Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Delivery man accosted A deliveryman was bike-jacked recently. At 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, a 60-year-old man riding his electric bicycle back to his restaurant on 45 Mercer St. after making a delivery when he was thrown off the bike an unknown man on Grand Street who then threatened him with additional violence. The mugger then took the deliveryman’s bike and fled. The victim refused medical attention at the scene. The bike’s value was put at $1,100.

Aurora RobealisYet another handbag was snatched in an upscale restaurant. At 2 p.m. on Monday, July 3, a 31-year-old woman who had left her bag on a seat inside the Aurora Soho restaurant on Broome Street had it taken. In addition to her Coach handbag, valued at $375, she lost prescription eyeglasses, Ray-Ban sunglasses, a wallet, $121 in cash, a makeup, and a pair of headphones.

GPS MessBig Apple bad guys have certainly been making life miserable for local deliveryman lately. At noon on Friday, August 4, a 24-year-old man was delivering a package when he stopped to check a location on his GPS on the corner of Barclay Street and Broadway. Just then two unknown men grabbed the package from his bike’s basket and ran away. He tried but failed to track them. The items stolen included an Apple laptop, a USB adapter and a wireless mouse with a total value of $2,200.

Shoplifters 32, Zara 0It sounds as if some thieves did their shoplifting for the season. At 3:05 p.m. on Friday, July 28, an unspecified number of perpetrators entered the Zara store at 222 Broadway and took items from store shelves before running out of store. The items stolen included 4 T-shirts, 12 sweatpants, 12 denim trousers, 1 hat, and 3 items of knitwear totaling $1,578.

Kryptonite SlightWell, we can at least rule out Superman as a suspect in a bike theft. At 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 16, a 44-year-old man locked his bike to a bike rack in front of 233 West St. When he came back he found both the bike and lock were gone. The items stolen were a Giant Defy 2 bicycle valued at $2,000, plus a Kryptonite lock priced at $50, making a total stolen of $2,050.