Ravenous rapper
On Wed., Dec. 16, around 12:30 a.m., the rapper Azaelia Banks allegedly attacked a female bouncer at Up & Down nightclub at 244 W. 14th St.
Police said the victim, 28, was escorting Banks out of the club, the former Nell’s, when Banks became verbally abusive and began to punch the victim. She then bit the woman on her breast causing redness and swelling, police said. The victim refused medical treatment at the scene.
Banks, 24, was arrested at the scene and charged with misdemeanor assault. The Daily News reported that the “212” rapper became incensed after she was told she couldn’t get into a private birthday party for one of the club’s owners because she needed a hand stamp.
Gansevoort gunman photo
Police released images of the suspected shooter, wearing a baseball-style cap, right, and a “person of interest,” in a hoodie, above left, in a previously reported early-morning shooting on Gansevoort St. on Dec. 8.
In the incident, the suspect’s gray van backed into the car of another group of men who had just left a nightclub and were trying to pull out of a parking spot. When the driver of that car got out to talk to the suspect about the collision, the suspect pulled a gun and demanded his property. The victim was shot once in the leg, and the robber drove off empty-handed. The victim was treated at the hospital for his wound. The suspect remains at large.
Pain in the butt
A security guard at the city jobs and food-stamps center at 12 W. 14th St. had a snappy encounter on Thurs., Dec. 17, at 9:05 a.m.
Police said a man was acting irately in the building’s lobby, and after the victim cuffed him, the man bit her on the buttocks. Police arrived and while arresting the man reportedly found two bags of alleged cocaine in his book bag.
McGill Daqwan, 28, was charged with misdemeanor assault.
Credit-card con
Sixth Precinct police arrested a man for shoplifting on Thurs., Dec. 17, around 5 p.m., and it led to a further discovery. Police spotted three debit gift cards in the man’s possession, but the name printed on them did not match the information on the magnetic strips. Police said the cards displayed the man’s name but connected to other people’s bank accounts.
Andrew Gerber, 29, was arrested for felony criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Bottles fly inside Jane
More than fists were flying at the Jane hotel ballroom at 113 Jane St. on Fri., Dec. 18, at 12:25 a.m., police said. Two men who allegedly engaged in a verbal dispute threw glass bottles into a crowd.
Police said a 37-year-old woman was struck in the back of the head, causing her serious injury and pain. She was removed to Lenox Hill Hospital.
Police arrested two men, Samuel Son, 25, and Shahriar Eatemadpour, 24, charging Son with felony assault and Eatemadpour with felony reckless endangerment.
Zapped outside Jane
Police are looking for two men who used a Taser-like device to shock a 25-year-old man outside the Jane hotel before robbing him.
The Daily News reported that the victim stepped out of the trendy bar for a smoke on Horatio St. near West St., when two men walked up and asked to bum a cigarette off him around 3:50 a.m., according to police.
One of the two men suddenly shocked the bargoer with an electric gizmo around the upper chest and neck area, cops said. The perpetrators ran off with the victim’s Samsung cell phone, worth $700.
The victim reportedly was not seriously hurt. Stripper gone wild Police said a man leaving Pieces Bar at 8 Christopher St. on Sun., Dec. 20, around 11 p.m. was sexually assaulted. A stripper at the place allegedly grabbed the victim’s penis without his permission, police said.
The victim refused medical assistance at the scene. Luis Sevriapt, 28, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse.
Emily Siegel and Lincoln Anderson
