(Updated March 5, 2015)
Held up at knifepoint
A man held up a British bath and body store in Soho last week and got away with $400, police say.
On Mon., Feb. 23 at the Molton Brown store at 128 Spring St., police say the robber took out his knife at around 7 p.m. and flashed it at a female employee, 24, and said, “You know what this is about, right?” He then asked her to open the register.
When the woman told the man she couldn’t open the cash register, he shoved her and went to another female employee, 34. The second employee opened the safe and showed him it was empty. She then opened the cash register and the thief took $400 out, police say.
He made them both go to the back of the store, which has no video surveillance. The employees were not injured.
Murder suspect caught
The man suspected of fatally shooting an aspiring East Village rapper outside his home in the Lillian Wald Houses on Avenue D on Mon., Feb. 23, was taken into custody in New Jersey early last Thursday.
Shaquille Fuller, 21, a resident of 60 Avenue D, also in the Wald Houses, was taken into custody in Irvington, N.J., the Daily News first reported. However, as of press time this week, no charges had been filed against Fuller, police said.
“He is in police custody and charges in New York are pending,” a police spokesperson said Tues., March 3. Another department spokesperson pointed out that, contrary to the News’s report, Fuller has not been arrested — and that he cannot be arrested until he is charged by the New York Police Department.
According to police, Fuller shot Isaac, 33, three times in the chest outside 20 Avenue D, at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. The two reportedly had been overheard arguing before the shooting.
Isaac, who rapped as Sham Da God, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, where he died. Fuller fled into the Wald Houses on the F.D.R. Drive, then eluded police for several days. He was ID’d by surveillance video from near the shooting. Isaac’s career as a rapper was reportedly set to “blow up” as he was poised to sign a contract with a major producer.
Window washer dies
A window washer died after falling from the fifth floor of a Tribeca building Tuesday afternoon, according to several media outlets.
The man, who has yet to be identified, was seen by witnesses washing windows at the Hanover House at 335 Greenwich St. without a harness, according to the Daily News.
He fell a little after 1 p.m. and was taken to NewYork Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man — who was in his thirties — reportedly worked for the Aerial Window Cleaning, L.L.C.
Soho shop hit twice
The high-end clothing store Moncler at 90 Prince St. in Soho was popular among thieves last week.
On Thurs., Feb. 26, two men worked as a team to steal a jacket at 6:30 p.m., police say. One man distracted the male employee, 26, by asking questions and the other stuffed a jacket underneath his coat. The theft was caught on video and the police lifted prints from the scene. No word on what kind of jacket it was nor how much it cost.
A jacket — this time worth $1,795 — also played a role in the second incident, which took place at the same store on Sat., Feb. 28 at about 5 p.m. This time, a female employee, 25, did not see the suspect grab the item. The theft became apparent when she did an inventory check later, police say. No description of the suspect was given.
Pricey tool for luxe toilets
At the construction site of what will be luxury condominiums, the Sterling Mason at 71 Laight St. in Tribeca, a very expensive tool for plumbing, valued at $4,500, was stolen, police say.
A Par Plumbing employee, 54, last saw the propress gun on Wed., Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. The man said that the tool was padlocked in a container on the seventh floor of the building, which is currently under construction.
When he came back to get the tool less than a week later, on Mon., Feb. 23 at around 2 p.m., it was gone. The padlock was not damaged, police say. The employee told police that several people had keys that could have opened that the container.
– DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC & LINCOLN ANDERSON
