No exit!
A man created a minor emergency at the Lenox Health Greenwich Village stand-alone emergency department, at 30 Seventh Ave., early on Mon., Nov. 21, according to police. At 3 a.m., custodians and police asked the man to leave the hospital vestibule multiple times but he said he wouldn’t go. When police tried to place him under arrest, the man pulled his arms away, twisted his body and then locked his arms together, so that he couldn’t be handcuffed.
Manuel Viturro, 51, was arrested for misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Back to the grind
Police said that around 2 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 25, a man was spotted trying to steal a bike in front of 304 Bleecker St. He was allegedly using a battery-powered grinder to cut the lock, so he could swipe the bike from a signpost.
Pedro Martinez, 55, was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of stolen property. Police said they had arrested him before.
‘Hard’ Houston St.
A police officer observed a man pacing in front of 18 W. Houston St. early in the morning of Thurs., Nov. 17. Around 3:20 a.m., the officer approached the man and saw he had a hook blade fixed to his belt. Queried about it, the man responded, “I use the knife for protection. These streets are hard.”
Tevin Goring, 23, was busted for felony criminal possession of a weapon.
Double phone filch
A man told police his two cell phones were stolen at Gaslight bar, at 400 W. 14th St., early on Thurs., Nov. 17. He said that around 3:30 a.m., his iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 7 Plus — with a total value of $1,600 — were removed from his pocket. Using the “Find My iPhone” app, police located the phones in another man’s pocket.
Isaac Batista, 38, was arrested for felony grand larceny.
Perry St. robbery
Police said that on Thurs., Nov. 24, at 12:15 a.m., a 22-year-old woman and a man entered the vestibule of a residential building on or near Perry St. The man removed the victim’s bag and fled eastbound on Perry St. The woman reportedly was not injured.
The suspect is described as about age 29, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 210 pounds, last seen wearing a black jacket, white shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577-TIPS, or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting them to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
Sprayed in her face
According to police, on Tues., Nov. 15, at 2:15 a.m., a 33-year-old woman was in the vicinity of Horatio and Greenwich Sts., when a man approached her and sprayed an unknown substance in her face. The man then removed the woman’s bag from her shoulder and fled toward Jane St. E.M.S. responded and transported the victim to Lenox Hill Medical Center.
The suspect is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 230 pounds and last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline. All tips are confidential.
Missing Riis resident
On Nov. 21, police reported that Odell Pamias, 74, a Jacob Riis Houses resident, was missing. It was not clear when she was last seen at her home, at 465 E. 10th St., Apartment 7A. As of Wed., Nov. 31, police said there was no update and she was still missing.
Pamias is 5 feet 4 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair. It’s unknown what she was last seen wearing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
Emily Siegel
and Lincoln Anderson
