PETIT LARCENY: Shave and a haircut, two-bit thief | While learning to cut your hair might be a good way to save some money, one thrifty man’s quest to become his own stylist wound up costing him far more than an uneven trim. At around 5:30 p.m. on Fri., Apr. 1, police responded to a call from employees of a Duane Reade (131 Eighth Ave., btw. W. 16th & W. 17th Sts.). When they arrived at the scene, the assistant manager informed them that a man had attempted to leave the store without paying for a $21.76 set of Remington haircut clippers. The 34-year-old barber/shoplifter was arrested.
GRAND LARCENY: Lifted manlift | On Thurs., Mar. 31, a 34-year-old construction worker with Alpha Piping Corp., while returning to his worksite inside of 501 W. 30th St. (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.), noticed that the control box to the workers’ manlift (a single-person verticle platform) was missing. The $1,168 box was seen the day prior, and did not turn up by the time the crime was reported at 6:30 a.m. on Fri., Apr. 1. Making the answer to the disappearance more mysterious is the fact that multiple people had access to the area during the intervening time, and no video surveillance is available of the location.
ASSAULT: Relief not sweet for gotta go-getter | At around 3:45 a.m. on Sat., Apr. 2, a 22-year-old Suffolk County man suffering from a full bladder and an empty sense of good judgment decided to relieve himself on a residential building on the 200 block of 10th Ave. Understandably, this did not sit well with a 21-year-old resident of the building, and a verbal dispute erupted. Eventually, things escalated to the point where the resident, looking out for number one, punched the woeful whiz kid with a closed fist multiple times — causing bleeding, redness, and swelling to his face. He then fled into his home, but was quickly caught and arrested after police conducted a canvas of the building. The unfortunate urinater was admitted to Bellevue Hospital.
GRAND LARCENY: Same old swindle | Sometimes you’ve just got to wonder how people continue to fall for obvious online scams that long ago claimed their place in the annals of Internet lore. While he may not have made a blunder of “Nigerian Prince scam” proportions, on Sat., Apr. 2, a 39-year-old Manhattanite explained to police how he and a man he met online entered into an agreement in which the soon-to-be-victim would be wired $8,000 in order to purchase and send four MacBook Pro laptops to his new online buddy. Apparently not seeing anything suspicious about this transaction, and noticing that $8,000 had appeared in his bank account, the man went ahead and purchased the computers. A few days later, he was notified that his bank account had been overdrawn by, you guessed it, $8,000 — after, of course, the man had already shipped off the shiny new Apple products. Now, all police have to go on is the (quite possibly fake) name that the scammer provided to his too-trusting target.
HARASSMENT: IRL aggressor | Perhaps he should have saved his anger for the comments section. At about 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., Mar. 31, a man was visiting YouTube Headquarters (75 Ninth Ave., btw. W. 15th & W. 16th Sts.) for an event, where he got into a verbal altercation with a 29-year-old employee. With the real world tension escalating as quickly as online arguments can, he lunged at her during the dustup, and warned her, “You better watch your step,” making the woman feel unsafe. While the troublesome troll left the scene, he was not granted the anonymity of the Internet, as he left his email address and name, as was required by the event’s sign-in process.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: Unjust joyride | On Wed., Mar. 30, a 38-year-old East Sider went to check into a hotel at about 9 p.m., and decided to let the acquaintance he arrived with park his car while he made the arrangements. Apparently the individual thought the 2015 foreign-made sedan was quite nice — and he simply took it, driving off with the vehicle, and leaving his friend to (literally) hold the bag. While reporting the incident to the police on Sun., Apr. 3, the victim noted that his fickle friend had gotten into an accident in his car while in Milton, NY.
—SEAN EGAN
THE 10th PRECINCT: Located at 230 W. 20th St. (btw. Seventh & Eighth Aves.). Commander: Deputy Inspector Michele Irizarry. Main number: 212-741-8211. Community Affairs: 212-741-8226. Crime Prevention: 212-741-8226. Domestic Violence: 212-741-8216. Youth Officer: 212-741-8211. Auxiliary Coordinator: 212-924-3377. Detective Squad: 212-741-8245. The Community Council meets on the last Wed. of the month, 7 p.m., at the 10th Precinct or other locations to be announced. The next meeting is Apr. 27.
THE 13th PRECINCT: Located at 230 E. 21st St. (btw. Second & Third Aves.). Deputy Inspector: David Ehrenberg. Call 212-477-7411. Community Affairs: 212-477-7427. Crime Prevention: 212-477-7427. Domestic Violence: 212-477-3863. Youth Officer: 212-477-7411. Auxiliary Coordinator: 212-477-4380. Detective Squad: 212-477-7444. The Community Council meets on the third Tues. of the month, 6:30 p.m., at the 13th Precinct. The next meeting is Apr. 19.
CASH FOR GUNS | $100 cash will be given (no questions asked) for each handgun, assault weapon or sawed-off shotgun, up to a maximum payment of $300. Guns are accepted at any Police Precinct, PSA or Transit District.
