Tribeca mugging
An 18-year-old Brooklyn man was with his 17-year-old girlfriend Monday afternoon in Tribeca when two men punched him in the head, causing a bump. Police say the pair then stole his $100 Eddie Bauer book bag, Beats headphones worth $200, and $40 in cash.
The two men fled east from the corner of Canal and Varick Sts. after the theft at 4:45 p.m. on Mon., Sept. 8.
Plunder of perfume stopped
Two women attempted to filch over $300 worth of perfume from a Sephora at 150 Broadway in the Financial District last weekend, police say.
A member of the store’s loss prevention saw the two suspects take the bottles of perfume from a display rack and stuff them in their purses on Sat., Sept. 6 at around 5 in the afternoon, cops say. When the 34-year-old male Sephora employee approached the two women, they proceeded to punch him several times in the right arm. Police arrested the two women — one 28, the other 33.
Cufflink caper
A 69-year-old man and his wife discovered that someone had entered their apartment on Franklin St. in Tribeca through an unlocked fire escape window and ransacked their bedroom.
The thief made off with $38,000 worth of cufflinks, eight pairs total, sometime between Thurs. afternoon on Aug. 28 through Tues., Sept. 2. Police say there were no signs of forcible entry. The pricey accessories included 3 pairs of Cartier gold cufflinks and one pair of Bulgari gold enamel cufflinks.
Sneaky in pink
A man wearing a pink shirt approached a 53-year-old Queens woman this week and claimed that he was an illegal immigrant without a bank account and needed help cashing a $50,000 check.
She agreed to deposit the check. First, though, the suspect convinced the woman to take out $1,600 from her bank account on Mon., Sept. 8 around noon at 325 Hudson St. in Hudson Square. After the money was withdrawn, he asked the woman to get him a Motrin from a nearby pharmacy. When she returned to the bank, the suspect and the money were gone.
Car break-in
A rental vehicle with Quebec plates was broken into on Greene St. in Soho on Sun., Sept. 7 between 11:30 a.m. and noon.
When the driver returned to his car, the back driver’s side window was smashed and his Canadian passport, Dell laptop, iPad, Tumi backpack, wallet, eyeglasses and credit cards were gone — worth over $5,500. The 56-year-old Manhattan resident cancelled his credit cards. Police did not identify the car model.
CitiBike stolen
Police say a 16-year-old male stole a CitiBike from a docking stand at Pearl St. and Maiden Lane in FiDi at 2 p.m. on Thurs., Aug. 28. A Sixth Precinct officer observed the suspect riding the blue bike on W. 14 St. and arrested the teen after conferring with a CitiBike representative, who said the $1,200 bike was stolen.
The officer then found a small amount of marijuana. Police did not say why the teen was originally stopped.
Purse grab in Hudson River Park
While sitting on a bench near Watts St.in Hudson River Park, a 50-year-old Brooklyn woman lost her purse with about $1,000 worth of property when two people came up behind her and grabbed it from her hand at 8:10 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 27, police said.
Inside the leather handbag was her wallet, iPad, Samsung Galaxy phone, gloves, cosmetics, monthly MetroCard and $70 in cash. Her debit cards were cancelled in time and there were no unauthorized charges.
— Dusica Sue Malesevic
