GRAND LARCENY: Harsh Reality at Dream Location | The Dream Hotel at 355 W. 16th St. (btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.) turned out to be less than ideal for a 42-year-old Aussie who was partying there on Sun., Aug. 9. The man brought several guests with him to the hotel at about 1 a.m. that morning. They included a woman who he picked up at a bar, police said. A $6,000 Breitling watch was removed from the scene sometime during the festivities. No arrests have been made and the watch was never found, according to a police report.
PETIT LARCENY: Cold Case Regarding Missing Air Conditioner | A 66-year-old woman came home from work at about 9 a.m. on Fri., Aug. 14 to discover that a brick wall had replaced her air conditioner. Construction was ongoing at her building on the 300 block of W. 22nd St. (btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.), police said. The whereabouts of the cooling unit itself remain unknown, according to a police report.
INVESTIGATION: Foot Chase Results in Lost Paperwork | Police succeeded in apprehending a suspect in a gunpoint robbery on Sat., Aug 15. However, they noted that the foot chase resulted in some collateral damage: the loss of the pursuing officer’s activity log. The stationary reportedly fell out of his pants pocket just after 10 p.m., according to a police report. A search did not succeed in locating the missing property.
RESISTING ARREST: Triple Summons, Double Trouble | Freedom was the casualty of a threat made good on Fri., Aug. 14. A police officer had issued three traffic summons to a 70-year-old man just before 4:30 p.m. that day, when the recipient stated that “he was coming back for (the officer),” according to a police report. The Bronx resident returned about 30 minutes later, yelling and screaming at the same officer. The man expressed his continued displeasure with the tickets, police said. Pedestrians became alarmed, as the man continued his reported belligerence from within a crosswalk near the northwest corner of Ninth Ave. and W. 41st St. Police said that the officer then instructed the man to return to the sidewalk and subsequently deployed a “compliance hold” when the man refused to follow the verbal command. Additional efforts to evade arrest ended after the officer threatened to use pepper spray if the man would not settle down. He complied and was arrested shortly thereafter for resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
INVESTIGATION: Good Samaritan Rescues Red Cross Documentation | A 23-year-old man lost his wallet at The Frying Pan, the floating bar docked at Pier 66 (at 530 W. 26th St.). He told police he had simply put the wallet down on the bar at about 11 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 14, before it disappeared. Now he was without his bank card, and a collection of other curious documents — which included a Red Cross card, Scuba license and a Syracuse University ID, though no cash. Law enforcement soon received a phone call informing them that a well-intentioned citizen had found the wallet, which was returned shortly thereafter.
—ZACH WILLIAMS
THE 10th PRECINCT: Located at 230 W. 20th St. (btw. Seventh & Eighth Aves.). Commander: Deputy Inspector Michele Irizarry. Main number: 212-741-8211. Community Affairs: 212-741-8226. Crime Prevention: 212-741-8226. Domestic Violence: 212-741-8216. Youth Officer: 212-741-8211. Auxiliary Coordinator: 212-741-8210. Detective Squad: 212-741-8245. The Community Council meets on the last Wed. of the month, 7 p.m., at the 10th Precinct or other locations to be announced. The council is on summer break, to resume on Sept. 30.
