SPICE AND VICE
A mystery assailant hosed a drunken man with pepper spray on Desbrosses St. on Sept. 10.
The victim told police that he was between West and Washington Sts. at 12:30 am, when the unknown man, for unknown reasons, let him have it with the caustic pepper formula, spraying him in the face and eyes.
The victim admitted he was drunk when the attack occurred, and told investigators that a construction worker might have been responsible for the attack, but couldn’t for the life of him imagine why, cops said.
CONSTRUCTION CROOK
A thief nabbed a laptop and phone stashed in a briefcase within a Wall St. construction site on Aug. 25.
The victim told police that he left his satchel inside an unlocked room at the worksite between Water and Front Sts. at 3:30 pm, and returned a few days later to find it missing.
Neither of the electronic devices inside the bag, together worth $2,450, were equipped with tracking technology and investigators were unable to find any surveillance footage of the crime, according to police.
CUSTOM JOB
A thief rode off with a man’s prized custom bicycle he had left chained up on Thompson St. on Sept. 7.
The victim told police that he’d secured his bike with lock and chain to a pole between Broome and Spring Sts. at 9 pm, and returned a few hours later to find it stolen.
The bike was a custom job, worth a whopping $1,200, cops said.
STRAPHANGER STING
An opportunistic crook nabbed a phone off the lap of a sleeping straphanger on a southbound E train on Aug. 30.
The victim told police she was sitting on the subway heading to Chambers Street at 8:30 am, when she dozed off with her bag open on her lap.
She awoke a few minutes later at her stop, but it wasn’t until she’d headed topside that she realized her iPhone 6 had been nabbed.
GYM RAT
A crook swiped a woman’s purse at a Maiden Lane gym on Sept. 8.
The victim told police the crook entered the fitness center between Gold and Pearl Sts. at 8:08 pm, and grabbed her designer wallet before fleeing.
Later, the victim was notified by her bank that two unauthorized transactions had occurred using her stolen cards, cops said.
BIKE BANDIT
A thief zoomed away with a man’s electric bicycle he had left locked up on Broadway on Sept. 7.
The victim told police he’d chained his ride to a bike rack Beaver St. at 10 am, and returned three hours later to find it stolen.
Cops were unable to find any surveillance footage or witnesses to the theft of the victim’s $1,400 bike, according to police.
— Colin Mixson
