ADOLESCENT ASSAULT
Two men assaulted and robbed a teenager last Saturday in the Financial District, cops say.
The 16-year-old victim was waiting for his parents to pick him up at the corner of Washington and Rector Sts. at 5:30 a.m. when two men approached him, according to a report.
One of the troublemakers asked the boy, “What’s good with your phone?” before his partner pushed the teen to the ground and put his hands around his neck, police say.
The first assailant then stole the boy’s iPhone 6S out of his hand and his partner also tried to pull the victim’s gold chain over his head, cops say.
After searching the victim’s pockets, both men fled eastbound on Rector St. and disappeared into a subway station at Greenwich and Rector Sts., according to a report.
The boy suffered a cut lip, police say.
PUNCHED FOR PHONE
A man was punched in the face and robbed of his phone while standing in front of a pub in the Financial District last weekend, according to police.
The victim was standing in front of The Iron Horse on Cliff St. around 3:40 a.m. on Sunday May 29, recording on his phone, when another man walked up to him and hit him before running off with his iPhone 6S, cops say.
MISSING MOTORCYCLES
Three motorcycles were stolen in separate incidents across Lower Manhattan in the last month, police say.
The bikes all disappeared from their parking spots in the Financial District, Battery Park City and the Seaport overnight, according to reports.
The first, a $5,000 black Suzuki sport bike without license plates, was stolen between 11 p.m. on Monday April 24 and 3 a.m. the next morning from its spot in front of the owner’s residence at 232 Front St., cops say.
Exactly one month later, during the night of Tuesday May 24, a $15,000 black BMW bike went missing from the corner of Battery Pl. and 2nd Pl., police say.
Also last week, on Friday May 27, a 2016 Yamaha motorbike was stolen from the southwest corner of William and Wall Sts. between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., according to police.
BAG BURGLARY
Rather than risk getting caught shoplifting, a cunning crook went straight to the source this week, stealing more than $4,000 worth of bags from the corporate offices of a designer brand based in Hudson Square, cops say.
The resourceful robber let himself into the offices of clothing boutique 3.1 Phillip Lim at 304 Hudson St. around 6:30 p.m. on Friday April 29, although the company didn’t report the theft until last week, according to a report.
The perp was caught on CCTV stealing two handbags and two backpacks worth $4,025 in total, according to police.
AWOL ACURA
A night out in Soho ended with a stolen car for a New Jersey man when his black Acura RSX went missing from its parking spot on Grand St. last Sunday, cops say.
The 31-year-old parked his car and went out with friends at 1:15 a.m. but the $3,100 sedan was gone when he came back two hours later, according to police.
He also lost a $400 wallet, plus another $400 when the thief used his credit card later that night in Secaucus, according to a report.
CAR BREAK-INS
Two out-of-state visitors had their car windows smashed and belongings stolen last week, cops say.
A 28-year-old man from New Jersey, who went out for an after-work dinner with his girlfriend at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 23, noticed his rear window was broken when the couple returned to their parking spot at 26 Thompson St. in Soho at 2:30 a.m. the next morning, according to a report.
The thief left behind the grey Hyundai sedan, but made off with a $1,500 laptop and a $400 backpack, police say.
Later that week, on Saturday May 28, a 30-year-old man from Miami, FL, also reported a break-in at his car parked at the southeast corner of Liberty and William Sts. in the Financial District, according to police.
The car, which was parked there from 8 p.m. until noon the next day, was missing an $885 MacBook, a $500 Sony camera and three memory cards worth $60 in total, cops say.
— Yannic Rack
