CHELSEA — A thief stole a $15,000 Ducati motorcycle while the owner was partying inside a Chelsea nightclub, the NYPD said.
The 30-year-old victim parked his 2016 white Ducati motorcycle across from the Dream Downtown hotel at 355 W. 16th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 4 and then went to TAO Lounge just down the block, where he was “partying,” police said.
When he left the lounge and returned to his parking spot around 3:45 a.m., he discovered the bike was gone, the NYPD said.
A 23-year-old witness told the owner he’d seen another man stand near a white van, then push the motorcycle eastbound on West 16th Street, toward Eighth Avenue, the NYPD said.
Police canvassed the area but weren’t able to find the motorcycle, which was valued at $15,000 the NYPD said.
Other notable crimes in Chelsea's 10th Precinct include:
► A trio of attackers started punching and kicking a 27-year-old man in front of 235 W. 19th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, after the victim left a nightclub around 4:05 a.m. on Aug. 6, police said. The victim was left with injuries to his head, face and back. His attackers — a 24-year-old man, a 25-year-old man and a 26-year-old man — were arrested.
► A 24-year-old man was arrested after he tried to snatch a 22-year-old woman’s $300 Michael Kors purse off a table in the Marquee nightclub, at 289 10th Ave., between West 26th and 27th streets, around 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, police said. The purse contained the woman’s $750 iPhone 6s and her debit card, police said.
► An 18-year-old woman told police that a person she didn’t know punched her in the head in front of a Fulton Houses building at 419 W. 17th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues, around 9 p.m. on Aug. 6, police said. The woman refused medical treatment at the scene.
