CHELSEA — A man caught urinating outside a building on Ninth Avenue called a doorman who told him stop an "Uncle Tom" while threatening to beat him up, police said.
The suspect was spotted relieving himself in front of Chelsea Enclave at 177 Ninth Ave., near West 21st Street, around 12:15 a.m. on May 18 by the building's 51-year-old doorman, the NYPD said.
When the doorman told him to stop, the man became “verbally abusive” and forced his way into the building, police said.
“I’m going to f--- you up, you Uncle Tom,” the suspect told the doorman at some point during the incident, according to police.
The man later left the building and had not been arrested as of Wednesday, the NYPD said.
Another doorman working at the building Wednesday evening said he’d heard about the incident from the victim but was not there when it happened.
“He basically said the guy came in and started harassing him,” said the worker, who declined to give his name. “When he called the cops, the guy jetted.”
“He didn’t want to get into details with it. We didn’t take it seriously,” he added.
Other recent crimes in the 10th Precinct include:
► A 28-year-old man was arrested after a manager at Brooklyn Fare, at 431 W. 37th St. near 10th Avenue, noticed him trying to hide a $4 loaf of bread, a bottle of Nutella, $8 worth of Ziploc bags and $24 worth of other household goods in a bag around 9:22 p.m. on May 20, police said. A manager working at the store on Thursday, who declined to give her name, said the man was a repeat shoplifter. "He came at least once a week, and he... shopped around and made-believe he was on his phone," she said. "We got everything on camera. So we finally... caught him."
► A man punched a 32-year-old woman in the eye and pushed her after she tried to break up an argument between the man and another woman near West 15th Street and Eighth Avenue around 8:50 p.m. on May 18, the NYPD said. The victim, who’d seen the man hitting the woman, was taken to Lenox Hill Healthplex with injuries including swelling behind her left ear. No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday.
► A 24-year-old man was arrested after he punched a 39-year-old man bussing tables at the Dream Downtown Hotel, at 355 W. 16th St. near Ninth Avenue, around 12:30 a.m. on May 19, police said. The two had been arguing prior to the attack, which left the hotel employee’s face swollen and bleeding. The hotel didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Thursday.
► A delivery man parked his van in front of a building at 340 W. 28th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, around 10:40 a.m. on May 20, only to discover it was gone when he returned around 11 a.m., the NYPD said. The man told police he’d left the vehicle unlocked with the keys in the ignition, and had left his wallet, Social Security card, GPS, hand truck, $40 in cash, Bank of America card, Samsung Galaxy cellphone and EZ Pass inside. The van, which was filled with 60 boxes of medical supplies, was last spotted on the Willis Avenue Bridge.
► A thief stole $245 worth of graphic T-shirts from the Gap store at 277 W. 23rd St., at the corner of Eighth Avenue, around 9:50 a.m. on May 20, after shoving them into a yellow bag inside the fitting room, police said. The thief hadn’t been arrested as of Wednesday. A manager working at the Gap on Thursday declined to comment on the incident.
► A 29-year-old man was arrested after he tried to steal $5 playing cards, two Nuyu activity trackers worth $100, two Eclipse fit clips worth $60, six pairs of sunglasses worth $120, two toy cars worth $20 and a bottle of argan oil worth $5 from a Rite Aid at 282 Eighth Ave., near West 24th Street, around 6:56 p.m. on May 20, the NYPD said. A manager working at the store on Thursday declined to comment.
