Police Blotter, week of May 15, 2013
Grand Larceny: Missing ice must have had help Expensive jewelry may dazzle, but its abilities to amaze stop short at growing legs. So a resident of the west 20s, who left her apartment at 9am one morning in early May and returned at 7pm to find several items of pricey ice missing, suspects the A-list [...]
Police Blotter, May 1, 2013
Grand Larceny: That SUV was no livery Lack of a yellow cab’s “on duty” light, and perhaps a few drinks, may have been behind a nightclub patron’s unwise decision to enter what she thought was a livery cab — after a night of West Chelsea partying. The incident happened at around 3am on Sat., April [...]
Police Blotter, April 17, 2013
Grand Larceny: Crooked cabby’s scam goes south Upon exiting a cab at around 2:30am on Sun., April 7, a resident of West Chelsea realized she left her phone (a Verizon model valued at $300) behind. A short time later, her friend was contacted by the driver (using the victim’s phone). They were told that if [...]
Police Blotter, Week of April 3, 2013
CPCS: His beef, a bitter pill to swallow A 47-year-old male was arrested by uniformed officers of the 10th Precinct at around 10pm on Sat., March 16 — when he was caught attempting to flee the premises of Western Beef Supermarket (431 W. 16th St., btw. 9th & 10th Aves.). Criminal Possession of a Controlled [...]
Police Blotter, March 21, 2013
PETTY LARCENY: Can’t recall locking car The next time you can’t remember if you locked your car, double check it — or suffer the same nagging question a West Chelsea resident must still be asking. At around 11am on Fri., March 8, he parked his car in front of 335 W. 22nd St. — then [...]
Schooled in Scams, at the 10th Precinct
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | On the last Wednesday of February, nearly two dozen locals packed the first floor meeting room of Chelsea’s 10th Precinct — for the latest installment of their monthly Community Council Meeting. Before opening the floor to questions, Deputy Inspector Elisa Cokkinos began by citing the latest crime index statistics — noting [...]
Police Blotter, Week of Feb. 20, 2013
Grand Larceny: Jeep jacked during BBQ, Bar crawl At some point during the time it would have taken to put in a proper day’s work, a BBQ-hungry bar crawler’s green 2001 Jeep Blazer was stolen. That’s what the owner, a 35-year-old male, told police. The vehicle was parked in front of 333 W. 23rd St. [...]
Police Blotter, Week of Jan. 23, 2013
Burglary: Coat check pants safely recovered Uniformed officers arrived at the Dream Hotel (355 W. 16th St., btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.) in the dawn hours of Mon., Jan. 14 — to arrest 23-year-old male who, the police report noted, was found by the manager in the coat check area “while it was closed, with [...]
Police Blotter, December 28, 2011
PETTY LARCENY: Cashier couldn’t be trusted around cash A 21-year-old female employee of Gristedes was arrested on Sat., Dec. 17 when it was discovered that she engaged in fraudulent transactions — by entering fake coupons then taking cash for the coupon amount (a total of $264). GRAND LARCENY: In the company of thieves? On the [...]
