Crime Watch

BY JERRY DANZIG

Unsafe HarborA bathroom break turned out to be a bad break for a young woman from Brooklyn. At 11 p.m. on Oct. 4, a 31-year-old woman placed her purse, which held about $11,000 worth of jewelry, on a hook under the bar at the Pier A Harbor House inside 22 Battery Place. She left her seat for a few minutes to use the restroom and upon returning fifteen minutes later, noticed her belongings were missing. The items stolen included a black Kate Spade purse, white-and-yellow metal earrings, a white-and-yellow metal square-links bracelet, a white-and-yellow metal ring, a personally designed yellow metal ring, an unspecified Sephora product, a Guess jacket raincoat, and various credit and gift cards. The total value of the items stolen came to $11,400.

Life’s a BurchTory Burch became the latest downtown boutique to be hit by a shoplifter. At 7:51 p.m. on Oct. 6, a man entered the store at 200 Vesey St. and made off with items of merchandise. The items stolen were a variety of watches in different colors with a total value of $1,475.

Photo OpportunityA reminder: If you put your bag down, don’t let your guard down. At 12:10 p.m. on Oct. 6, a 32-year-old man visiting from Vietnam laid his bag on the sidewalk to take pictures in front of 14 Wall St. When he went to pick up his bag, it was not there. The dark blue bag valued at $10 contained $6,000.

Uneasy RiderA man was slashed on the E train on Oct. 8 after twice trying to walk away from a stranger mumbling incoherently, police said. The alleged assailant got on board the southbound E train at the Chambers Street station, took a seat and began to mumble. The man then turned to a 31-year-old man and said, “What you looking at?” The man walked away, but the other person followed him and punched him in the back of his head. The 31-year-old again tried to walk away, but this time the deranged man slashed him with a knife on his left shoulder and hand. The victim was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. There was no word on suspects.

Out of Site, Out of HandA contractor left his toolbox on the ninth floor of a construction site inside 5 Beekman St. on Sept. 29. When he returned at 10 a.m. on Oct. 5, his belongings were nowhere to be found. He searched the area, but nothing turned up. Apparently, multiple companies and employees had access to the construction site during the period he was away. The items stolen included a heated jacket valued at $350, a laptop priced at $350, an amp probe of no stated value, miscellaneous tools and a bag worth $200, eight 24-V motors tagged at $600 and a fan coil unit worth $200, making a total stolen of $1,700.