Break away, break window
About midway through Saturday’s mostly peaceful Millions March NYC, members of a breakaway contingent of about 100 protesters wearing masks attacked a police car parked on Madison Ave. between E. 28th and 29th Sts. that reportedly had two traffic agents inside. A rear side window was smashed and trash was left heaped on the back of the car. There were no injuries and no arrests.
Tire swing tragedy
On Mon., Dec. 15, around 3:50 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a man unconscious in the Tompkins Square Park playground.
According to police, the man, Aleim Perkins, 39, of Harlem, had taken his niece to play in the playground, where for some reason he “began swinging the tire swing very violently, very strongly.”
The tire hit Perkins and he was knocked unconscious — it wasn’t clear if he struck his head on the ground.
Emergency medics gave Perkins C.P.R. at the scene but he was unresponsive. He was taken to Beth Israel hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
In the “interests” section of Perkins’s Facebook page only two things are listed: “My niece Leela” and “Being a great uncle.”
After reports of Perkins’s death, locals wondered if the playground’s two tire swings would now be removed.
Shooting suspect
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with a late-night shooting on Fri., Dec. 12, in front of 60 Avenue D.
According to police, around 11:20 p.m. that evening, a 19-year-old male was involved in a verbal dispute with the suspect in front of the location, when the suspect brandished a firearm and shot twice, striking the victim in the chest and neck.
E.M.S. transported the injured man to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, last seen wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline, at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or to submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting their them to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.
Fatal fire
Evelyn Dahab, 33, a writer and former bar owner, was found dead in her bed by firefighters responding to a blaze in her E. First St. apartment at 3 a.m. on Wed., Dec. 10.
According to the Daily News, Dahab attended Barnard College, wrote a novel called “Incapacitated” and at one point co-owned Lucey’s Lounge, a bar on Third Ave. in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
An overloaded power strip sparked the fire — which was confined to her unit in the five-story walk-up — according to Fire Department officials.
Soho plunge
On the evening of Fri., Dec. 12, an unidentified woman apparently leapt to her death from the 11th floor of 110 Greene St. in Soho. According to a source who requested anonymity, the woman was in town visiting a relative.
— Lincoln Anderson
