FIRST CALL
A boisterous burglar apparently couldn’t wait for the grand opening of the Fork and Parrot, a bar set to soon make its debut in Soho — so he simply broke in and had a pre-opening party all by himself, while pocketing $1,000 worth of construction tools, cops say.
The hard-partying perp left behind bottles of alcohol after he came in through an open window and vandalized 519 Broome St., which is currently under construction, sometime after 10 p.m. on Saturday June 4, according to a police report.
But in addition to taking the tools, he also appears to have left behind his iPhone at the scene of the crime, police say.
BOOZY BURGLARY
Two thirsty thieves were seen helping themselves to cases of beer from the back of a delivery truck in Soho last week, cops say.
The two were seen stealing two cases containing 24 bottles of Corona each, worth $60 in total, out of the truck while it was parked in front of a Duane Reade on Broadway at 2:25 p.m. on Friday June 10, police say.
Cops canvassing the area caught up with one of the thieves, a 40-year-old man who had an outstanding arrest warrant, but the other one got away, according to a report.
LATE-NIGHT YOGA
Police arrested a man apparently in desperate need of some new yoga pants after they found him wandering around inside a Soho boutique shop after closing time, according to a report.
The 42-year-old man was seen inside the high-end Lululemon yoga store on Prince St. around 2:15 a.m. last Saturday June 11, and was promptly taken into custody, police say.
Although he seemingly didn’t have time to try on any clothes, cops found two stolen credit cards in his wallet, according to police.
GUMPOINT ROBBERY
A man was arrested for allegedly robbing and threatening to shoot up a drug store in the Financial District last weekend, cops say.
The 50-year-old accused perp walked into a Duane Reade on Wall St. at 8:20 a.m. last Sunday June 12 and bagged $337 worth of products — including 44 packs of Doublemint chewing gum, body wash, deodorant and a pair of sandals — before an employee tried to stop him.
He told her, “Back up or I’ll shoot,” according to a report.
He fled the store towards Pine St. and was eventually caught on Broadway, and the store employee later identified him in a police line-up, cops say.
PUNCH CAR
Cops caught a 25-year-old man last Sunday after he allegedly punched a livery cab driver during an argument in the Financial District and then fled in the victim’s car — only to crash it an hour later, according to a report.
The Brooklyn man pulled over the 60-year-old cabbie at the corner of Vesey and West Sts. around noon on Sunday June 5 and hopped in the driver’s $20,000 black Lincoln after punching him to the ground, police say.
About an hour later, the alleged perp was arrested after he rear-ended another car at W. Third St. and LaGuardia Pl with the stolen cab and then tried to flee the scene, cops say.
His charges include robbery, grand larceny, assault, leaving the scene of an accident, false impersonation and driving without a license, and he is currently being held on $5,000 bail.
IPHONE CAPER
A man dressed as an Apple Store employee stole 19 iPhones from the tech company’s store in Soho last week, cops say.
According to a police report, the thief “dressed similarly” to store employees, who wear blue T-shirts imprinted with the Apple logo, and walked right into the shop’s second-floor repair area around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1.
The man grabbed 19 iPhones from a drawer, worth a total of $16,130, and handed them over to an accomplice, who hid the loot under his shirt before he walked out of the store, police say.
FILCHING WITH FLATTERY
A young teen swiped an iPhone right through an open restaurant window in Tribeca, police say.
The victim told police that the girl, estimated to be 13 years old, was part of a group of around 20 men and women who approached her as she was sitting by an open window at Mudville 9, a Chambers St. bar, at around 11:45 p.m. on Friday, June 3.
Before grabbing the $900 phone, the girl told the 19-year-old victim and her friend, “You girls are sexy,” according to a police report.
STICK-UP GONE WRONG
Three thieves threatening to rob and stab a 20-year-old Bronx man in Soho instead found themselves in a police lineup last week, cops say.
The three wannabe-robbers approached the victim around 7:30 p.m. last Monday, May 30, as he was standing on Greene St., according to a report.
After they asked him what phone he had, one of them told him, “Give me your phone or I’ll poke you,” but the man pushed one of the attackers away and fled, police say.
They chased him all the way into a nearby store, where he called 911, cops say.
The victim later picked all three out of a photo lineup, although a police report noted that only one — a 19-year-old man — had been arrested as of June 7.
LUSHER BUSTED
A 24-year-old man was nabbed targeting sleeping passengers on the subway, police say.
The thief — a so-called “lush worker” who empties the pockets of sleeping subway riders — was caught stealing a $600 iPhone and $20 in cash from a Queens man sleeping on the northbound E train platform at the Canal St. stop at 3:30 a.m. on Thursday June 2, according to police.
He was promptly arrested, but not before flailing his arms and gripping a railing to avoid being handcuffed, according to a report.
—Yannic Rack
