Thieves get insulin pump & more in car break-ins
Two cars were broken into last weekend in Soho — and $3,300 in stuff was taken.
The first break-in happened some time after 10 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 11 while two friends went to enjoy the splendor of New York Comic Con. At 3 a.m., when they came back to their car, a tan 2003 Honda Accord, in front of 102 Charlton St. between Hudson and Greenwich Sts., the rear driver side window was broken.
One victim, a 24-year-old diabetic from Connecticut, lost his insulin pump — a $1,500 Mini Med Paradigm — a $300 iPad and other items for a total of $2,050.
The second crime was in front of 98 Charlton St. A 28-year-old New Jersey woman went to a bar around 1:30 a.m. early Sunday morning, Oct. 12. When she and her friend returned around 3 a.m., the left front window of the car was broken and her Steve Madden handbag was gone. Inside the purse was a Louis Vuitton brown wallet, credit cards, an iPhone worth $500 and a pair of Ray Ban glasses that cost $450. In total, the thief got away with $1,250 worth of stuff.
Woman found in river
On Wed., Oct. 15, at around 5:22 p.m., police responded to a 911 call for a person in the water in the East River near Rutgers Slip on the Lower East Side.
A boat from the New York Police Department’s Harbor unit responded and officers removed an unidentified female in her 40s from the water and transported her to Pier 16, at the South Street Seaport, where she was pronounced dead on arrival by E.M.S. medics The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.
Have Mohawk, will steal
Around noon on Thurs., Oct. 9, a Tribeca woman went shoe shopping in her neighborhood at the Steve Madden at 425 Broadway.
While trying on shoes, someone dipped into the 41-year-old’s purse and stole her wallet with $300, various credit cards, a health insurance card and driver’s license in it.
Police say the suspect is a woman with a Mohawk. She got away with $600 total.
BMW stolen in Tribeca
A Financial District man parked his car at 452 Greenwich St. in Tribeca on Thurs., Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m.
When the 51-year-old returned a day later, his blue 1997 BMW Z3, worth $15,000, was nowhere to be found. Police say the car wasn’t towed and there was no broken glass at the scene.
Teens busted for car theft
Police arrested two 16-year-old male teens from Brooklyn. They are accused of stealing an Avis 2014 white Nissan sedan, worth $25,000, from a public garage at 10 Wooster St. between Canal and Grand Sts. in Soho on Sat. Oct. 11 around 11 a.m.
‘Lush worker’ strikes again
A 24-year-old fell asleep while on the E train from Queens to the Chambers St. stop in the Financial District early in the morning on Tues., Oct. 7 and was victimized by what police call a “lush worker.” When she woke up at 3:30 a.m., her shoulder bag — with her wallet, credit cards, blank checks and Ray Ban — was missing. The thief got away with $400 worth of stuff and charges were made on her credit cards at W. 4 St.
— Dusica Sue Malesevic and Zach Williams
