HARASSMENT: Unknown man beats it from bus
A woman riding along an MTA bus near the 400 block of Ninth Ave. rebuffed a stranger’s attempt to entice her romantic interest by suggestively flicking his tongue. She declined a request to sit with him at about 10:40 a.m. on Wed., May 6, according to a police report. The perpetrator then demanded that a female bus driver remove the object of his desire from the bus, while honoring the driver’s request to remove himself from public transit.
GRAND LARCENY: Like taking money from a baby store
The law caught up with an employee of Buy Buy Baby (270 Seventh Ave. btw. W. 25th & 26th Sts.), who channeled refunds to her personal credit card. Police say that the 23-year-old perpetrator amassed $16,333 by transferring the funds to her possession in small amounts since last October. She was arrested and charged with felony grand larceny.
PETIT LARCENY: Something smells good
A shoplifter got away clean on Fri., May 8 after stealing $73 worth of deodorant and personal hygiene products from a CVS store at 272 Eighth Ave. (btw. W. 25th & 26th Sts.). The suspect of unknown age and sex evidently preferred Axe brand deodorant to Dove Body Care, having taken four of the former and two of the latter at about 2:30 p.m., according to police. A 25-year-old employee witnessed the heist and alerted police who did not locate a suspect.
ASSAULT: Beat him up so no one else would
A 30-year-old man told police on Fri., May 8 that he repeatedly pummeled a teenager on a southbound A train for the kid’s own good. The man said he opposed the 17-year-old’s purported cocaine habit and thereafter decided that his victim, who is an acquaintance, was too soft for the streets. If he did not beat him then and there, someone else would do so in worse fashion at a later date, reads the attacker’s reasoning in a police report. NYPD officers arrived on-scene when the train stopped at its W. 14th St. and Eighth Ave. station. Police officers subsequently arrested the attacker after numerous passengers identified him. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. Medical responders transported the teenager to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.
HARASSMENT: Selfies bombed by milkman
Two women were taking photographs together on Fri., May 8, which resulted in some collateral damage. They were on a northbound platform at the A train station at W. 14th St. and Eighth Ave. when an unknown man in his late 40s approached them. “Stop taking pictures of me,” he reportedly said to them at about noon. He then threw milk at them. The two twentysomething ladies then requested that police track down the perpetrator, but a search of the area did not locate a suspect.
—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 next meeting is May 27.
