Cost got caught
Police caught Cost, the notorious New York City graffiti street tagger, putting his name on a scaffolding in front of 237 W. 13th St. at about 3:30 a.m. on Sun., Oct. 5. He was found to be in possession of “graffiti instruments,” according to police.
They charged Cost, real name Adam Cole, 45, with making graffiti, a misdemeanor.
From the early 1980s to mid-1990s, Cost covered the city with his copious wheatpaste stickers — often stuck on street-crossing signals — sprayed tags and larger paint-roller pieces, as could be seen on walls in Chelsea along the High Line. He collaborated with another New York graffiti artist, Revs.
After getting arrested tagging a mailbox in 1995, Cost hung up his tagging tools, but since 2010 he has been making a comeback.
Karavas kase
Just after midnight on Sun., Oct. 5, a 28-year-old woman asked a teenager to watch her purse while she went to talk with somebody else at Karavas Pizza ’N’ Pita, at 108 Seventh Ave. South at Christopher St. When the older woman returned, the purse was gone, along with its caretaker.
A police officer, though, observed the younger woman fleeing the location with a purse in hand. Upon investigation, police found the victim’s debit card, cell phone and cash in the bag. Felder Daishawn, 18, was charged with grand larceny.
A search upon arrest also turned up a razor blade in Daishawn’s own purse, police said.
‘Picture-whipped’
A man, 22, suffered cuts and bruises to his head, face and back after being attacked on the sidewalk across from 848 Washington St., near Little W. 12th St., last weekend, according to police. Police said that at about 3:05 a.m. on Sat., Oct. 4, John Doe, 19, allegedly punched and kicked the man multiple times. Another man, John Doe II, 20, then allegedly smacked the victim’s head multiple times with a camera.
Doe and Doe II were both arrested and face felony assault charges. The attack’s motive was not immediately provided by police.
Hits E.V. bank
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in a robbery of the Chase bank at 130 Second Ave., at St. Mark’s Place. Police said that, on Sat., Oct. 4, at 2:35 p.m., the suspect entered the East Village branch and handed a teller a note claiming to have a gun and demanding money. The teller complied and the suspect fled with $1,080.
The robber is described as a white male (possibly albino), five feet 10 inches tall, mid-to-late 20s, with light-colored hair and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black-and-gray jacket, dark-rimmed glasses, black sneakers and a red bandana around his neck.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or texting to 274637(CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
— Zach Williams
