GREENWICH VILLAGE — A man had his $26,000 watch stolen by a pair of 19-year-old women he brought home to his Greenwich Village condo over the weekend, police said.
The man, 22, brought the teens back to his Thompson Street apartment about 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 10.
He took off his pricey Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore watch and put it down on the couch, before stepping out onto his balcony, police said.
When he turned around, he saw the teens grab his watch and run out the door of his apartment, police said.
The man chased the teens and was able to grab one of them, but the one holding the watch got away.
Jacelle Hernandez, 19, was arrested and charged with grand larceny, police said.
An attorney for Hernandez did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Other recent incidents in the 6th Precinct include:
► Two Department of Sanitation workers got into a fight after one of them called the other a "rat," police said.
The argument started at the Sanitation Department garage at 2 Bloomfield St. about 7:10 a.m. on Aug. 3.
James Levin, 42, called a 52-year-old colleague a rat and threw a metal chair at him, police said. The chair left a gash in the victim's leg that required four stitches, police said.
Levin turned himself in at the 6th Precinct three days after the fight, police said. He was charged with assault. Information on Levin's attorney was not immediately available.
► A man whose car was getting towed in the Meatpacking District jumped in the car and tried to drive away, police said.
Police said the car was illegally parked at Washington Street and Gansevoort Street, and an NYPD traffic agent was in the process of towing it away about 8:20 a.m. on Aug. 6.
When the car was already on the tow lift, Joseph Safdieh, 56, jumped in and drove off the lift.
Safdieh was arrested and charged with obstructing government administration, police said. Information on his attorney was not immediately available.
► A 30-year-old man was slashed in the face with a razor in Hudson River Park, police said.
Shawn Bettis, 40, slashed the victim on the left side of his face, leaving a gash on his cheek, at Pier 45 at 1:52 a.m. on Aug. 10, police said.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Bettis was charged with assault, police said. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
