Stranger slashes woman
It turned ugly when a woman ignored a man who tried chatting her up at the Brooklyn Bridge station (J, Z 4,5,6) in the Civic Center on Sat., May 2 at around 6 p.m., police say.
The man, who was later described to police as around 35, 5’6” and 165 pounds, tried to engage the woman, 34, in conversation. When she ignored him, he spat at her — and she just laughed. But then he took out a sharp instrument and slashed her in the arm. He fled the station. The woman was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where she was treated and then released, police say.
Teen girls grabs iPhone
A group of 14-year-old girls snatched an iPhone 6 out of another woman’s hand while she was waiting for her train, police say.
The woman, 29, was waiting on Tues., Apr. 28 at midnight for a southbound A or C train at the Fulton St. station in the Financial District. The teenagers approached her and grabbed the smart phone, police say.
The Brooklyn woman could describe two of the girls — one was 5’6” with short hair in a bun and light-colored gray sweatpants, another was 5’3” with shoulder length hair. The girls fled toward the J, Z platform. The “Find my iPhone” app yielded no results.
Another FiDi gym theft
The thefts keep coming at the Planet Fitness at 25 Broadway in the Financial District — with the third one taking place on Tues., Apr. 28, police say.
In this latest incident, a man, 29, came back from working out at 9:30 a.m. to find the lock on his locker gone and his MacBook, worth $2,000, missing, police say. Earlier in April, another man’s locker was ripped off with the thief cleaning out everything inside. In another incident, a woman who left her wallet unattended on a mat for a few minutes regretted that decision — someone grabbed the wallet and took out the cash and credit cards.
Samaritan turns thief
It seemed as if, for a moment, a straphanger was helping out a fellow rider who had dropped his iPhone 6 on the track — but that kumbaya moment was ruined when the man who retrieved the phone refused to give it back, police say.
On Wed., Apr. 29 at 3:30 p.m., a Bronx man, 20, dropped his $800 smartphone on the tracks near the uptown 4,5 platform at Bowling Green.
A man of about 20 got the phone off the track and refused to give it back to its owner, saying, “You have to pay me!”
The suspect’s friend got involved when the owner tried to detain the thief saying, “If you touch my friend, I’m gonna [mess] you up!” He then pushed and punched the phone owner — who sustained no injuries. A third suspect was also involved, but it is unclear how. They all fled the scene.
Suspect caught with $6
After three women argued, one stole $6 and took off, police say.
It is unclear what the argument was over, but it happened on Sun., May 3 at 5:15 p.m., police say. One of the women, 21, took the money out of the hand of the other woman, 20, who was there with her friend, also 20. Police canvassed the area and found her at 111 John St. with the cash and arrested her.
For the love of soccer
A Seaport resident went to a soccer game at Yankee Stadium on Sun., May 3 during the day. When she came back to her neighborhood at 6 p.m., she went to make a purchase at the Duane Reade at 200 Water St., her wallet was gone, police say.
The woman, 28, remembers using her wallet when she brought food at the game. She told police that were unauthorized charges on her cards, but the bank had yet to specify where. The thief also got away with her passport.
— DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
