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Don’t shoot the ice cream man!

By Thomas Tracy
Community Newspaper Group

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Ice scream

Cops arrested two men who fired a shot at a Third Avenue ice cream shop owner on Sept. 28.

Police said that a thug opened fire on one of the owners of Anapoli Ice Cream Parlor, which is near Ovington Avenue, after he and accomplice robbed him of more than $1,000 at around 8:30 pm.

The victim told cops that he was walking to his car when he saw a man pull a mask down over his face. The masked stranger then flashed a gun, announcing a robbery, officials said.

“I’m going to shoot you,” the man threatened. “Give me the f—kin’ knot.”

The thief swiped the money and ran off, letting a round go as he ran to an idling Honda driven by an accomplice.

Despite being shot at, police said that the victim memorized the car’s license plate number — and cops quickly solved the crime.

Salon raid

Thieves stole $2,000 from a Third Avenue salon after getting into the building through the cellar overnight on Sept. 19.

Workers at Cavale Tonuzi, which is near 82nd Street, discovered the break-in when they showed up for at 8:40 am and found that the cellar doors had been forced open.

Fire escap-ades

A thief used a fire escape to break into a 68th Street on Sept. 21.

A 44-year-old resident told police that she discovered that her apartment, which is near Fifth Avenue, had been burglarized of jewelry, a laptop computer and a Playstation game when she returned home at 8 pm.

A witness told police that a 5-foot-8 man in his 20s, at the time wearing a red baseball cap and a goatee, was seen on the fire escape that afternoon.

Quick pick

A thief snatched the wallet out of a woman purse on Fifth Avenue on Sept. 25.

The woman told police that sometime during the afternoon, she went to the Bank of America at 69th Street and then to the nearby “Mites” donut shop — all the while feeling that someone was following her.

When she reached a grocery store near 68th Street, she realized someone had taken her wallet, as well as $115.

When store workers watched the surveillance footage, they saw the victim being shadowed by a woman in her 30s during her entire visit to the store.

©2009 Community Newspaper Group

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