Woman attacked in Tribeca
Three men wearing ski masks robbed a woman in Tribeca last weekend, police say.
The 21-year-old Brooklyn woman was walking home from her school on Sun., Feb. 1 at 7:47 p.m. when the three teen boys approached her and tried to grab her bag at the corner of Harrison and Greenwich Sts.. When she refused and tried to escape, one of the men punched her in the arm and succeeded in getting the bag away from her, police say. In her $150 purse was a $100 wallet and credit cards.
After police canvassed the area, they arrested two suspects that day. The purse and its contents were recovered. The third man was at large until he turned himself in the next day. Two are 16, one is 17-years-old.
Costly pants stolen
A man went into a Club Monaco in Soho and stole two pair of pants worth $1,790 on Thurs., Jan. 29, police say.
A female employee, 27, told police that the man, who is about 40, came in at 7:41 p.m., snatched the jeans and then walked out of the store at 121 Prince St. She also said that the black leather pants — at $895 each — were insured.
Snooze & lose
A man, 21, fell prey to a lush worker last weekend while sleeping on a train in Tribeca, police say.
The man was on the A train and told police that his wallet and $450 iPhone was stolen at the Chambers St. stop on Sun., Feb. 1 at 1 a.m. In the Brooklyn man’s wallet were checks totaling $377, a debit card and $100. Police say that the thief, which they describe as a “lush worker,” got away with $967 in cash, checks and cellphone.
Snatch & run
A brazen thief grabbed a $980 Samsung smartphone out of the hands of a woman exiting the subway at Wall St., police say.
The woman, 28, was riding the 2 train from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan on Thurs., Jan. 29 and was about to exit on William St. at 8:25 p.m. when the man snatched her cellphone and then ran back to the platform. The woman tried to chase him, but lost him.
In addition to the cellphone, there was a $50 case — with her debit card and ID tucked inside.
– DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
