Sniffed out card thief
Last Saturday, at 3:20 a.m., a police officer at W. 11th and Hudson Sts. observed a car “moving recklessly at a high rate of speed” in and out of traffic, and flashing its high beams at other cars. The driver was pulled over, and police noticed the smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. When asked if there was anything in the car, Raheem Hammad, 31, replied, “I have weed and a pocket knife.”
The man attempted to justify having the knife.
“Sometimes fists don’t work for protection,” he explained.
Police also found a stack of 29 different gift and debit cards laid on the car’s center console. Hammad was unable to produce proper receipts, and upon arresting him, police found that he had three active warrants. He was charged with criminal possession of forged instruments, a felony offense.
Cocaine in plain view
Also last Saturday, at 2:55 a.m., police said, two men were caught with cocaine on the northeast corner of Greenwich and Jane Sts. Police observed James Cifelli, 27, in possession of alleged cocaine on the sidewalk in public view. He then passed it to Matthew Pfarr, 27, in the open.
As they were approached, Pfarr reportedly tossed the bag of alleged drugs down a stairwell in an attempt to prevent police from seeing it.
The two men were reprimanded for having dangerous drugs, and were charged with a misdemeanor for criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Naked biker blockers
Two completely naked men reportedly held up traffic at Sixth Ave. and Bleecker St. last Friday evening.
Karl Geiger, 49, and Paul Nocera, 52, were seen at 8:30 p.m., riding their bikes in public and “showing their private parts.”
They then stopped the bikes at two intersections, causing traffic to back up while they “danced and cheered in a lewd manner” at stopped cars, according to police.
Officers arrived on scene to arrest the two men, who were charged with a misdemeanor for public lewdness.
Tagger loses swagger
On Tues., June 10, a man was spotted making graffiti in the subway at Eighth Ave. and W. 14th St.
Police observed Michael Cabon, 23, at 10:08 p.m. writing “Sive” on a subway platform pillar with a red marker. Upon a search, Cabon was reportedly found to have a small amount of marijuana in a ziplock bag. Police said they also found another bag, with 3 ¼ pills of Xanax, on his person.
Cabon, who had two open warrants, was charged with a misdemeanor for criminal mischief.
Soda can attacker
Policed said a victim has decided to press charges against Che Roacher, 37, who assaulted him using a soda can as a weapon last Saturday in the early morning.
The two men were involved in a verbal argument, before Roacher brandished a soda can, and allegedly hit the other man in the chin, causing “physical pain and injury,” according to a police report.
Officers arrived on scene shortly afterward, at 4:45 a.m., and discovered Roacher to be carrying marijuana on his person. He was arrested for felony assault.
Choking victim
Last Sunday, at 5:14 p.m., an off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged at the Ninth Precinct for “criminal obstruction of breathing.”
Courtney Daniels, 45, a heating plant technician at the New York City Housing Authority, was involved in a domestic dispute with her mother, before the verbal argument “turned physical,” according to police.
— Sergei Klebnikov
