Dies in stabbing
A New Jersey man who got into a fight after being ejected from Strada, a club at Broadway and W. 21st St., died after he was stabbed outside of the place at 2:50 a.m. Sat. Aug. 18, police said. Jean Muller, 25, of Elizabeth N.J., was declared dead at St. Vincent’s Hospital about a half-hour after the stabbing.
Police said the victim had been at Strada with a friend and had been ejected from the club after he tried to grope a female patron. Muller got into an argument and a pushing match outside Strada, and the stabbing was apparently not related to his being ejected from the club, according to police. There were surveillance cameras inside Strada but none outside the club, police said. There were no arrests, and police are investigating the case.
Flatiron sex assault
A man followed a woman, 20, into the lobby of her building on W. 25th St. and Sixth Ave. at 12:45 a.m. Mon. Aug. 20, pushed into the elevator behind her and grabbed her pubic area, police said. The victim fought and beat off the attacker, who grabbed her wallet and fled, police said. The suspect was described as a black man wearing dark clothes, about 25 years old, 6’1” and weighing about 200 pounds, police said.
Seek bank rob suspect
Police are seeking Anthony Randall, a suspect in the 5:35 p.m. robbery on June 26 of the North Fork Bank branch at 100 W. 26th St. at the corner of Sixth Ave. Randal is described as a black man, 39 years old, with a mustache, 5’6” and weighing about 185 pounds. Randall has a record of previous arrests for robbery, assault and weapons possession.
Assault arrest
Marc Carpentier, 41, an off-duty Department of Corrections officer, was arrested for assault, criminal mischief and resisting arrest at 2:15 a.m. Thurs. Aug. 16 in a bar at 232 Eighth Ave. at W. 22nd St., according to police.
Robs bank in scrubs
A man wearing a beige jacket walked into the Chase bank branch at 400 E. 23rd St. shortly before 1 p.m. Sat. Aug. 18, passed a note to a teller demanding money and fled with a bag containing an unspecified amount of cash, according to police. The robber ran across 23rd St. into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and according to a witness took off the jacket and, wearing green hospital scrubs underneath, entered the hospital. Police found the jacket in a hospital housekeeping closet and the bag with red dye and some of the money on the floor. The robber, described as black man, 35 to 40 years old and 5’11”, was not apprehended.
Burglar at Chelsea Piers
A security supervisor of Pier 59 in the Chelsea Piers who spotted a man breaking into the golf range on the pier at 18th St. at 1:18 a.m. Mon Aug. 20 called police, who arrested Jerman Devis, 28, on the premises and charged him with burglary. At 3:30 a.m. the previous day, surveillance cameras at the golf range recorded the image of an intruder breaking into the pro shop. The break-in was discovered two hours later, and nothing was reported stolen.
A patron of the Chelsea Piers fitness club told police that someone broke into his locker on Sun. Aug. 19 sometime between 4:45 and 6:40 p.m. and took a gold chain, an iPod with Bose earphones, a digital camera with a total value of $11,300, and various credit cards.
Burglary arrest
Police arrested Stephen Morgan, 66, at 7:20 p.m. Fri. Aug. for breaking into the office of Tudor Realty Service at 256 W. 15th St. via a fire escape window. The suspect was apprehended inside the office, and nothing was reported stolen, police said.
Ride-by snatch
An unidentified bicycle rider came up behind a woman walking west on the north side of W. 21st St. between Seventh and Eighth Aves. at 2 a.m. Sun. Aug. 19 and snatched the handbag hanging from her shoulder, police said. She lost the bag, valued at $900,along with $400 in cash.
Identity theft
A resident of 420 W. 19th St. in the Robert Fulton Houses told police on Sat. Aug. 18 that someone who had her social security number obtained a Master Card line of credit in her name and took $1,966 in cash on it.
Arrest for assault
Police charged Scott Tellecamp, 48, with assault for punching two women who were walking on Ninth Ave. near W. 25th St. at 12:45 a.m. Fri. Aug. 17.
By Albert Amateau
