CHELSEA — A pizzeria worker was arrested for touching a customer’s chest and waist before stealing her wallet, the NYPD said.
The 19-year-old victim told police she was getting pizza at Pizza 23, at 268 W. 23rd St. between Seventh and Eighth avenues, around 2:15 a.m. on July 30 when a 47-year-old employee touched her chest and waist.
Feeling “uncomfortable,” the customer left the pizzeria but returned when she realized her wallet was no longer in her purse, the NYPD said.
She asked the worker if he’d taken her wallet, but he ignored her and told her to come back the next day, police said.
When police arrived at the eatery, the man refused to talk and tried to leave before they arrested him, the NYPD said.
The woman’s wallet, which included $40 cash, two credit cards, a debit card and the woman’s driver’s license, was found inside the worker's front pocket, police said.
A Pizza 23 manager said Wednesday that employee was no longer working there.
Other notable crimes in Chelsea's 10th Precinct include:
► A 24-year-old man and a 37-year-old man were arrested after getting into a fight while trying to hail a cab at the northeast corner of West 17th Street and 10th Avenue around 4:50 a.m. on July 30, police said. The 24-year-old punched and kicked the 37-year-old, leaving him with a bloody nose, and the 37-year-old punched the 24-year-old, leaving him with face and stomach pain.
► A stranger threatened to shoot a 62-year-old Chelsea resident after the two got into a verbal dispute, the NYPD said. The 62-year-old man was standing in front of his home on West 26th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, around 3:40 a.m. on July 30 when a man approached him and started a conversation. After the 62-year-old told the man he didn’t want to talk anymore, the man got upset, placed his hand in his waistband and said, “I’ll f---ing shoot you,” police said. The man who made the threat walked away soon after.
