CHECK FOR A UNIFORM
A man drove off with a woman’s fancy car after her husband mistook him for a valet and handed him her keys outside Sixth Avenue’s Roxy Hotel on Nov. 25.
The victim told police that her husband pulled up in his wife’s 2014 Infinity Qx60 outside the entrance of the swanky boutique hotel between White and Walker Sts. at 6:50 a.m., and then tossed her keys to a man out front he assumed was the Roxy’s valet.
But the unaffiliated bystander — who was wearing street clothes, not a uniform — accepted the generous offer and drove off with the woman’s pricey ride not to be heard from since seen since, cops said.
The Roxy does indeed offer valet parking, for $55 a day, but guests are instructed to leave the car on Church St. with a bellhop, who are easily identifiable by their navy blue uniforms, according to a concierge at the hotel.
WHOPPER
Two goons jumped a 15-year-old boy inside a Fulton St. fast food joint on Nov. 23.
The victim told police that he was inside the eatery between Dutch and William Sts. at 4 p.m., when one of the nogoodniks sucker punched him, leaving him with a nasty shiner.
With the boy left stunned, the pair rummaged through his pockets and grabbed his $500 Galaxy Grand Prime cellphone before fleeing, cops said.
SLICK SWIPE
A thief dipped into a woman’s backpack on Vesey St. on Nov. 23, coming out with her wallet.
The victim told police that she was near Church St. at 3:05 p.m., when she felt the flap of her bag snap open.
Looking back, she caught a glimpse of the crook as he turned tail and fled, and soon discovered that her wallet had vanished along with the goon, cops said.
$4K MEAL
A pickpocket dipped into a man’s jacket inside a Liberty St. diner on Nov. 23, nabbing credit cards that later fueled a more than $4,000 illicit spending spree.
The victim told police that he was sitting inside the restaurant near West St. at 1:15 pm, his jacket slung over the back of his chair as he ate.
The man recalls feeling someone brush passed him as he dined, but only later discovered that his wallet had been nabbed, cops said.
GADGET GRAB
Cops busted a man for allegedly nabbing more than $8,000 worth of electronics from a West Broadway warehouse during a crime spree than began on Nov. 21.
The suspect ripped open boxes and nabbed numerous iPhones and laptops from the supply depot near Leonard St. between Nov. 21 and Nov. 23, before attempting to sell his ill-gotten electronics on the street, cops said.
BIKER GANG
A pair of bike-borne bandits snatched an iPhone 6 from a woman’s hand on Greenwich St. on Nov. 22.
The victim told police that she was between Harrison and Jay Sts. at 7:35 p.m., when suddenly the pricey cell was snatched from her hands.
Looking up, the woman spied two bikers speeding away, and assumed her phone had gone with them, cops said.
BOUTIQUE BANDITS
A pickpocket lifted a wallet full of cash off a woman inside a Broadway fashion boutique on Nov. 27.
The victim told police she was browsing the shelves of the fancy fashion outlet between Spring and Prince streets at 6:20 pm, when another “shopper” jostled her as he moved between the aisles.
The woman later discovered her wallet, along with the $900 it contained, were gone, cops said.
CLEAN CROOK
A shoplifter ripped of a Broadway drugstore to the tune of more than $3,400 worth of toiletries and makeup on Nov. 12.
A manager told police that he became suspicious after noticing a few empty shelves at the store between Murray St. and Park Pl. on Nov. 14.
After reviewing the pharmacy’s surveillance feed, he spotted the thief — on two separate occasions — stuffing a small fortune in shampoo, lotions, body spray, shaving cream, deodorant, aging creaming, musk, and other toiletries into two bags and flee.
— Colin Mixson
