Turkey poop
Someone burgled a Third Avenue business on Thanksgiving day — and gobbled up a lot of fancy stuffing.
The 61-year-old owner of the business, which is between 80th and 81st streets, said she locked up at around 4 pm on Nov. 26. When she returned just before 9 am on Nov. 28, she noticed that the basement door lock was broken, and more than $15,000 worth of electronics and jewelry — including an $8,000 diamond ring — was gone.
At least two neighborhood homes were also burgled on Thanksgiving day:
• First, someone broke into a home on 77th Street between 11th and 12th avenues sometime between 1 and 6 pm. More than $43,000 worth of jewelry was taken, said the resident.
• Later, someone entered a home on 85th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues sometime between 3 and 11 pm. In this case, the thief removed more than $1,500 in jewelry and electronics.
Gang banging
A couple of thugs jumped and robbed a teenager as he walked down 91st Street on Nov. 29.
The 16-year-old victim told cops he was at the corner of Ridge Boulevard at around 2 am when two men hopped out of a black car that had been following him down the street.
The thugs grabbed the victim and one yelled, “Empty your pockets or I’ll slash you!”
The victim did as he was told, handing over his iPod, phone and wallet to the suspects, who then sped off in their getaway car.
Yellow terrorists
Three men robbed a taxi driver on 65th Street on Nov. 30, getting hundreds in cash from the terrified man.
The victim, 58, told cops he was sitting in his parked cab at the corner of Eighth Avenue at around 6 am when the suspects came up to him and pulled out a knife and a gun.
“Give me your money,” the thugs commanded. The victim handed over $400.
Car game
Someone stole more than $1,400 worth of power tools from a car parked on 84th Street on Nov. 24.
The 57-year-old victim told police she left her car unlocked in front of her house, between 11th and 12th avenues, at around 10 pm. Before she went out to the car at around 8 am the next morning, someone had grabbed the tools from the passenger seat.
— Emily Lavin
