Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Navitimer PrimerOne young gym-goer learned the hard way not to bring valuable property to the gym. At 6:55 p.m. on Dec. 5, a 29-year-old man went to the Equinox gym at 225 Liberty St. and left his watch in his locker before going to work out. When he returned to the locker at 8:15 p.m., his big-ticket timepiece was gone. The stolen watch was a black-and-silver Breitling Navitimer valued at $9,624.

Nice Leather We’re NabbingLeaving her jacket behind her is a habit one young bar hopper should probably put behind her. At 10 p.m. on Nov. 23, a 29-year-old woman placed her $5,000 jacket behind her in a lower Sixth Avenue bar. When she next turned around to look for her jacket, it was gone. It was a Saint Laurent leather jacket valued at $4,990.

Dang GangApparently someone among a gang of construction workers stole tools from a gang box. At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, a construction worker locked his tools in a gang box inside a site on the 47th floor at 56 Leonard St. and left work. When he returned to work the following Monday, Dec. 5, his tools — screw guns, a jigsaw, line lasers, and other items — were missing from the box. He informed his construction manager, who lent him some company tools to use. At the end of the day the worker put the borrowed tools into the gang box and locked it. Then when he came in to work at 7 a.m. the following morning, he discovered that the borrowed tools were also now missing from the gang box. All total, the missing tools are valued at $2,976.

Ex XtracycleA bicyclist probably regrets leaving her bike on the street overnight instead of taking it into her apartment. At 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, a 46-year-old woman secured her Xtracycle cargo bicycle with a lock in front of her apartment building at 100 Hudson Street. When she came out at 8 a.m. the following morning, her two-wheeler was missing. The bicycle is valued at $2,200.

No Free SamplesPolice busted two men who stole merchandise from a sample sale. At 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 9, two men — one, age 49 and the other, 45 — took clothing from the 260 sample sale inside 151 Wooster Street without permission or authority. Police later found Darren Roberts and Ricardo Reid to be in possession of stolen property and arrested them on a charge of grand larceny. The item stolen was a fur coat valued at $2,150.