AUGUST 24-30,2017
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 24th precinct for Week to Date 2017 2016
% Change
2017
2016
% Change
Murder
0
0
n/a
1
0
n/a
Rape
0
0
n/a
8
3
166.7
Robbery
5
4
25.0
75
77
-2.6
Felony Assault
3
0
n/a
81
76
6.6
ACQUAINTANCE CHOKED, ROBBED
Burglary
2
1
100.0
93
72
29.2
Grand Larceny
13
14
-7.1
397 402 -1.2
At 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, a 42-year-old man met an unknown individual at West 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue and went back to the man’s Central Park West apartment. When they got into the man’s apartment, they talked about the rental or sales of that apartment, when the apartment owner felt somebody choking him from behind and lost consciousness. When the victim woke up at around 1:45 a.m., he found a number of his possessions missing, including a Rolex watch, a gold chain necklace, and a blue Gucci document bag and wallet, totaling $1,040 in value.
Grand Larceny Auto
0
0
n/a
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ARRESTS FOLLOWING RIVERSIDE PARK MUGGING A woman walking in Riverside Park near West 98th Street was approached by three teenagers late on Sunday, August 13, and told to hand over her property. According to the 25-year-old woman’s account to police, one of the youths, about 14 to 16, said, “You know what’s happening. Give us your sh*t, or you’ll get stabbed.� The young muggers then took the victim’s property: a book bag, iPhone7, iPhone 6S, credit card, MetroCard and earbuds. Darien Shipman and Haneef Davis were arrested August 13 and charged with robbery and possession of stolen property.
LIVERY DRIVER ROBBED At 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, August 15, a 39-year-old livery driver picked up a passenger on West 102nd Street and drove to West 110th Street and Nicolas Avenue. There the passenger told the driver to wait. The passenger then exited the vehicle, spoke to a third party, got back in the vehicle, and asked to be driven back home, telling the driver what route to take. At West 104th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, the passenger then placed a simulated ďŹ rearm to the back of the driver’s head and demanded money. The driver handed over $150 and the passenger left, running south and into the Douglass Houses complex.
Year to Date
ALTERED SPATES Because of a recent crime pattern, police remind area residents again to write checks using unalterable permanent ink and mail checks either at a post office or just before collection time at street mailboxes. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, a 56-year-old woman mailed a check to her building management using the mailbox at West 98th Street and Columbus Avenue. On Friday, August 18 she learned that her building management had never received her check and that an unknown person had altered it,
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cashing it with a different recipient name and amount ($2,950) entered.
HUSBAND CHOKES WIFE At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, a 25-year-old woman had a verbal argument with her husband inside 840 Columbus Ave. He then choked her and she lost consciousness. She also told police that her husband had violated both an order of protection and a stay-away order. She refused medical attention at the precinct house.
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