HELL’S KITCHEN — A drunk driver with a suspended license was arrested for showing police a fake ID after driving through a closed section of the Lincoln Tunnel, the NYPD said.
A police officer stopped the 43-year-old man after spotting him driving through the tunnel's off-limits center tube around 3:40 a.m. on May 28, police said.
When police asked for his license, he gave them a New Jersey driver’s license and said he was the person pictured. Authorities later discovered he’d provided a false name and license, and that his actual New Jersey driver's license had been suspended, the NYPD said.
The man smelled like alcohol, had bloodshot, watery eyes and couldn’t keep his balance, the NYPD said.
“Yeah, I was at a party and had drinks,” the man said, according to police.
Police later found he had a blood alcohol content of .145.
Other recent crimes in the 10th Precinct include:
► A 66-year-old man told police he was walking along the L train platform inside the subway station at West 14th Street and Eighth avenue around 9:50 a.m. on May 26 when he spotted a red decal with a swastika in the center inside one of the train cars. No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday.
► A 46-year-old man was selling fruit from a stand in front of 315 Eighth Ave., between West 25th and 26th streets, around 6:10 p.m. on May 27 when a trio of boys started harassing him, police said. After the vendor told the kids to leave, they grabbed a mango, two bananas and a plastic bag and hurled a plastic crate into the street before fleeing. The vendor, who hurt his hand grabbing the crate, was asked to identify the young thieves in a lineup after police stopped four boys who matched his description, but he told police it wasn’t them. The three boys hadn’t been arrested as of Wednesday.
► A 28-year-old man who left his $800 iPhone in the back of a Lyft car around 6 a.m. on May 26 told police the driver came to his building on West 21st Street to return the phone, but told the building’s doorman he wouldn’t hand it over without getting a cash reward. “I’m not giving back the phone until I get money back,” the driver said, according to police. No one had been arrested in connection with the theft as of Wednesday, and Lyft did not immediately respond to request for comment.
► A 19-year-old man locked his $400 bike across from 408 W. 15th St., near Ninth Avenue, around 10:30 a.m. on May 26, only to return around 4:45 p.m. and discover the bike was gone and the lock had been cut, police said. The bike thief had not been arrested as of Wednesday.
► A 46-year-old man locked his $750 bike inside the gated front yard of his building on West 21st Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, around 11 a.m. on May 27, the NYPD said. When he returned around 6 p.m., he discovered the bike was missing. No one had been arrested in connection with the theft as of Wednesday.
► A 16-year-old boy’s $310 bicycle was stolen after he locked it near a light pole in front of 249 Eighth Ave., near West 23rd Street, and went to Popeye’s, the NYPD said. The boy’s friend also locked his bicycle there, but it was not stolen. No one had been arrested in connection with the theft as of Wednesday.
