Groped in her bed
Police on Monday arrested a Staten Island man who, they said, had entered a Village building early the previous Thursday morning and grabbed a woman as she slept.
Police said that on July 30 at 5:10 a.m., the suspect entered a residential building in the vicinity of Hudson and W. 10 Sts., going in through the front door. Once inside, he went to the rear of the building, where he reportedly scaled the fire escape and entered a second-floor apartment. He then grabbed the buttocks of a 43-year-old woman as she was sleeping. According to police, the victim awoke and the suspect fled the location.
Jeffrey Joseph, 35, was charged with burglary and sex abuse.
No lights led police
Police stopped a gray 1992 Lexus sedan as it operated without headlights near the intersection of Little W. 12th St. and 10th Ave. on Thurs., July 30, about 2:40 a.m. The driver had neither license nor proof of ownership, according to a police report. A police officer subsequently discovered that Trevor Pinder, 25, had a suspended license and some alleged cocaine in his possession.
Pinder was taken to the Sixth Precinct stationhouse where a strip search yielded more, including cocaine, marijuana and mysterious “leafy brown papers.” He faces a felony charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Pier perp
A man, 26, reportedly offered sex before robbing a woman, 43, at the Christopher St. Pier on Fri., July 31. The woman handed over her purse after Elias Navarez allegedly displayed a knife at 5:50 a.m. Police caught up with him later that morning and found the purse and its contents — $60 cash and an ID — in his possession, according to a police report.
The cops would search his person after arresting Navarez for felony robbery. They said that marijuana and a pipe were found on his person. A strip search of his person at the NYPD’s Sixth Precinct station house did not yield anything further, the report states.
Swipe and spend
The money went quickly for a man standing in the Sheridan Square traffic triangle at Grove and W. Fourth Sts. and Seventh Ave. South on Tues., July 28. Police said that the 47-year-old man had $35 in his hand just after 2 a.m. when Ajion Carlisle, 20, swiftly grabbed the cash and fled on foot. But he didn’t make it far before he was arrested for felony grand larceny. However, police said the victim only recovered $15 of the loot.
Theft at VillageCare
Police said that a 42-year-old woman snatched $1,015 in cash from an 84-year-old disabled woman’s bag at about 1:30 p.m. on Thurs., July 30, as the victim was receiving physical therapy at the VillageCare Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, at 214 W. Houston St.
A search of the younger woman reportedly revealed the cash, plus a stolen $40 Macy’s gift card inside her bra.
Arlene Yeboah was arrested and charged with felony grand larceny. A police report did not state whether she worked at the location.
— Zach Williams and Lincoln Anderson
