Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Rough TradingA shopping cart may be a convenient place to leave your purse, but it is not a secure one. At 4 p.m. on August 3, a 76-year-old woman was shopping in the Trader Joe’s store at 2073 Broadway. She placed her purse in her shopping cart and left the cart unattended briefly. When she returned, she found that the cart had been moved and her purse had been removed. $100 in cash was missing, along with her credit cards.

Equinox AftershocksPolice remind gym goers that even a locked locker is not a safe place to leave valuables. At 3 p.m. on August 1, a 44-year-old woman returned to her locker in the Equinox Health Club at 160 Columbus Avenue. She discovered that her locked locker had been opened and various belongings were gone, including a Hermes bag, cash and other items with a total value of $4,367.