Mugger bites victim
A 25-year-old man and woman from Brooklyn boarded the 2 train at Times Square at 3:45 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 13, when a man approached them and accused them of stealing his cell phone.
It then escalated as the train was entering the No. 1 West Houston St. stop in Soho when the suspect, 22, tried to rip the purse from the woman’s hand. Police say when the man interceded, the argument spilled out onto the platform and the suspect bit him on the left side of the neck. Police arrested the suspect.
Thief gets free Mercedes ‘rental’
Using a fake account with a name, address and two phone numbers, a thief was able to get away with a blue 2013 Mercedes Benz C 300 Model rental, worth over $45,000, earlier this month.
The car was stolen from a parking garage at 2 Gold St. in the Financial District Wed., Sept. 3 at 1:30 p.m. The last G.P.S. location was three hours later on Prospect Pl. in Brooklyn and the G.P.S. is no longer working. A 24-year-old male employee of Avis Budget Group/Zipcar reported the theft a week later on Sept. 10.
Two Soho shops hit
Two high-end clothing stores in Soho were targeted last week.
An unidentified male forcefully jerked open the doors of the Wink boutique at 129 Prince St. on Fri., Sept. 12 at 3:33 a.m. He stole a leather jacket and five designer purses worth $2,763.
At a Moncler store at 90 Prince St., a 26-year-old male employee was doing inventory at the end of the day Thurs., Sept. 11, and realized that a man’s jacket valued at $1,795, another jacket worth $1,240 and a pair of unisex sunglasses that cost $270 were missing.
Papers delivered, money gone
A 45-year-old man was delivering newspapers and left his vehicle in front of 430 Greenwich St. in Tribeca on Mon., Sept. 15 at 5:30 a.m. The windows were open and when he returned to the van, his credit cards, driver’s license and $200 were taken from the center console. The victim cancelled his credit cards in time and no charges were made.
— DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC
