Robber Fakes Out East Village Victim to Assault Her

"90%"?

1) You're pulling fake stats out of your ass.

2) Even if that were true, that would not mean that 90% of black and latino men were criminals.

3) Go back to Kansas.

I love how upset people get about racial profiling when at least 90% of these rape and attack crimes in NYC are committed by blacks and hispanics. Add in basic thefts, break-ins and random crimes, aad I'm sure the stats stay the same.

So if you live in an all white apartment building and see some random black guy wandering around, are you supposed to smile and act all politically correct, or call the cops? I say fuck P.C. and racially profile as much as you want.

Hey Tim, take a closer look--most legit UPS and FedEx workers ARE black and Latino!!

does anyone know exacly where the building was on E3rd?

Mom & dad can't protect you from the bad guys here. Thanks to the subway, criminals have access to almost every neighborhood in the city. Use common sense & profile the people you see, something I had to learn as I grew up here during the 80s.

No one who breaks into your home and robs you is going to bring the stuff back. Even the Easter Bunny wouldn't believe that story.

I agree. Using common sense and staying alive should be priority for everyone. These littlejohns are everywhere, especially if you are living next to a public housing project.

Profiling is very effective (whether applied to burglars or terrorists). I will stop profiling once I get to move to a doorman building which has security guards.

that is the most racist thing i've ever heard, tim. sounds like you're living in the wrong city. why don't you move to iowa, or something?

I have followed couple of easy rules: Never buzz black or latino man in unless you are absolutely sure they are UPS/Fedex.

No offence, just common sense.

This has worked well so far.

My building is full of owners who live to flip their apartments after six months, which means that there are always people moving in and out. It drives me crazy that they prop the downstairs door open for hours to haul their furniture without keeping an eye on the entrance. Carte blanche for any enterprising criminal passing by.

I had to read this story 3 times and it still doesn't make any sense. There has to be something mentally wrong with this woman: she's been robbed twice and then lets a guy in that she doesn't know, just because he claims he's returning items he stole? Why the hell did she let an unknown man into her apartment? No one deserves to be attacked as she was but USE FREAKIN' COMMON SENSE!

Valuables can be replaced, your life can not...

Any smart person living in a large city doesn't buzz people in who they don't know. This is the first thing I had to teach my sister ... don't buzz in strangers no matter what they say and don't EVER open your door for anyone other than someone you expected. I don't even answer my buzzer at all on the first ring, unless I'm expecting someone. If they say UPS (in my bldg everyone helps each other out with UPS/FedEx), I walk down without buzzing them in. If he/she's waering a uniform and has that computer clipboard, I'll open the door. Anything else (pizza, etc.) I say "if you don't know who to ring, you shouldn't be buzzing. I'm calling the police."

I don't know why people think the East Village and the LES are safe neighborhoods... the fact that there are some Luxury Condos don't make the place safe. My super was attacked by a gang of Puerto Ricans with knives like a month ago, West Side Story style...this was in front of the movie theater on 11th and 2nd Avenue.

One can attach some wires to a light security gate and plug it into an electrical outlet. Any metal frames screen will do. Gotta fake them out.

That oughta stop them burglers.

i live in a doorman building. the con edison guy comes once a month to read my meter (many pre wr buildings have the emeter in the apts). a guy does it on the 23, 24, 25th of every month. the other day some guy claiming to be the con edison guy buzzed my door. i peeped him thru the peep hole and he was a latino laborer. i grabbed my old hickory 34" bat and opened the door.

me: you're not con edison. what's the deal?

latin guy (heavy accent): let me in i need to check your gas. (any real con ed guy would have said, i need to read your meter).

me (gripping bat): no dice compadre, turn around and leave.

latin guy: LET ME IN.

me: i'm calling the cops, you wanna dance before they get here?

latin guy: why cops? i'm con edison.

me: come back in ten minutes, or i'll break your face with my bat.

he did come back and was arrested.

cops came and he was arrested for (this was the charge): aggravated harrassment and attempted assault, i also found out from the DA he is an illegal. apparenly he was looking for a woman to assault. i should have cut him down with my hickory stick.

it turns out my aloof doorman let the guy in thinking he was with a construction crew currently in the building. the doorman was fired.

Wow...I live on East 4th, and my first night in the apartment (Sunday night), a guy tried to break into my apartment through the window, scared me half to death...the police said this guy was on a streak, I bet that's him.

This is terrifying.

I live in brooklyn and this is why I never buzz anyone in if I dont know exactly who they are / expect them. I've told plenty of delivery people that i wont buzz them in...sorry dont know who you are and you're not coming to see me so buzz the person you're looking for or go away =p

The woman upstairs buzzese everyone in, and it drives me crazy. She also tells her friends to buzz everyone in the building since they'll just let them in. When they buzz me, though, I always go downstairs and ask them why they're buzzing me. Usually they're apologetic, but one guy said, "Because Cara's not home yet, and I don't want to wait outside." She should give her friends keys - what a douchebag!

Notice how none of the media outlets mentioned the fact that just down the street at 8 East 3rd there is a residential center housing quite a few Level 3 sex offenders and another one at 315 Bowery?

rule 1: don't ever buzz someone in unless they are a personal friend and you're expecting them.

rule 2: if an unknown "delivery" person is at the door, or someone claims they left their keys inside. don't let them in at all. This is how junkies get into a building to use the stairway as a shooting gallery.

rule 3: if you're dying of curiosity, come downstairs and see who the person is. Maybe you can be nice and sign for another tenant's delivery. Or you can be smart and tell the vagrant to go f### themselves.

my bike just got stolen after the immigration march. Damn Illegals stole my bike. for ten years I had that bike and not a problem. You can't have anything nice or even crappy in this city. They'll always try to take it away.

If you're going to answer the door in just a T-shirt and Panties, at least, answer it with a bat like in 48 hours.

i'm actually really glad that i can't buzz people into my building. i have to go down to the front door, where i can see into the vestibule through the large window in the door.

also, a chain lock might be a good investment. and be the jerk who always asks for i.d.