Hack attacked
On Sun., Oct. 23, at 4:25 p.m., a man who felt a cab almost hit him at the corner of Christopher and Bedford Sts. wound up hitting the cabbie, according to police.
The taxi driver told police that the man accused him of not stopping at a stop sign while driving and almost struck him. The perturbed pedestrian started arguing with the hack and then punched him in the face, causing pain and swelling to the left side of his face.
William H. Sneddon, 45, was arrested for misdemeanor assault.
Nabbed by narc
A “salesman” approached the wrong customer early Friday morning in front of 250 W. 14th St. Police said that on Oct. 21, at 2:25 a.m., a man offered an officer a controlled substance in exchange for money.
“You want some white girl?” he reportedly asked the officer.
Upon a search, a bag of marijuana, a bag of cocaine, a can of pepper spray and a folding knife were allegedly found on his person.
Police arrested Muhammado Karaga, 29, for felony criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Bagged in subway
On Sat., Oct. 22, at 1:45 a.m., a man sitting next to a sleeping straphanger on a bench on the L platform at the 14th St. train station caught the eye of police. The man reportedly jostled the passenger’s property by touching and feeling his bag. The victim was lying on top of his bag and no property was removed.
Vernon Matthews, 35, was arrested for misdemeanor jostling.
Emily Siegel
