Banking on Fraud
Two East Side GTAs
A motorcycle and a car were stolen Aug. 20. A 24-year-old Long Island man reported that the motorcycle he was riding, which belonged to his 49-year-old father, was stolen. He parked the $11,000 blue 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 65th Street. When he returned to the spot, it was missing.
A 42-year-old man from the Hudson region reported his 2007 Toyota Camry stolen. He told police the car was legally parked on Third Avenue and East 77th Street while he visited a friend that lived nearby.
Woman Assaulted
A 39-year-old woman reported to police Aug. 20 that she was assaulted while walking on Madison Avenue near East 68th Street. She said that, at 11 p.m., a man hit her in the back of the head with his hand. She fell to the ground and, after getting up, chased the man. She told police that obscenities were yelled.
Crime Check
Weekly, monthly and year-to-date crime stats from the 19th Precinct, on the East Side from 59th to 96th streets. Read more
Bank Robbery
A man stole hundreds from a Chase bank branch at 510 Park Ave. and East 60th Street Aug. 9 at 1:24 p.m. Police said a man entered the branch and gave a teller a note that read, “Pass the money. I have a gun.” The teller handed over $500 in $20 bills and the man fled.
Brainiac Brawl
A man was in a Queens hospital with a broken left ring finger after a fight with his PhD mentor at Hunter College on 695 Park Ave. and East 68th Street. The 40-year-old Queens resident told police that he got into a fight with his German-born 67-year-old mentor Aug. 17 over lateness to a presentation. The man’s finger was broken when a physical fight ensued.
Health-Conscious Mugger
A man is accused of attacking a 22-year-old Gramercy Park resident after being offered cigarettes. The man told police his assailant asked him for money on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and East 65th Street Aug. 8, at 10 p.m. He offered the man a pack of cigarettes instead. The assailant, however, demanded money and then punched him in the face. Both men fled in opposite directions after the attack.
Hungry Customer
A loud, irate customer at a 7-Eleven store on 1594 York Ave. and East 84th Street was arrested Aug. 18 after biting an employee. The 40-year-old Queens employee told police Melissa Hennessy, 36, was being disorderly in his store at 2:55 a.m., causing “fear and alarm.” He told police that Hennessy bit him in the arm hard enough to break skin.
Two Motorcycles Stolen
Two more motorcycles were taken from their parking spots on the East Side. A 2010 red Honda motorcycle parked on 583 Park Ave. and East 63rd Street was reported stolen Aug. 18. The owner, a 47-year-old Bronx man, was at work during the theft. An employee at the nearby Christian Science Church told the owner that someone hopped on the motorcycle, somehow started it and drove away north on Park Avenue.
The second theft happened a day later, Aug. 19, in front of 605 Park Ave. The 39-year-old Queens man parked his black 2007 Suzuki motorcycle at 9 a.m. When he returned at 4 p.m., his motorcycle was gone.
Shoplifter Busted
A 50-year-old man was arrested for robbery Aug. 19 at the 125 E. 86th St. and Lexington Avenue Duane Reade. At 1:36 p.m., an employee noticed Keith Hembrick trying to steal a $4 can of Red Bull energy drink and a $4 cake. Hembrick tried to leave and the employee tried to stop him. The arresting officers found Hembrick wrestling with the 25-year-old Duane Reade employee. The employee got a laceration on his right arm and a swollen lip.
