L.E.S. shooting arrest
On Wed., Jan. 7, around 10:25 p.m., plainclothes members of the Police Service Area 4 (Housing Police) Anti-Crime Team were on patrol near the Alfred Smith Houses, when they heard about five shots fired near their location. They immediately exited their unmarked police car and headed toward the direction of the shots, where they encountered three males fleeing the area, police said.
The officers pursued the suspects and observed one of them pulling at his pocket while attempting to elude capture. The officers subsequently caught the individual without further incident and, during a search, recovered a .38-caliber Charter Arms revolver from his jacket pocket.
During further investigation, officers learned that the shots fired by the suspect were directed at a nearby group of youths. The other two suspects were not apprehended.
Jordan Rodriguez, 17, of 3 Haven Plaza, at E. 12th St. and Avenue C, was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder, attempted assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.
Shattering attack
Sat., Jan. 9, shortly after 11 p.m. was not a particularly happy hour at The Happiest Hour bar, at 121 W. 10th St., according to police.
A bargoer got into an argument with another patron, who then tried to attack one of the victim’s friends, police said. The alleged aggressor tried to hit the victim with a glass bottle but missed. Undeterred, he tried again and violently bashed the victim twice on the left side of his face with the bottle, causing a large laceration with profuse bleeding.
The victim was brought to Bellevue Hospital and police said his injuries would require surgery. John Doe, 29, was arrested for felony assault.
Stealing at J.J. Walker
A 15-year-old man was attacked inside J.J. Walker Park at 410 Hudson St. on Thurs., Jan. 7, at 4 p.m., police said. The victim was sitting in the park when three men approached him. One man grabbed his face and pushed him onto a fence while he removed the victim’s Canada Goose down jacket and said, “Take it off before I break your jaw.”
Police said the men also stole a white iPhone, unlimited MetroCard and money from the victim. One of the suspects was known to the victim and reportedly attends City-As-School High School at 16 Clarkson St.
On Jan. 8, Rogers Jackson, 19, was arrested and on Jan. 11, Hasanae Kirby, 18, was collared. Both were charged with felony robbery. The third suspect is still at large. He’s around 6 feet tall, weighs 175 pounds and has brown eyes, police said.
A coffee mugging
So much for a relaxing cup of coffee. A man exiting the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, at 350 W. 14th St., at 9:15 p.m. on Tues., Jan. 5, was robbed of his valuable belongings. A man was caught on video stealing property from the victim, including an Apple Mac computer, his wallet and a snakeskin bag valued at $800.
Police said the man was arrested the next day because he was recognized when he returned to the area.
Police arrested Patrick Goodwin, 24, on Jan. 6 for felony grand larceny.
Bleecker bouncer busted
A witness found a man on the pavement with a cut near his left eye outside Bar 1849, at 183 Bleecker St., on Mon., Jan. 4, at 12:55 a.m. and contacted police. The witness told cops he saw the bouncer from Bar 1849 walking away from the victim.
According to police, the bouncer admitted to punching the victim in the face because the victim refused to leave the bar and tried punching the bouncer and another employee.
The victim could not remember what happened. He was removed to Beth Israel Hospital to treat the cut by his left eye. The bouncer, Jamie K. Glover, 29, was arrested for misdemeanor assault.
Slugs senior
Police said that on Mon., Dec. 14, at 11:15 a.m., a 67-year-old man exited the subway station at the corner of W. 16th St. and Sixth Ave. when a man approached him and punched him in the face, then fled the scene. The victim refused medical attention on scene.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577-TIPS. 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.
Fifth Precinct rape
Police said that on Wed., Jan. 13, investigators were informed by a female in her twenties that on Sun., Jan. 10, around 4 a.m. she was inside her home within the confines of the Fifth Precinct — which covers Chinatown and the Lower East Side — when an unidentified male in his twenties sexually assaulted her and left the location. The victim was treated at an area hospital and released. There are no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing. Police did not immediately provide more information.
Emily Siegel
and Lincoln Anderson
