Pulls pregnant woman Police arrested Brian Lebron, 16, shortly before 5 p.m. Mon., Sept. 10, and charged him with knocking down a woman seven months pregnant, dragging her 10 feet on her belly on the sidewalk on Seventh Ave. at 14th St. and snatching a leather bag with $8,712 from her.
The victim, Mayra Mejia, assistant manager of Better Burger on Eighth Ave. at W. 19th St., was taking the money to a bank for deposit along with a co-worker when the suspect came up from behind them at W. 14th St. and grabbed the leather bag, which she had inside a plastic bag wrapped around her hand, according to reports.
The suspect finally pulled the bag away from Mejia but dropped it in front of St. Vincent’s Hospital two blocks south when three passersby who gave chase held him for police.
Lebron, of the Bronx, was indicted Sept. 14 and was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail pending an Oct. 19 arraignment in State Supreme Court.
Bleecker sex assault Police responded to a report of a sexual assault at The Atrium, a residential building at 160 Bleecker St. at Thompson St., during the early hours of Thurs., Sept.13. Detectives are investigating the charge by a female resident that she was the victim of a rape by a male acquaintance. No arrest had been made nor charges filed by press time Sept. 18. A resident in the 200-unit building said tenants have accused the management of wrongfully renting units as a hotel in violation of The Atrium’s certificate of occupancy.
BlackBerry bash Police arrested Daniel Lynch, 22, and David Piediahita, 28, both of Queens, and charged them with robbery and assault in connection with an attack on a man, 22, at 2:55 a.m. Sat., Sept. 15, on Sixth Ave. between Eighth and Ninth Sts. The defendants are charged with stealing a BlackBerry from the victim and repeatedly punching him in the face. They are being held in lieu of $750 bail pending a Sept. 20 notice of grand jury action.
Village phone grab Police arrested Marcos Correa and Jan Viera, both of Queens, for snatching a cell phone from a man walking on W. 10th St. at Hudson St. on Thursday night Sept. 13. The defendants fled but were arrested soon after and are being held on charges of second-degree robbery and grand larceny pending a Sept. 19 appearance for notification of grand jury action.
Hand slammed Police arrested Alexis Guichard, 34, and charged him with assault and reckless endangerment for slamming his girlfriend’s hand in a door and holding it there for several minutes in their apartment in the Sequoia at 222 W. 14th St. at 5:45 a.m. Sun., Sept. 16. Police said the couple was arguing when Guichard shoved his girlfriend, 26, out of the apartment and slammed the door on her left hand. The victim’s hand was broken. The defendant was paroled pending a Nov. 19 court date. Guichard was also placed under a court order barring him from the apartment.
Bloomie’s arrest Police responded to a call on Monday afternoon Sept. 10 from a female resident of 203 E.13th St. at First Ave. who said that a man broke into her apartment, threatened her, stole her wallet with $100 in cash, credit cards and ID and her cell phone and fled. On Wed., Sept. 12, police arrested Gemel Britt, 27, for trying to use a credit card at Bloomingdale’s that had been stolen from the victim. He was charged with possession of stolen property and also with first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery.
Pistol-whipped senior Police arrested Rodney Munnerlyn, 33, of Brooklyn on Mon., Sept. 10, and charged him with the Aug. 17 pistol-whipping and robbery of a man, 65, on Orchard St. between Canal and Hester Sts. The defendant is charged with holding the victim at gunpoint at 12:45 p.m. outside 30 Orchard St., taking $600 from him and hitting him over the head with the gun. Munnerlyn is in jail in lieu of $60,000 bail pending an Oct. 19 Supreme Court arraignment.
Soho burglary A burglar entered a clothing boutique at 51 Wooster St. by removing the front-door lock cylinder during the early hours of Sat., Sept. 8, and took $40 from the cash register and a laptop valued at $2,500, police said.
Hudson Square muggers Two strangers stopped a Brooklyn man, 23, walking on Vandam St. at Varick St. at 4 a.m. Fri., Sept. 14. One asked for a cigarette, the other snatched the cell phone hanging from the victim’s right hip and the two fled south on Varick, police said.
Studio break-in An employee who came to work at 7 a.m. Sat., Sept. 8, to a ground-floor studio at 92 Greene St. in Soho found the front door had been broken in to and a video camera and several lighting fixtures had been stolen, police said.
Car theft A woman who parked her 2000 Audi on the north side of W. 11th St. between Fifth and Sixth Aves. on Friday evening Sept. 14 discovered it had been stolen when she returned at 10:30 p.m., police said.
Bags gone A woman patron of La Palette, a restaurant on MacDougal St. at Houston St., told police her bag with $100 cash was lifted from the back of her chair at about 3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8. A patron of Dublin Pub, 575 Hudson St., told police that her wallet had been stolen from her bag, which she had left on top of her chair for a few minutes at 8 p.m. Mon., Sept. 10. A patron of The Duplex at Seventh Ave. S. and Christopher St. on Wednesday night Sept. 12, told police she discovered her bag, which she had placed on the floor while she went out to smoke a cigarette, was gone. A patron of Town Tavern at Sixth Ave. and W. Third St. lost her bag to a thief at 12:30 a.m. Thurs., Sept. 13. A man who put his possessions inside an unlocked locker at New York Sports Club at Seventh Ave. S. and W. 10th St. discovered they were stolen at 7 p.m. Mon., Sept 10.
Seek arson suspect Police were seeking a man suspected of setting fire to the door to his family’s apartment at 189 Allen St. at 3:50 p.m. Fri., Sept. 15. Mark Jones, 20, is suspected of using rubbing alcohol as an accelerant and setting the door on fire after his mother refused his demand that two men he had brought home be allowed to stay. Jones fled and firefighters extinguished the fire. There were no injuries.
Hit-and-run death A Queens resident, Jairo Fajardo, 61, was charged with leaving the scene of an auto accident that resulted in a death on Canal St. just east of Greene St. during the early hours of Sat., Sept. 14, police said. The victim, an unidentified man about age 30, was found on Canal St. and pronounced dead at 1:48 a.m., police said.
The suspect was driving a 2006 red Chevrolet pickup truck east on Canal St. when he collided with the pedestrian and drove on, police said. He was arrested later that day at his home in Sunnyside.
ID-decoy thief A visitor, 17, from Port Washington, L.I., was shopping on Canal St. near Church St. on Saturday afternoon Sept. 14, when a stranger asked him if he wanted to buy a fake ID, police said. The visitor told police that he said, “No,” but acknowledged that his wallet was out and the stranger took $80 from him. The visitor said he followed the stranger to the
AT & T Long Lines Building on Sixth Ave. at Lispenard St. but lost him in the lobby. A subway entrance is located inside the lobby.
— Albert Amateau
