Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Assault ArrestAt 11 a.m. on Nov. 20, a 35-year-old man was having an argument with his 37-year-old girlfriend living at 51 Manhattan Ave. when he began strangling her. The woman did not lose consciousness, but her boyfriend stomped on her left foot, struck her on the left side and punched her. He finally threw the victim’s phone into a bucket of water, causing it damage. Victor Corporan was arrested on November 20 and charged with assault.

Fried by FraudIt pays to respond promptly when you receive a fraud alert message. At 7 a.m. on Nov. 11, a 58-year-old Columbus Avenue resident tried to pay her credit card bill online but kept getting fraud alert messages. She finally got through to her bank’s customer service line and was informed that $8,636 had been charged to her card in a variety of different locations. She closed her account and received a new card. Later that morning, another Columbus Avenue resident checking her account online saw a transaction pending in the amount of $3,400. She told police she did not authorize this transaction and was still in possession of the check which had been used to make payment. The $3,400 was not taken out of her account, and she closed the account immediately.

Stealing Under the InfluenceIf drinking and driving don’t mix, drinking and stealing a car don’t either. Police said that at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20, a man entered a parking garage at Amsterdam Avenue and West 108th Street and drove off in a woman’s 2005 Subaru Impreza. A police officer saw the driver running red lights and pulled him over. The officer observed that the motorist was intoxicated and discovered that the vehicle had been stolen. At this, the suspect fled on foot but was apprehended after a chase, when he was found hiding under a parked vehicle. He refused a breathalyzer test, and a subsequent investigation showed that his driving privileges had previously been suspended. John Javanes, 46, was arrested and charged with grand larceny auto.

CookedAt 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 7, a 65-year-old woman parked her vehicle at the southwest corner of Riverside Drive and West 110th Street. When she returned at 11 p.m., several items were missing from inside her car. She told police that there appeared to be no damage to the car’s windows or door locks, but the glove compartment was open, and items of property had been moved from the compartment to the seats. Someone had also rummaged through the car’s trunk. The property stolen included an item of Barton Perreira clothing, a Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker and a T-Fal cooking pan with a total value of $1,200.