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Artichoke Pizza Patron Punches Workers Tossing Her Out of Eatery: Police

By Maya Rajamani | August 23, 2017 4:33pm
 Artichoke Basille's Pizza, at 114 10th Ave., at the corner of West 17th Street.
Artichoke Basille's Pizza, at 114 10th Ave., at the corner of West 17th Street.
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CHELSEA — An angry patron punched a pair of employees at Artichoke Basille's Pizza as they tried to boot her from of the eatery, the NYPD said.

A 28-year-old man and a 51-year-old man working at the pizzeria at 114 10th Ave. tried to remove the 21-year-old woman from the eatery around 12:45 a.m. on Aug. 18 after she started acting “irate,” police said.

While they were escorting her out, the woman punched the 28-year-old in the face, leaving him with a swollen and cut lip, the NYPD said.

She also punched the 51-year-old in the face before scratching and punching his arm and hand, leaving him with cuts, police said.

The woman was arrested at the scene, the NYPD said.

A manager working at the pizzeria Wednesday said he was aware of the incident but couldn’t provide any additional details.

Other recent notable incidents in the 10th Precinct include:

► A 56-year-old street vendor told police another vendor has been harassing her as she tries to set up her cart near the northwest corner of West 16th Street and 10th Avenue. During the most recent incident on Aug. 20 around 7 a.m. — which stemmed from an argument over the vending spot — the other vendor shoved the 56-year-old, threw unspecified items at her and used “provocative language.” No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday.

► A man of an unknown age loaded up his vehicle near the northwest corner of West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue around 5 p.m. on Aug. 16 after finishing up a job, the NYPD said. When the man returned home, he realized one of the bags containing $2,000 worth of audio equipment, a $1,500 Denecke Time Code slate, two batteries worth $400, a $500 Lenovo laptop, a $500 wireless receiver, a $200 tablet, a black backpack, and an NYPD press card was missing. No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday.

► A 37-year-old man locked his $375 bicycle to the bike rack in front of a building on West 23rd Street, near Ninth Avenue, around 10 p.m. on Aug. 16, only to return the next morning and discover it was gone, police said. The thief or thieves also stole an $85 lock and another, $12 lock the man had used to secure the bike.

► A 25-year-old AT&T employee was in the back of the store at 180 Eighth Ave., near West 19th Street, helping a customer around 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 when a man removed an $849 Samsung phone from a wall display and fled the store, the NYPD said. The man, who set off the store’s alarm when he removed the phone, hadn’t been arrested as of Wednesday. An assistant manager working at the store on Wednesday said she was aware of the theft but wasn’t working at the time.

► A 21-year-old man was arrested after a police officer spotted him smoking pot across from an Elliott-Chelsea Houses building at 426 W. 27th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues, around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19, the NYPD said.

► A 28-year-old patron was arrested after he wasn’t able to pay his bill at Fatbird, at 44 Ninth Ave., at the corner of West 14th Street, around 11:45 p.m. on Aug. 19, police said. A manager working at the eatery on Wednesday declined to comment on the incident.