Fatal plunge on E. 3rd
A woman staying at actor David Harbour’s third-floor apartment on E. Third St. near Second Ave. fatally plunged into the building’s rear courtyard on Mon., Sept. 14, around 5 p.m.
A source identified the woman as Christian Croft, 29. She reportedly exited from one of the apartment’s rear windows onto the fire escape, walked along it to the right, and then either fell or jumped.
At the time, Harbour was in Toronto at the premiere of “Black Mass,” the new film about Boston mobster Whitey Bulger starring Johnny Depp.
“She was someone who struggled,” Harbour told the Daily News. “She was in the shelter system.
“I was trying to help her out. I’m very confused, I don’t understand how this happened. She seemed to be a lovely person. It’s a terrible tragedy. I’m very shaken by this.”
According to the News, police said the woman had a history of mental health issues.
The Tony-award nominated actor did not immediately say how he and the woman had met.
Natty dread walk
On Thurs., Sept. 10, around 4 p.m., police spotted a man allegedly walking between subway cars on a northbound L train as it arrived at the Eighth Ave. station.
The dreadlocked man refused to show police his ID and stated multiple times that he didn’t “have to do anything,” according to a police report. When they tried to arrest him, he went rigid and also caused a scene, the report added.
Kyle Cooper, 23, was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Moving between subway cars, even if they are not moving, is not allowed and is punishable by a $75 fine.
Law of gravity
Police on patrol in the Village spotted a knife poking out from a man’s front right pants pocket on Sat., Sept. 12. They deemed the blade to be a gravity knife and arrested its owner, 35, at about 12:15 a.m. near the southwest corner of Seventh Ave. South and W. 11th St. The man was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
A folding knife that is openable with a one-handed flick of the wrist is deemed an illegal gravity knife under New York law.
Guest got violent
A guest not only overstayed his welcome at an apartment at 242 W. 14th St., he then got violent. He refused a request to leave at about 3:15 a.m., on Sat., Sept. 12, punched his 26-year-old host and threatened him with a knife, police said.
A 22-year-old woman witnessed the incident, according to a police report. The two men did not know each other, the report adds.
Angel J. De Pena, 23, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor menacing.
Bus attacker busted
A man shattered an M.T.A. bus door at 10 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 12, police reported. The bus’s 36-year-old male driver accused Jose Barral, 59, of punching and breaking the door near the intersection of W. 12th St. and Eighth Ave. Barral was arrested and charged with criminal mischief, a felony.
According to the police report, doors for city buses cost $1,000. It was not immediately clear what caused Barral to flip out.
Catch suspect caught
A 27-year-old woman told police that she saw a woman sifting through her purse inside Catch, the trendy restaurant and bar at 21 Ninth Ave. in the Meatpacking District, on Sat., Sept. 12, around 3 a.m.
The victim’s husband then observed the suspect take the purse from the table and carry it outside just after 3 a.m., according to a report.
They confronted the alleged thief and retrieved the purse.
Christina Callaway, 24, was arrested and charged with grand larceny, a felony. Surveillance video that could help prove whether Callaway did it or not was “not yet retrievable,” police said.
— Zach Williams and Lincoln Anderson
