Police Blotter FIRST PRECINCT
Packages perp Police say that a 41-year-old man “known to the Police Department” has been stealing delivery packages around Manhattan, from Soho to Chelsea and beyond, since at least late September. Police identified the suspect as Evaristo Melendez, 41, 6 feet tall, weighing 165 pounds, with a slim build, a medium complexion, short black hair and brown eyes. In the first incident, Melendez reportedly unlawfully entered a residential building at 262 W. 24th St. around 3:35 p.m. and swiped numerous packages from the lobby. On Thurs., Nov. 8, just before 5 a.m., he reportedly used a cobblestone to smash the front-door window of residential building at 529 Broome St., then made of with numerous packages from the lobby. On Wed., Nov. 7, just before 4 p.m., he allegedly followed a tenant inside a residential building at 207 E. 37th St., found what he was looking for — more delivery packages — and fled. On Nov. 12, he returned to the same building around 3:30 a.m., forcibly pulled open the lobby door and took numerous packages. He struck on the Upper West Side on Sun., Nov. 11, at a residential abode at 175 W. 72nd St., following in a resident, then grabbing, as usual, delivery packages and fleeing. Returning to the First Precinct on Sun., Nov. 1, he targeted 165 Duane St., following in behind a tenant and then absconding with a load of packages from the lobby. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577TIPS, or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted on the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, on Twitter at @ NYPDTips or by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
E-gadgets gone A thief nabbed electronics from a city vehicle parked on West Broadway on Dec. 5. Workers with the Department of Design and Construction parked the city car between Broome and Grand Sts. at 7:30 a.m., and returned a few hours later to find an iPhone and tablet belonging to the city were stolen, according to police. The worker later told cops he probably left the vehicle unlocked, cops said.
C creep Police are searching for the goon who robbed a woman at the Spring St. subway station on Tues., Dec. 4. The victim told police she was waiting for a C train at the station near Sixth Ave. at 9:05 p.m., when the crook snatched a phone from her hand and took off down the platform. The woman tried to stop him, but he shoved her to the ground, before grabbing her wallet and hurling it onto the tracks, cops said.
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A lot of people have not been getting their packages because of this guy, according to police.
Mercer Sts., at 3:50 a.m., when they grabbed 25 designer jackets and fled.
SIXTH PRECINCT
Wash. Sq. fatal Police responding to a 911 call of an unconscious male in Washington Square Park on Sun., Dec. 2, just after 6 a.m., found a 55-year-old white man unconscious and unresponsive lying on a park bench. E.M.S. medics pronounced him deceased at the scene. A police spokesperson tentatively identified the man as James McEvaddy but said that name was still being verified as accurate. She said the man may have been homeless and, based on records of previous incidents, may have had a history of substance abuse. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing.
NINTH PRECINCT
Face-up on 3rd Ave. Police found an unidentified male lying face-up on the sidewalk at the corner of Ninth St. and Third Ave. on Fri., Dec. 7, around 2:30 a.m., when the responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male. He was unconscious and unresponsive and fully clothed, with no obvious signs of trauma. He was transported by E.M.S. to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A police spokesperson said the man was white, apparently in his late 40s, possibly homeless and had no ID on him. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. The investigation remains ongoing.
Highjacked jackets Thieves made off with more than $43,000 worth of jackets from a Spring St. clothing store on Dec. 9. Surveillance footage shows three burglars prowling about the retail shop, located between Greene and
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dead at his desk at 111 Eighth Ave. on Fri., Dec. 7, around 9 p.m., police said. Responding officers found the man, identified as Scott Krulcik, of 249 W. 11th St. in the West Village, unconscious and unresponsive, with no obvious signs of trauma, on the sixth floor of the location. E.M.S. responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. The investigation remains ongoing. The New York Post reported a janitor found Krulcik unconscious at his work terminal in Google’s flagship building in Chelsea at W. 16th St., and that E.M.S. medics tried to perform CPR, but could not revive him. Police said there did not appear to be any criminality involved. Krulcik was from Saratoga, Springs, N.Y., and a Carnegie Mellon University graduate, the tabloid reported. He reportedly did not have any medical conditions.
13TH PRECINCT
Dead on shore On Mon., Dec. 10, just before 7 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man near the East River at E. 20th St., near Stuyvesant Town. They found an unidentified man, apparently in his 40s, unconscious and unresponsive on the shoreline. According to a police spokesperson, the man was naked and his clothes were next to him, and there were no signs of bodily trauma. He had no ID. E.M.S. medics transported the man to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing.
10TH PRECINCT
Google worker DOA A 22-year-old Google software engineer was found TVG
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