Courting trouble
The Court Street CVS reported another violent crime last week, a Dec. 3 robbery involving a knife-wielding shoplifter who expected to be let go after he returned his ill-gotten booty.
One week after our Police Blotter crackled with a juicy item about a pushy shoplifter at the store between First and Second places, the manager told cops that a perp entered the store about 2:50 pm and tried to leave without paying for several items.
Employees wrestled with the villain and he gave back the items. But when workers refused to allow him to leave, he got violent, pulling a knife.
“I gave you your stuff back — get off me,” he said, brandishing the blade before making his getaway.
Cops are looking for a 6-foot, 230-pound bald man in his 40s.
Joe pick
A Trader Joe’s shopper told cops that she was picketed while she shopped in the Court Street grocery store on Dec. 22.
The woman told cops that she entered the store about around 10:15 am and did feel a bump from another customer, but did not think anything of it until she went to pay and noticed that her wallet was missing from her front right pocket.
The thief got $20 and the wallet itself, a fancy Coach version.
VIP’d off
A nightclubbing 22-year-old lost her wallet in the wee hours at a Smith Street hotspot on Dec. 17.
The victim told cops that she was at Perks club, which is near Warren Street, at around 4 am. When last call was bellowed, she sought out her wallet only to discover that it, and the ID, $90 Metrocard, $25 and a debit card, was gone.
