OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
Cops are hunting a man wanted for allegedly slugging a parking enforcement officer in the face on Canal St. on Sept. 17.
The traffic agent was near Sixth Ave. at 7:10 p.m., when he got into an argument with the suspect over “instructions” he’d provided him, cops said.
But the suspect wasn’t interested in what the ticket slinger had to say, and instead slugged him once in the kisser before fleeing, according to police.
BAD CHECK
A thief lifted $1,200 worth of electronics from the coat check of a Murray St. night club on Sept. 6.
The victim told police that he checked his laptop, earphones, and backpack at the door of the watering hole between W. Broadway and Church St. at 10:30 p.m., and returned to the club at around 7:30 a.m. the next day to find that his stuff had disappeared.
BIKE BANDIT
A thief stole a man’s bike he had locked on Cedar St. on Sept. 30.
The victim told police that he left his $1,200 ride chained up near Nassau St. at 9:30 a.m., and returned later that evening to find it stolen.
DINE AND SASH
A burglar ransacked a Prince St. restaurant on Sept. 19, taking not money, or food, but clothes.
A restaurant rep told police that the thief snuck into the eatery between McDouglas and Sullivan Sts. at 6 a.m., before making his way to the basement and nabbing $500 worth of clothes.
The restaurant has since handed over surveillance footage they hope will help cops track down the burglar, according to police.
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 a.m., 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, 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 p.m., 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 p.m., 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 a.m,. 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 p.m., 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 a.m., 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
