Bad Benjamin
A female bartender, 21, caught a man trying to pay for a drink at the Luxor Lounge, at 118 MacDougal St., with counterfeit money last Saturday, police said.
It was 3 a.m. when Jawann Toomer, 27, allegedly tried to pay with a bogus $100 bill. The witness alerted nearby police, who verified that the currency was fake upon arriving at the scene. They detained Toomer, who — without the counterfeit bill — was reportedly unable to pay for his drink. He was charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony.
Pride fence offense
After last Sunday’s Pride March, a man was charged with a misdemeanor for resisting police arrest at the southeast corner of Christopher and Weehawken Sts.
According to a police report, at 7:20 p.m., Jacob Alejandro, 24, “disobeyed a lawful order” from a police officer and illegally jumped over a police barrier. The officer tried to handcuff Alejandro, who reportedly resisted by fighting and flailing his arms to prevent being cuffed.
During and after the march, police carefully controlled the flow of crowds at the west end of Christopher St., and allowed only limited access to sections of Hudson River Park.
Exposed on the PATH
Police said Gregory Richardson, 35, was arrested last Sunday for “manipulating his penis in public view” while aboard the PATH train to New Jersey.
At 11:15 a.m., police responded to reports from the PATH station at Ninth St. and Sixth Ave. that a man was exposing himself on a crowded train car.
When officers arrived on the scene, Richardson was placed under arrest for public lewdness, a misdemeanor.
He was transported to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, at 42nd St. and Eighth Ave., for processing, and — despite his previously open pants — reportedly didn’t have any open warrants.
Lobby break-in
Last Saturday, at 4:22 a.m., according to police, two people broke into the lobby of a residential apartment building on Cornelia St. belonging to Midboro Management. A female witness, 55, reported seeing a woman — later identified as Emily Nagy, 21 — kicking a glass window in the front door multiple times, ultimately breaking it.
Nagy and an accomplice — later identified as Callum King, 22 — then entered the lobby, and “remained unlawfully” after gaining access inside, according to the police report. Police were notified by witnesses, and responded to the scene. King was found to be in possession of two AAA cards, an American Express credit card and a Bank of America credit card, all of them without his name on them.
Nagy and King were charged with a misdemeanor for criminal mischief and related offenses.
Too-blatant bike thief
On Wed., June 25, police arrested a man for attempting to steal a chained-up bike in front of a building on Broadway.
Fred Beauchamp, 47, was observed on the sidewalk at 11:30 p.m., trying to cut the bike chain with several tools, police said. The bike belonged to a male victim, 20.
Police arrived on the scene, and charged Beauchamp with misdemeanor criminal mischief for being in possession of burglar’s tools. Upon a search, police found a wire cutter, a pair of pliers and a screwdriver on his person.
Citi suspect
The Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for grand larceny in the First and Seventh precincts.
A white female, in possession of a fake ID with another person’s name and information, attempted to withdraw money at two Citibank locations, each time by filling out a withdrawal slip.
On Mon., May 5, the suspect unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw $2,900 from the Citibank at 153 Prince St.
On Tues., May 13, she tried again at the Citibank at 52 Ludlow St., and this time was successful — withdrawing an undisclosed amount of money, according to police reports.
Ungrateful customers
Two men were charged with a misdemeanor for assault and related offenses after allegedly beating up a food cart vendor on Tues., June 24, at 12:35 a.m.
The male vendor, 28, sold the men food from his cart on the corner of Seventh Ave. south and W. Fourth St., before they reportedly got into a “verbal dispute about the food” with him, according to the police report.
A male witness, 20, informed police that the two men — later identified as Nicolo Bondoc, 24, and Benjamin Cruz, 41 — then pushed and punched the vendor multiple times, causing bruising and swelling to the left side of his face, before police arrived on the scene to arrest the two assailants.
— Sergei Klebnikov
