By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
Tire Iron Assault
Steven Collado, 19, a Lower East Side resident, was charged with third-degree assault after allegedly hitting another man with a tire iron and chasing him through SoHo shortly after midnight on July 12, according to police and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
The victim, who is from Virginia but is temporarily living in Orange, N.J., said Collado repeatedly swung the tire iron and injured him, police said.
Collado was arrested at Broome and Varick streets and was also charged with menacing in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and harassment in the second degree, the DA’s office said.
He was scheduled to appear in court July 16.
Van Break-In
A 29-year-old woman from Brooklyn left her purse on the floor of her 2006 Ford van when she parked it at Laight and Varick streets about 2 p.m. on July 8, police said. When she returned two hours later, she found a side window smashed and her purse, containing credit cards and $40 in cash, was gone.
Based on surveillance footage, police are seeking two men in connection with the burglary. One is described as 20 years old, 5 feet, 9 inches and 150 pounds, with close-cut hair. The other is described as 20 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches, 160 pounds, with a shaved head.
Lucky Jeans Heist
Three men grabbed over $2,300 worth of merchandise from the Lucky Brand Jeans store, 38 Greene St. at Grand Street, at 2:40 p.m. on July 11 and fled without paying, police said.
The thieves lifted six pairs of jeans valued at $774, 12 button-down shirts valued at $648, and 30 T-shirts valued at $900.
Wallets Lifted
Eight wallets worth a total of $2,000 disappeared from the Valeria Smith store, 85 Mercer St. near Spring Street, around 4 p.m. on July 10, police said.
A shopkeeper told police two men in their 20s entered the store shortly before the thefts, and one distracted her with questions while the other apparently took the wallets.
Backpack Unzipped
A 68-year-old woman from Canada was boarding a bus on Broadway near Broome Street at 4 p.m. on July 9 when another passenger pointed out that her backpack was unzipped, police said.
The woman discovered that her wallet, containing credit cards, a Canadian passport and $25 cash, was missing.
Stolen Wallet
A 24-year-old Murray Hill woman noticed her wallet was missing when she went to use it at the Duane Reade store at 459 Broadway at Grand Street on the afternoon of July 12, police said. She had last used her wallet about an hour earlier to buy a MetroCard at the 33rd Street station on the No. 6 line.
Numerous unauthorized charges were made on her credit and debit cards, police said.
