GRAND LARCENY: Subway swipe
The NYPD is asking the public for assistance in identifying two suspects in connection with a grand larceny that occurred while in transit.
At about 3:45pm on June 21, an 18-year-old woman discovered her wallet was missing while at the 34th St. and Eighth Ave. subway station.
Her cards were then used at a Marshalls (Broadway at 78th St.), and two suspects were caught on camera (see photos).
Police ask anyone with information to reach out to the Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS or nypdcrimestoppers.com.
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Dopey dealers | Officers busted a trio of not-so-discrete dealers on Sat., July 30. The first perp (a 33-year-old Yonkers man) walked up and down the 300 block of W. 16th St. (btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.), at about 3:40am, approaching pedestrians and a line of people waiting to get into a nightclub, repeatedly yelling “Coke!” in a manner more befitting a baseball hot dog vendor than a dealer trying not to draw the attention to their clandestine operation. Authorities’ attention was thoroughly grasped at this point, however, and they witnessed a second suspect (a 39-year-old Bronx man) hail him over, and then receive a small yellow item pulled from his sneaker. Then the second man, and a third associate (a 46-year-old Brooklyn man) walked to Eighth Ave., and made a hand exchange with two people (who were not apprehended). At this point the police intervened, and all three dealers were arrested. The first dealer had a yellow Ziploc with residue in it in his left sneaker. The second held a veritable contraband cornucopia, with an alleged bag of cocaine, marijuana, and two loose red pills found in his sneakers, wallet, and pants.
GRAND LARCENY: Pizza perv gets burnt | A 19-year-old woman encountered a character far more greasy (and much less savory) than a fresh slice when she was harassed by an employee while buying pizza at Chelsea 23 Pizza (268 W. 23rd St., at Eighth Ave.), at 2:15am on Sat., July 30. Perhaps taking one too many cues from his profession’s depiction in adult entertainment, the creepy criminal touched the woman’s chest and waist — causing her to (rightly) feel uncomfortable and leave. It was then that she noticed her wallet was missing from her purse, at which point she reluctantly returned to the restaurant to ask the 47-year-old employee if he took it. At first he ignored her, then told her to come back in the morning. Upping the ante, she returned with authorities shortly thereafter. The suspect initially refused to speak, and tried to leave, but the authorities found the woman’s wallet at the other end of a wallet strap hanging from his pocket.
HARASSMENT: Making fiends | In a city of millions, it sometimes can be hard to make friends — so you can’t quite blame one hotheaded harasser for making the effort. On Sat., July 30, at about 3:40am on W. 26th St. (btw. Seventh & Eighth Aves.) a 62-year-old man was approached by an unknown individual, who struck up a conversation with him. After a little while, the man decided he no longer wished to make small talk with the stranger, and tried to end the conversation — leading his companion to start a verbal altercation with him and challenge him to a fight. Doubling down on the escalation, the stranger placed his hand in his waistband and told his former friend “I’ll f**king shoot you,” and then walked away west on W. 26th. The man was not found.
PETIT LARCENY: Lingerie lifter bust-ed | A 48-year-old woman found herself intimately incriminated on Sat., July 30, when, at about 2:45pm at the Javits Center (655 W. 34th St., btw. 11th & 12th Aves.), she was seen on the floor near trade booths that were not yet open for business. The woman was stopped by security and escorted away from the booths — and in the process was observed with merchandise in her bag. The woman apologized for her transgression, but it was soon found to be only a performative penance. Further inspection by security left nothing to the imagination, as she was found to have $249 of underthings in her bag: Three pairs of Saxx underwear, a Munki Munki nightgown, two pairs of Cheekfrills underwear, and one Tutti Rouge bra.
—SEAN EGAN
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