Southbridge senior wards off rape attempt
A female resident was sexually assaulted and robbed in a stairway at 80 Beekman St. in Southbridge Towers on Thurs., Dec. 4, a little bit before 1 p.m., according to police.
The 81-year-old woman told police she and the suspect got into the elevator on the ground floor of her building at Southbridge. When she got off, the man grabbed her using a chokehold and then dragged her to the landing of the staircase, police say. The man rummaged through the woman’s purse and stole $400 that was inside an envelope.
He then started pulling at the woman’s clothing. Police say he exposed himself and demanded a sexual act. The woman told her attacker that she was too old and pushed the suspect away. Police say the man fled and the woman was taken to Lenox Hill HealthPlex.
Police say the suspect is about 20 years old, 5 ft. 6” and 170 pounds and was wearing a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap that had a black rim.
Woman attacked in FiDi
Two thieves looking for smartphones, attacked and robbed a woman outside 77 Water St. last week — but came up empty-handed.
The 23-year-old woman had gotten off the train at Wall St. and was walking down Water St. at 9 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 9, when two men came up to her, pushed her to the ground and kicked her a couple of times, police say. The thieves stole her scanner from her jacket pocket. The Brooklyn woman told police that she stayed on the ground so the men wouldn’t be able to see her face. She did not see where the two men went.
Police say that they threw the scanner on the ground when they realized it wasn’t a cell phone.
Robbed catching a cab
A Brooklyn woman was robbed while getting into a cab in the Financial District at 11:10 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 10.
The 24-year-old was just about to enter the cab near 55 Liberty St. when police say a man ran past her, snatched her wallet out of her right hand, and fled. The thief got away with a black Coach wristlet, valued at $100, credit cards and a MetroCard worth $80. The woman made it to her home in the taxi.
One attack, 1 theft at different Starbucks
An elderly man was assaulted walking out of a Starbucks at 32 6th Ave. between Church and W. Broadway in Tribeca last week.
The Queens man, 73, was with his son when a man grabbed him by his shoulders and threw him to the ground on Wed., Dec. 10 at 9 a.m. Police say the man suffered severe pain, a nosebleed and lacerations. Police arrested a man, 30, for the attack but did not say what motivated it.
At a Starbucks at 24 State St. in Financial District also on Wednesday, a Texan tourist left her wallet in the bathroom. When she returned to the bathroom, the wallet was gone. Only one other customer, a man, used the restroom after her, she told police. She and her husband confronted the man, who said he did not have the wallet and then left.
The woman canceled her credit cards. The thief got away with $80.
Bad hair thefts
A thief apparently takes his hair grooming routine so seriously that he stole $1,445 worth of products from a Financial District Duane Reade two weeks ago.
Police say the man walked into the Duane Reade at 100 Broadway a little after 11 a.m. on Sat., Dec. 6 and went straight for the hair section. A witness saw the man empty out the entire shelf and alerted a female employee. The employee told police she attempted to confront the suspect at the store’s entrance but he left the store with the items, which included hair dryers, straighteners, curling ironers and hair oil.
— DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
