Police Beat

Collected by Nick Pinto
POSTED JANUARY 1, 2008

1 State Street Plaza
12/14...6:40 p.m.
A 23-year-old employee of Au Bon Pan found her wallet missing from her locker. The wallet contained her Social Security card and Green Card, as well as her son’s Social Security card.

53 Park Place
12/16...5 p.m.
A man left his bank card in an ATM machine and was notified shortly afterwards that $1,250 in charges had been made on the card at Sunglasses Hut.

22 Cortland
12/17...8 a.m.
A 30-year-old Brazilian tourist noticed that her credit cards were missing. When she reported the missing cards, she was informed that unauthorized purchases totalling $425 had already been made.

2 West
12/19...2 a.m.
A 34-year-old Pennsylvania man staying at the Ritz Carlton reported that his rose gold Jacobs & Co. watch had been stolen from his toiletry bag. The watch is valued at $30,000. Police were unable to lift prints from the crime scene.

2 South End
12/19...2:45 a.m.
A 27-year-old man was arrested for stealing a black 2007 Saab sedan after the vehicle was involved in an accident.

120 Broadway
12/19...3:30 p.m.
A Brooklyn woman noticed that her wallet was missing from her purse. $700 in unauthorized charges were made at Toys R Us and Circuit City.

30 Broad
12/19...5 p.m.
A 31-year-old Brooklyn woman noticed at work that her wallet, containing $630 in cash as well as credit cards and identification, had been removed from her bag. When she reported her missing credit cards she was notified that $236 in unauthorized charges had already been made.

249 Broadway
12/20...time unknown
An accupuncturist reported that a woman came into her office to make an appointment for her father. After speaking with her, the accupuncturist left the room to finish with her current client. When she returned, she found her wallet with credit cards, identification, and $350 in cash was missing.

31 Park Row
12/20...12 p.m.
A 33-year-old man was arrested for purchasing two Apple touch-phones with a forged credit card at J&R Music World.

22 CortlandT
12/20...7 p.m.
A 34-year-old Manhattan woman was shopping at Century 21 when she found that her bag had been unzipped and her wallet and leather gloves stolen.

415 Broadway
12/20...7:40 p.m.
A 26-year-old Brooklyn man got into an argument with a man on the sidewalk. The jacketed man stabbed him twice, once in each shoulder blade, before escaping on foot.

4 Vestry
12/20...11 p.m.
Port Authority police noticed a fistfight taking place outside of the Holland Tunnel entrance. One person was on top of the other, punching him repeatedly. The two men began to fight with Port Authority officers when police tried to separate them. Three officers were injured and sent to the hospital.

11 Maiden Lane
12/21...bet. 1:30 and 5:45 p.m.
Three roommates had $3,950 in electronics stolen from their apartment. There were no signs of forced entry.

Beaver & Broad
12/21...8:54 p.m.
A 15-year-old Manhattan resident was talking on his cell phone on the street when he was approached by four men, one of whom punched him in the face. The boy fell to the ground and the

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