Synagogue break-in Three suspects were arrested inside the historic Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue on Sun., Oct. 9 and charged with stealing copper memorial plates from the locked house of worship at 60 Norfolk St. Rabbi Mendel Greenbaum was checking on the building when he spotted the intruders and called police. Jose Cruz, 33, was being [...]
Continue reading …Dapper robber A man in a dark suit and a white button-down shirt walked up to a teller into the Capital One branch at 277 Broadway at Chambers St. around 12:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 6, opened his jacket to reveal a gun tucked into his waistband and demanded money, police said. He fled with an [...]
Continue reading …Three times out A suspect in the Sept. 26 robbery of the Sovereign Bank branch at 2 Gold St. was arrested after he hit the place for a third time on Wednesday, Sept. 28, for a total of $26,000. Charles Burnett, 29, with a record of two previous misdemeanor arrests, was charged with three counts [...]
Continue reading …Downtown bank robber A man entered the Sovereign Bank branch at 2 Gold St. at 9:15 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, put a plastic bag on a teller’s counter and passed a note saying, “Put the money in the bag. I have a gun,” police said. The robber fled from the bank with $2,258 and [...]
Continue reading …Phone snatch A woman, 23, told police that she was walking on Walker Street near Sixth Avenue. on her way home around 2 a.m. Sat., Sept. 17, when a strange man asked her where she was going and then snatched her iPhone from her hand and fled. Teens arrested Police arrested two 15-year-old boys for [...]
Continue reading …Pimp arrest Jason Itzler, who served two years in jail for promoting prostitution through his New York Confidential Services at 79 Worth St., was arrested again on W. 14th St. on Thurs., Sept 8 for the same crime plus money-laundering and sale of cocaine. His new venture has been running since the summer, according to [...]
Continue reading …Panhandling to robbery A man walking to his car parked in front of 300 Albany St. in Battery Park City around 7:45 p.m. Tues., Aug. 30, had unwelcome company in a stranger who followed him and asked repeatedly for money. The stranger finally reached into the victim’s back pocket for his wallet and started slapping [...]
Continue reading …Mugged in Trump Soho A man, 29, was reading his iPad in a public area on the ground floor of the Trump Soho hotel on Spring St. at Varick St. around 2:50 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 18, when two men attacked him, police said. One suspect put a choke hold on the victim, the other grabbed [...]
Continue reading …Tribeca brawl An argument in front of 50 Murray St., between W. Broadway and Church St. around 3:15 a.m. Sat., Aug 13 ended with two men in Bellevue with minor injuries, police said. The two victims told police the suspect, Christian Lopez, 23, punched them and hit them in the head with a bottle. Lopez [...]
Continue reading …Slash and rob A gang of thugs attacked three victims in front of 111 South St. between Beekman St. and Peck Slip around 3:50 a.m. Sat., Aug.6, knocked them to the ground and slashed them with box cutters, police said. The victims, who were leaving a bar around closing time, lost their wallets during the [...]
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