Attacks girlfriend
Police arrested Octavius Bacon, 33, after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend and then threatened to stab numerous people on a West Village street early on Sun., May 25.
Witnesses told cops the incident began inside a Sixth Ave. tattoo shop, near W. Third St., around 4:30 a.m., when Bacon reportedly got into a heated argument with his girlfriend. After he initially refused the establishment’s order for him to take it outside, the dispute then escalated out the door and onto the street, where Bacon punched his girlfriend twice and threw her to the ground, according to the police report.
When multiple passersby tried to intervene, Bacon picked a glass bottle up off the street, broke it and then brandished the jagged edge as a weapon, witnesses told cops. The enraged boyfriend reportedly continued to threaten the bystanders with the glass shard until police arrived minutes later to apprehend him.
Bacon was charged with six counts of attempted assault, four counts of menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing.
Foliage rage
Jaewoong Kim, 23, was arrested early on Sat., May 24, after he apparently freaked out and began destroying potted plants outside a Meatpacking District restaurant.
Police said they spotted Kim smashing the plants and wooden fencing outside Fig & Olive, at 420 W. 13th St., around 2:30 a.m. As he was engaged in that mayhem, the crazed man was also reportedly yelling at passersby who were coming to and from nearby Meatpacking bars.
Kim was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Food filcher
Police arrested Kenneth Marcelina, 29, after he allegedly tried to steal an array of food items from the Whole Foods Market in Union Square on May 23.
When he was stopped by security while exiting the 40 E. 14th St. grocery store around 4 p.m., Marcelina was reportedly carrying four bottles of vegetable juice, a stalk of cauliflower, a salmon sushi roll and five cans of dog food, none of which he had paid for.
He was charged with petty larceny.
Security swipe
A security guard’s quick reflexes thwarted a two-man shoplifting attempt at a trendy Soho purse purveyor on May 18, police said.
An employee for the Louis Vuitton store at 116 Greene St. told officers that the two unidentified crooks walked in around 5:15 p.m., and gathered up five leather bags from the displays. One of the suspects reportedly stashed the goods in a larger bag, after which they headed for the door and attempted to dash out.
But the Louis Vuitton security guard spotted them and ripped away the bag of stolen items before the two men could get out the door, according to the police report. Both would-be thieves fled the scene before cops could arrive to make arrests.
— Sam Spokony
