Manhattan
Investigators on Sunday released this surveillance image of a man suspected of boosting nearly $600 in cologne from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Midtown. The fragrance filcher walked into the store at around 10:15 a.m. on May 6, grabbed eight 3.4-ounce, $74 bottles of Fierce and strolled out without paying, authorities said.
Two young shoplifters were a shade obvious. The teens were spotted casing a Noho sunglass store and were then caught trying to steal some items, cops said Sunday. Tahik Davis, 18, and Al Housseinou Sy, 19, walked past a Sunglass Hut at Broadway and Eighth Street several times, catching the attention of the sales representatives at around 4:50 p.m. on May 4, police sources said. The workers reported that the two looked as if they were casing the store, according to the sources. As police were reviewing surveillance video in the back, the thieves entered the shop and began pocketing sunglasses, the sources said. A clerk started screaming, “They’re stealing!” and the detectives ran from the back room and arrested them, the sources said.
Two thugs sliced open a man’s jacket with a razor blade and stole his Samsung cellphone, according to police sources Sunday. The victim was standing on Seventh Avenue near West 17th Street in the West Village at around 3:50 a.m. April 29 when Stephon Williams, 31, and Kenneth Edwards, 22, walked up to him, grabbed him by the collar and one said, “Run you’re pockets!” police said. Edwards then allegedly punched the man in the face, ripped his backpack off his shoulders and cut his jacket open with a razor, police sources said. The men took the victim’s phone and wallet containing $65, cops said. Williams and Edwards were apprehended in the West Fourth Street subway station shortly after the incident, according to police.
A skateboarding panhandler broke a woman’s car window after she refused to give him money in the West Village, sources said Sunday. Hector Orozco, 24, became irate with the victim on East 10th Street near University Place at 8:10 a.m. May 6, when he asked for some money and she said no, the sources said. Orozco picked up his skateboard and allegedly smashed her rear car window, the sources said. The super of a nearby building rushed over and held Orozco down until police arrived, the sources said. Orozco was charged with criminal mischief.
The Bronx
A store clerk thwarted an armed thug in a Fordham bodega, cops said Sunday. A man walked into the Fordham Food Plaza at 2487 Creston Ave. at around 4 p.m. April 27 and demanded money at gunpoint, according to police. But the 38-year-old employee held his ground and refused to hand over the cash, police said. The suspect, who was captured on store surveillance wearing a black sweat shirt and backpack, fled empty-handed.
Cops are on the hunt for a man who held up a Charlotte Gardens Laundromat. The crook walked into the laundry at around 4:15 a.m. April 30, pulled a handgun on a worker and demanded cash, police sources said. The worker handed over an undetermined amount of money from the register, and the thief took off, cops said. He was wearing a gray sweat shirt and sweat pants.
Queens
An Elmhurst man has been charged with a murder earlier this month.Raul Zamora, 33, was nabbed by police Saturday in the shooting of Jorge Manzanarez, cops said. The 38-year-old victim was found outside 93-12 Roosevelt Ave. at around 2:20 p.m. May 5 with a bullet wound to his torso, according to police. Manzanarez was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. In addition to the murder charge, cops also slapped Zamora with two weapons charges. Police sources believe that there was a gang-related beef between the two men.