POLICE BEAT: Car Theft and Boutique Shoplifting

Posted
Mar. 01, 2013

59 MAIDEN LANE
Feb. 16, 2:28 p.m.
A 25-year-old woman’s MacBook laptop was stolen from the food court in Zeytuna Market when the woman left the computer unattended as she walked away to answer a phone call. The laptop is valued at $1,300. There is a tracking device on the laptop, but there were no suspects at the time of the report.

FULTON AND NASSAU
Feb. 16, 11:30 p.m.
A woman’s iPhone, valued at $450, was lifted from her pocket when she was exiting the A train at Fulton Street. The woman used a ‘Find My iPhone’ app, which tracked the phone to 66 Rivington St. on the Lower East Side, but no suspects were identified.

6 BARCLAY
Feb. 18, 2 p.m.
A 70-year-old man's black 2011 Lexus was missing when he returned to his parking spot.

123 WILLIAM
Feb. 19, 12:15 p.m.
A 35-year-old woman noticed the wallet missing from her purse, which was hanging from her chair while she was eating at Soma By Nature. Inside her $50 wallet was her New York State ID, a German ID, several credit and debit cards, checks, insurance cards and $200 in cash. The thief made unauthorized charges on the woman’s credit cards before the victim was able to cancel them.

6TH AVE. & WEST BROADWAY
Feb. 20, 8:15 a.m.
A verbal argument escalated into a physical fight between two men on the A train, one of them, age 41, the other, 30 and accompanied by a 7-year-old child. The older man pulled out a box-cutter and cut the younger man’s head and jacket.

129 FULTON
Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m.
A 27-year-old man attempted to steal approximately $115 in items from CVS. He was arrested.

397 GREENWICH
Feb. 21, 12 p.m.
A thief swiped a man’s bicycle, valued at $1,280, and the accompanying lock.

386 CANAL
Feb. 22, 9:30 p.m.
A 29-year-old man’s Apple computer was lifted from Roll & Go Pizza.

123 WEST BROADWAY
Feb. 23, 5:25 p.m.
Two women shoplifted approximately $1,500 worth of clothing from A Uno Tribeca. The women stole a $940 Rosaline dress, a $225 Porto Maud dress and a $195 Sympli dress.

129 FULTON
Feb. 24, 1 p.m.
A security guard noticed a 52-year-old man attempting to steal a can of Chef Boyardee and a $15 pair of sunglasses from CVS. He was arrested.

100 JOHN
Feb. 24, 3 p.m.
A  woman discovered a man leaving her apartment when she returned home. When she questioned what he was doing, the man claimed to be “with a leasing company” and then escaped down the stairwell. No property was reported missing from the apartment.