Police Beat

BY MEGAN JAMES

Stabbing

1.A 36-year-old man was stabbed in the back of the head with a knife at a Broadway bar on Sunday, police said.

The victim, who was assaulted around 12:45 a.m. at Keenan’s Bar & Grill, 5588 Broadway, told police his attacker was a black man in his thirties. The man fled north on Broadway after the attack, leaving the victim with a one-inch laceration and puncture wound.

2. Attempted robbery

A couple of would-be thieves followed a 19- year-old woman up Broadway to Van Cortlandt Park on July 21, then grabbed and threatened her, police said.

The young woman, who had gotten off a bus at West 238th Street and Broadway around midnight, noticed a man and woman following her when she reached the gas station on Broadway.

At the park a few minutes later, the man choked her from behind, according to police.

“Shut up!” he allegedly told her.

“Come with us,” the woman said. “Someone is trying to get you.”

The victim told police she felt they were trying to pull her into a secluded area, but when a car pulled up beside them, the pair became frightened and fled.

3. Jammed truck

A truck from Nebraska wedged itself under the elevated subway tracks at West 231st Street around 9 p.m. on July 24, backing up traffic for about two hours.

A witness said the truck was tugging at some wires under the track, and cut out the electricity to the traffic light. A police officer had to direct traffic until the vehicle was freed.

4. Two cars stolen

Two people may have felt fortunate to find parking spaces in the Riverdale-Kingsbridge area last week, but likely reconsidered their luck when they came back to find their cars stolen.

Over at 500 W. 235th St. on Saturday, a 35- year-old woman returned at 5:30 p.m. to the parking spot where she had left her 2007 Toyota, but it was gone.

An hour later, opposite 100 Van Cortlandt Park South, a 37-year-old woman found her 2007 Toyota Sienna missing with no sign of broken glass.

5. Volkswagen arson

An unidentified person started a fire and caused damage to a red 2000 Volkswagen sedan parked at the northeast corner of Bailey Avenue and West 234th Street at 1 p.m. on Saturday, police said.

The owner of the car is unknown and the fire is under investigation.

6. Snagged for selling DVDs

Queens resident Yun Li Bing, 40, was arrested on July 25 for selling counterfeit DVDs at Kentucky Fried Chicken on Broadway and West 232nd Street.

According to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, police watched Mr. Bing enter the restaurant around 5 p.m. wearing a backpack and holding several DVDs, which he was displaying to KFC customers.

A few tell-tale signs confirmed the suspicion that the DVDs were fakes: They were covered in loose-fitting plastic wrap, their covers were photocopies, the text on the back of their cases was blurred and the name and address of their manufacturer were omitted.

According to police, Mr. Bing had more than 110 counterfeit DVDs in his backpack and could not produce a general vendor’s license from the New York State Department of Consumer Affairs or a New York State sales tax certificate, which are required by law to sell goods.

7. Caught with weed

Bronx resident Felix Torres, 21, was arrested on July 27 for possession of marijuana outside 75 West Kingsbridge Road.

Mr. Torres was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, around 6 p.m. when 50th Precinct police officer Guy Gargano noticed seven plastic bags filled with a dried green, leafy substance hanging from the fly of his jeans, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.

Because of the distinctive odor coming from the bags, the officer suspected they contained marijuana, a suspicion later confirmed when Mr. Torres allegedly said, “Can you give me a break? It’s only weed,” according to police.

Mr. Torres pled guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana on July 27 and was sentenced to pay a $100 fine.

8. Apartment fire

A fire broke out on the seventh floor of the Century, a 30-story apartment building at 2600 Netherland Avenue, around 4:45 p.m. on July 28. More than 60 firefighters from 11 fire companies responded to the call to put out the fire. No one was injured.