UPPER EAST SIDE — A thief snatched hundreds of dollars worth of property from a 72-year-old patient at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center while he lay ill in bed in the same room, the NYPD said.
The victim watched as Charles Cardi, 53, rifled through his belongings at about 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, and tried to call for help, but Cardi managed to make off with the victim's $600 Samsung Galaxy phone, a $400 Barbour Jacket, his $200 T. Anthony wallet, $64 in cash and debit and credit cards, police said.
Cardi was arrested shortly after and charged with burglary, grand larceny and possession of stolen property, according to police.
He's being held at Rikers Island on $2,500 cash/$5,000 bond bail, according to court records. His attorney did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 19th Precinct include:
► A burglar broke into two apartments in the same building last week, making off with more than $2,000 in electronics and jewelry, according to the NYPD.
A 33-year-old woman returned to her apartment on First Avenue near East 71st Street on the evening of Oct. 25 to find the lock to her door damaged, and her diamond bracelet and Bvlgari bangle missing, police said. On the same day, another resident of the building, a 30-year-old woman, reported her 2012 MacBook Pro and a pair of sunglasses, worth a total of $2,750, missing, police said.
The burglar tried to get into a third apartment, damaging the door, but did not get in, according to authorities. The thefts are believed to have happened sometime between 8:15 a.m. and 5:53 p.m., they said. An investigation is ongoing.
► A 16-year-old busted for shoplifting at a Duane Reade punched an arresting police officer multiple times in the face, according to the NYPD. The teen, Sincere Vanterpool, was stopped trying to leave the 1550 Third Ave. store without paying for 17 tubes of Colgate toothpaste, 34 tubes of Crest, 51 sticks of Old Spice deodorant and $95 worth of Axe products.
When an officer who was in the store stopped Vanterpool, the teen punched the officer repeatedly in the face, causing swelling and bleeding. The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The teen was charged with assault, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest, according to court records.
► An Upper East Sider was arrested for three robberies he committed in the neighborhood this month. The 55-year-old thief broke into the basements of apartment buildings on East 91st, East 93rd and East 86th streets. He stole a bike, a leaf blower, a laundry cart, paper towels, recycling bags and black trash bags, police said. He was finally caught when he was spotted trying to cut a bolt lock off a bike parked outside of 1760 First Ave., police said.
He was charged with criminal possession of burglar's tools and petit larceny.
► Two people were caught trying to shoplift from Bloomingdale's on Oct. 26, police said.
First, a woman tried to steal three bras, two dresses, two shirts, one pair of pants, one jacket, a blazer and a pair of spandex from the 1000 Third Ave. department store at about 6:27 p.m., police said. The items were worth a total of $2,044, and the woman was stopped by store security before she could leave.
At 8:41 p.m., a man paid for two pairs of Polo jeans, worth $198 and $165, and a Burberry jacket worth $416 using counterfeit money. He was arrested after he then tried to return the items, and police found more fake cash on him, according to authorities.
► A 22-year-old Upper East Side woman had her wallet stolen on a northbound 6 train on Oct. 18., police said. Between the time she boarded the train at 23rd Street and Park Avenue to when she got off at East 77th Street, someone had reached in her purse and grabbed her wallet, worth $50, police said. The wallet was carrying her debit card, her student ID, a MetroCard and $160 in cash, they said.
