Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Putting the Hurt on HertzA young motorist is wanted by police, along with the rental car he hasn’t returned. At 5:31 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, a 20-year-old man rented a gray 2017 Subaru Impreza from the Hertz location at 20 Morris St. using what as later determined to be a fraudulent credit card. As of June 7 the vehicle had still not been returned but had been sighted by license plate readers throughout the 75th precinct in Brooklyn. The Subaru is valued at $20,200. Police are looking for Brady Bell-Derell.

Hardy BargainThe long arm of the law came down hard on a couple shoplifting from the John Hardy SoHo Boutique on Prince Street. At 10:02 a.m. on Thursday, June 8, a young couple was seen on surveillance video removing items, including a diamond 18-karat double-coil ring valued at $7,900, which they apparently were not intending to pay for, police said. Michael Raftu, 24, and Breanna Bronson, 23, were arrested on June 8 and charged with grand larceny.

How RüdesPolice busted another shoplifter at another area boutique just one day before. At 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, a 22-year-old man removed an item off the shelf in the Jeffrey Rüdes clothing boutique on Greene Street. The item stolen and recovered was a jacket valued at $3,200. Peter Casillas was arrested June 7 and charged with grand larceny.

Strayed ArrowA Grubhub delivery man was undone in a bicycle “Grabnab.” At 1:15 p.m. on Monday, June 5, a 44-year-old deliveryman working for the popular food-order phone service locked his bike to a metal post in front of 40 Harrison St. After he made his delivery, he returned downstairs to find his bike gone. The man told police that witness had seen someone remove his bike and lock from the metal post. The stolen bicycle was a black Arrow valued at $1,450.

By Hook or by CrookYou could get hung up when you hang up your property in a bar or restaurant. At 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, a 33-year-old woman hung her purse up on a hook in the P.J. Clarke’s On The Hudson on Vesey Street. Her purse was gone when she went to retrieve it as she was leaving. Missing are her Kindle reader valued at $300, Ray-Ban prescription sunglasses priced at $300, a Blackberry listed at $300, a black Henri Bendel purse tagged at $350, other personal items and identification. In all, the stolen property came to $1,554.