MANHATTAN — Sounds like quite the recipe.
A teen shoplifter tried to swipe nearly $130 worth of chicken, spaghetti sauce, fruit and other groceries from the Whole Foods Market in Chelsea, the NYPD said.
An employee spotted the 19-year-old trying to leave the store at 250 Seventh Ave., between West 24th and 25th streets, with $10 worth of berries, $22 worth of chicken, a $4 bottle of oil, $9 worth of chocolates, $14 worth of bananas and yogurt, four spaghetti sauce bottles worth $21, and $39 worth of bagels, butter, juice and hummus around 7:10 p.m. on June 17, police said.
The man tried to hide the approximately $127 worth of groceries as he left the store, though it wasn’t clear where, the NYPD said.
A manager working at the store on Wednesday declined to comment on the incident.
Other recent notable incidents in the 10th Precinct include:
► A 27-year-old man was inside The Lately cocktail bar around 10 p.m. on June 16 when he got into an argument with another man about popcorn, police said. At some point during the dispute, the man punched the 27-year-old in the chest and dragged him out of the venue, leaving him with a bruise on his right shoulder. “I don’t have to f---ing let you in,” the man told the 27-year-old. The victim refused medical treatment, and no one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the bar declined to comment on the incident.
► A 42-year-old Lexus driver was arrested after police found him with a forged city Department of Transportation-issued parking permit in front of the NYPD tow pound at 408 12th Ave., near West 34th Street, around 9 p.m. on June 16, police said.
► A 74-year-old man was walking his dog in front of 306 W. 22nd St., near Eighth Avenue, around 7:30 p.m. on June 17 when he spotted a black pouch on the sidewalk, the NYPD said. When he opened the pouch, he found a white envelope containing two bags of white rocks that police believed to be methamphetamine, two unused syringes and one used syringe with residue.
► A 52-year-old Jaguar driver was arrested for drunk driving after getting into an accident at the southwest corner of West 20th Street and Seventh Avenue around 8 p.m. on June 17, police said. When police arrived at the scene, the man was unsteady on his feet, had bloodshot, watery eyes and smelled like alcohol. He was found to have a blood alcohol content of .191, more than twice the legal limit.
