SELF-MEDICATION
Two shady shoplifters apparently suffering from serious hayfever stole more than $1,000 worth of allergy drugs from a Duane Reade pharmacy on Water St. last weekend, cops say.
The two men, estimated to be in their mid-twenties, walked into the store at 200 Water St. just after 7 p.m. on Sunday May 1 and grabbed the $1,144 haul off the shelves, according to police.
Among the stolen goods were around 60 bottles of allergy medication, as well as treatments for stomach ulcers and heartburn, according to a report.
HI-FI HEIST
A 44-year-old man with retro tastes was arrested for allegedly stealing a CD player and an audio receiver from a Financial District residence last month, police say.
The old-fashioned audiophile was seen leaving 120 Nassau St. with the $600 worth of electronics under his arm around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday Apr. 21, according to a report.
When a 23-year-old witness confronted the man on the street, he dropped the loot and fled, but he was later apprehended by a police officer in front of 33 Beekman St. and arrested, cops say.
SUNGLASS SWiPE
Two thieves with an eye for style stole thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses from a Soho shop last month, according to police.
The shifty shoplifters grabbed 16 pairs of shades from the front display area of the Sunglass Hut on Spring St. and hid them in the sleeves of their jackets before making a getaway around 7 p.m. on Wednesday Apr. 13, police say.
The haul was mostly made up of Ray-Bans and worth a total of $3,235, according to a report.
FASHION FAUX PAS
Three men robbed an American Apparel store last week, cops say — but they might have regretted the theft after realizing they had bagged a bunch of spandex.
The fashion fiends stole 26 bodysuits, 12 tops, three unitards, and two dresses — somehow worth $1,426 — from the W. Broadway shop at 7:10 p.m. on Friday Apr. 29, according to police.
LOCKER BUST
A New Jersey man shed some pounds after a visit to a Downtown gym — but not from working out.
While the 22-year-old was sweating at the New York Health and Racquet Club on Whitehall St., a sneaky thief emptied his bag and stole almost $3,000 worth of his belongings from the locker room, cops say.
The missing items include a $2,200 MacBook and a $600 iPhone 6S, according to a report.
BEATING AT THE BATTERY
Two men beat and robbed a man after pulling him out of his car near The Battery earlier this month, authorities said.
The man was sitting in his parked Chevrolet Silverado near the Staten Island Ferry at South and Whitehall Sts. around 3 p.m. on Tuesday Apr. 12, when one of the attackers yanked him out of the car’s passenger seat and punched him repeatedly, according to a criminal complaint from the District Attorney’s office.
The other assailant then screamed at the man, patted him down and stole his money, according to the complaint.
Before they walked away, the first man also took the victim’s phone and smashed it on the ground, the DA says.
The assault was caught on camera and the two men, both in their thirties, have been charged with 2nd-degree robbery and criminal possession of stolen property.
PICKPOCKETS ON A TRAIN
Police busted two cellphone thieves last week after they allegedly tried to rob a woman on a Brooklyn-bound 4 train at the Bowling Green stop, cops say.
The victim, a 47-year-old woman from Staten Island, said she was engaged in conversation by two teens as she boarded the train around 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday Apr. 19 — but noticed in a window reflection that a third teen was trying to steal her phone from her bag, according to a report.
When she confronted the trio, one of them fled and the other two blamed their partner, with one of them telling her, “The other guy took your phone,” police say.
After getting off at the Borough Hall stop in Brooklyn, the woman alerted a police officer who arrested the two remaining juveniles, aged 15 and 16, who were also from Staten Island, according to police.
— Yannic Rack
