leaving one of them on the sidewalk at Stanton and Orchard Sts. with a fatal stab wound in the chest, police said. The victim, Jeffrey Carter, 19, of 189 Allen St., was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a half hour later.
Police said two off-duty detectives, Howard Shank and Steve Nieves, were nearby and caught the suspect after a short chase. The knife was also recovered, police said. Jesse Wilson, 21, of 1035 Blake Ave., Brooklyn, was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police said the two men knew each other and had been at odds recently, apparently over a woman. Police are investigating the case.
Washington Sq. scare
Two bags left unattended on the west side of Washington Sq. Park by parents who were helping a New York University student move into a dorm brought six patrol cars and a bomb squad truck to the scene around 9 p.m. Mon. Aug. 25, according to Sixth Precinct police. The bomb squad X-rayed the bags, found no bomb and returned the bags to the owners, police said.
Robbed by guests
A man, who invited three strangers he met in a club to his apartment at 99 Vandam St., was beaten and robbed shortly before 2 a.m. Sat. Aug 16, police said. The strangers, two women and a man, jumped him soon after they entered the apartment and took his wallet with $150 in cash. The victim sustained a slight injury on the left side of his head, police said.
Between two trucks
A man who was loading a Dumpster onto a private sanitation truck at 2:20 p.m. Thurs. Aug. 21 on W. 25th St. between Ninth and 10th Aves. was struck by a FedEx van and caught between the van and the truck, police said. The victim, described only as a Hispanic man, 42, was critically hurt and taken to Bellevue Hospital. No charges or summonses were filed, police said.
Bank pattern
Police last week declared that the robbery of an Independence Savings Bank branch at 169 Seventh Ave. near W. 20th St. on June 9 was part of a pattern that included at least two other bank jobs in July on the Upper West Side. The suspect was described as a black man in his 30s, between 6’ and 6’4”, slender build.
Parking lot break-in
Thieves cut the locks of the attendant’s booth of a parking lot at 370 Canal St. at W. Broadway on the night of Mon. Aug. 18 and made off with a metal box with $854, police said.
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