Mugged at knifepoint
Police arrested Babu McNeil, 37, shortly before 4 a.m. Sun., Dec. 5, and charged him with robbing a man at knifepoint on the northeast corner of Eighth Ave. and 14th St. The suspect forced the victim, 22, to surrender his book bag and a shopping bag containing trousers, a shirt, briefs, cologne and DVD’s. All the items were recovered.
N.Y.U. burglary
A man who walked into the New York University building at the southeast corner of Washington Square South and Washington Square East at 1 p.m. Fri., Dec. 3, managed to go up to the seventh floor without ID, where he stole a laptop, police said. A security guard in the lobby stopped the suspect and held him for police, who charged Jeffrey Redcross, 48, with burglary.
Hot over salad bar
A woman who loaded her tray at the steam table of the North Village Delicatessen, at 78 Eighth Ave. at 14th St., at 1:47 a.m. Mon., Nov. 11, after a night of clubbing, became enraged when she learned at the cash register that the food cost $5.99 a pound, not $5.99 a plate. Autumn Kurr, 28, kicked and smashed the glass door as she left the place, but police arrived and charged her with felony criminal mischief.
Meat Market rage
The bouncer at the Hotel Gansevoort bar, 18 Ninth Ave., asked an unruly patron to leave around 12:20 a.m. Sat., Dec. 4. Once out the door, the patron threw a bottle at the entrance and damaged it. However, the bouncer and the manager held the suspect, Efe Kirali, 24, for police, who charged him with felony criminal mischief. Kirali tore the manager’s leather coat during the struggle, police said.
Blue Ribbon armed holdup
A man who walked out of the Blue Ribbon Brasserie, at 97 Sullivan St. near Spring St., around 12:45 a.m. Sat., Dec. 4, felt someone grab his jacket and turned to find a man flashing a handgun and saying, “I’m hungry. Give me your money,” police said. The victim handed over about $80 and the robber fled along with an accomplice who was acting as lookout.
Snooze and lose
A Queens man who fell asleep on an E train during the early hours of Sat., Dec. 4, woke up at Canal St. at 3:30 a.m. and discovered his left front pants pocket slashed and his wallet missing, police said. He lost his credit cards, New York driver’s license and his Dominican Republic private aviation license.
Sleazy riders
A man trying to hail a cab at 10th Ave. and W. 14th St. around 4 a.m. Sun., Nov. 28, was offered a lift by three men in a passing car, police said. The man declined the offer and started to walk uptown to a more likely location. However, the trio followed him, got out of their car and robbed him, taking his cell phone and two credit cards before driving away, police said.
Ice-pick robber
A man wielding an ice pick robbed two Styuvesant Town women residents on Thurs., Dec. 2, police said. The suspect followed one victim into the elevator at 525 E. 14th St., and about 10 minutes later, held up another victim at 17 Stuyvesant Oval. On Nov. 22, the mugger victimized a woman, 63, in a building in the Peter Cooper Village complex nearby. Earlier last month, the same suspect robbed three victims in Co-op City in The Bronx, according to the Post.
Left his laptop
A Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., man went to Tauro restaurant, 284 Hudson St. in Hudson Square, for lunch shortly after noon Fri., Nov. 19, and left with a friend in deep conversation. He remembered a short time later that he had left his laptop computer and a camera in his backpack under his chair and returned to the restaurant at 1:30 p.m., but the backpack was gone.
Lost in transit
A woman visiting from Argentina told police she was bumped and pushed as she exited the crowded subway station at Prince St. around 2:40 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5. She discovered that a pocket of her handbag was open and her wallet with credit cards and $30 in cash had been stolen.
Albert Amateau
