Panhandler attacks
A rejected panhandler punched a man walking back to his office last week.
On Tues., June 30, the 46-year-old was returning to work at 11:30 a.m., when he was approached by a panhandler in front of 83 Gold St., police say. When he refused, the beggar didn’t take it well — he started cursing and threatening the man.
The suspect then stuck his hands in his pants and said that he would shoot and kill the Long Island man, police say. In an attempt to escape, the man shoved the suspect, who then began punching the victim. The suspect fled.
Luckily, Lower Manhattan Hospital was right there and the man went in to check the scratches and bruises to his head and knees that he got in the scuffle.
Uneasy rider
A man didn’t take kindly to being told by a M.T.A. driver that he couldn’t board the bus with his bike — he rammed his bike at the driver, police say.
The man attempted to get on the bus at the corner of Broadway and Park Row in the Civic Center on Sat., July 4 at 7:45 a.m. when the bus driver said he was not allowed on the bus with his bike. The suspect then said, “But I will kick your [butt],” according to police. He then tried to ram his bike at the driver, 41, who had scratches and minor bruises on his arm.
The suspect had fled by the time the police arrived.
Pricey bike stolen
It took less than 20 minutes for a thief to clip a chain and get away with a $2,100 bike in the middle of the day, police say.
A Queens man, 37, chained his bike in front of 183 Varick St. on Tues., June 30 at 1:30 p.m. and went to the nearby Marriott hotel for about 20 minutes. When he returned his Cannondale silver and white bike was gone. Video cameras from 185 Varick St. showed the suspect stealing the bike and then leaving the scene, police say.
Woman caught with hands in man’s pants
A female “lush worker” was caught red handed trying to go through a man’s pants pocket on the 1 train.
When the 25-year-old man boarded the 1 train at Canal St. on Mon., June 29 at 4:30 a.m., the woman was already on the train, he told police. He fell asleep — lush workers prey on those asleep or intoxicated on the train. When he awoke two stops later at Chambers St., the woman was going through his pockets and removing keys, valued at $8. She then threatened to cut the man with scissors and light him on fire.
The man was not injured. The woman, 52, was arrested and asked police “What did I do?”
Quick Soho shoplifters
Two thieves made a quick shoplifting heist — stealing two Balenciaga handbags worth $12,300, police say.
The two men entered the shop at 148 Mercer St. in Soho just after 3 p.m. on Fri., July 3, grabbed the pricey purses off the shelf and were out the door in two minutes, a male employee 42, told police.
— DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
