Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Mean to CélineA downtown boutique might want to reinforce their front door. At 5:10 p.m. on Friday, July 29, two men broke through the entrance of Céline, a French, high-end clothing shop at 67 Wooster St., grabbed more than $53,000 worth of luxury merchandise before fleeing the premises. Police searched but could not find the perpetrating pair. Among the haul were two Coulisse leather handbags valued at $4,700, three Trotter leather handbags priced at $6,050, a necklace pendant valued at $510, and an extra thin bracelet tagged at $590,

KO’dThat same evening, another downtown store was burgled of $5,000 in cash and $25,000 merchandise. Police said a gang of six men and women in their 20s broke into the sneaker and sportswear store Michael K at 39 Lispenard St., getting away on foot eastbound on Lispenard towards Broadway, carrying the stolen loot in a suitcase. Police said a search of the area proved fruitless. The items stolen included clothing and footwear.

Balancing ActA construction company should consider replacing their business van with an armored vehicle. At 1 p.m. on Monday, August 1, a 27-year-old man working for J & S Precision Balancing of Bohemia, N.Y., parked his brown 2003 GMC Safari work van at the northeast corner of Warren and Greenwich Streets. He had locked all the doors of the van, but when he returned at 3 p.m., he found they had been jimmied and numerous pieces of valuable equipment absconded with, including a laser alignment tool valued at $25,000, a portable balancer priced at $15,000, a ratchet hoist worth $500, The total loss was valued at $43,280.

Tallman TaleThe Big Apple was pretty rotten to an upstate couple. At 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, a man from Tallman, N.Y., and a woman from Corgens, N.Y., parked a blue 2005 Toyota Camry in front of 69 Thompson St. When they returned at 4:40 a.m. the following morning, one of the car windows had been smashed and two computer laptops, an iPhone and a business credit card were taken from inside the car. The losses totalled $18,649.

No TriumphA local motorcyclist had a rude awakening recently. At 9 p.m. on Friday, July 29, a downtown resident parked his a green 2012 Triumph Scrambler in front of his building at 145 Spring St. It was gone when he returned the next morning. The bike is valued at $10,000.