ROBBERY: Old school shakedown | A robber took a debit card and its PIN after he placed a gun against the back of a 28-year-old man on Sat., Sept. 5. The perpetrator fled the scene near the southwest corner of Seventh Ave. and W. 21st St. just before 4 a.m., according to police, who later that day arrested a Queens man seven blocks north in connection with the incident. The 35-year-old man was charged with felony robbery.
PETIT LARCENY: Didn’t look out for #1 | The security central control room at the Fashion Institute of Technology (227 W. 27th St., btw. Seventh & Eighth Aves.) proved unsafe for the wallet of a 27-year-old guard on Sat., Sept. 5, at 7 a.m. He left the wallet after beginning his shift at 7 a.m. that day and returned three hours later to find it missing. His losses included proof of First-Aid Certification, $12 cash and the $8 wallet, police said.
FORCIBLE TOUCHING: A gang mentality | When a southbound 2 train entered the station at W. 34th St. and Seventh Ave., a 19-year-old woman found herself in a tight spot. Twelve to fifteen men and two women, ages 19 to 24, entered an already crowded train car at 3:45 p.m. on Mon., Sept. 7, and demanded that everyone else disembark. Yet they blocked all the doors while screaming: “We are gang bangers” and “We are from the seven.” The woman decided to exit the train at the 18th St. station, but soon found that she could not move through the crowd. A 20-something man among the disruptive group had firmly grabbed her left buttock, police said. She thrust her elbow back at him and was able to escape his grip and leave the train behind.
PROSTITUTION: Times Square perps were real pills | Undercover police offers began conversing at about 9 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 2, with one of the controversial painted ladies of Times Square. The 22-year-old woman introduced them to a 22-year-old male handler, who allegedly offered to sell the officers narcotics near the intersection of Seventh Ave. and W. 42nd St. They arranged a rendezvous for pick-up at a nearby location, according to a police report. The two alleged perpetrators subsequently sold the officers a bit of cocaine and five MDMA pills. The report stated that prostitution charges were added after a purported offer of additional ecstasy. The alleged perpetrators were charged with two counts each of possession of a controlled substance, and one count each of criminal sale of a controlled substance. The woman also received a misdemeanor count of prostitution. The man was charged with promoting prostitution, also a misdemeanor and got a violation to boot for a bit of marijuana police said he had in his possession.
BURGLARY: Serial offender reportedly caught | Police announced on Fri., Sept. 4 the arrest of a 39-year-old man in connection with at least nine burglaries on the West Side over the summer. The Brooklyn resident was charged with multiple counts of burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said.
—ZACH WILLAIMS
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.
