Thursday, June 29, 2017

Push-in robbery on Avenue B was actually a drug deal gone bad: NYPD


There were multiple media reports earlier this week about a push-in robbery on Avenue B at 13th Street. A man reportedly pushed his way inside an apartment, stabbed the female resident multiple times, and fled with $500.

However, according to the Police Blotter in this week's issue of The Villager, that's not actually what happened.

Police say that the resident, named as Cassidy Helmken, "had made an arrangement for a drug deal — she was apparently buying — but it turned violent."

“It was a drug transaction that went bad,” Captain Vincent Greany, commanding officer of the Ninth Precinct, told The Villager.

A search warrant subsequently turned up a quantity of alleged cocaine and drug paraphernalia at her apartment.

According to police, it was not a home invasion: Helmken apparently willingly opened the door for the suspect.

Police charged Helmken, who reportedly has three prior arrests, with multiple counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

The investigation is ongoing.

H/T Steven

Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: Avenue B resident stabbed during push-in robbery

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I knew it! It just didn't add up.

Anonymous said...

She's quite a LOOOOSER.

Anonymous said...

Not saying buying drugs is okay, but I hope the police will track the dealer down and arrest him. There is no need to try and kill someone.

Anonymous said...

Yeah 7:17 I never want to say anything or ask any questions when these stories come up, because there's always someone who will screech VICTIM BLAMER!! at you, even though you're not trying to blame victims so much as wonder how some rando happened to pick the one apartment of a single woman with no dog, no gun, and $500 cash laying around. So I guess now we know? I feel terrible that she was stabbed, regardless. I used to do coke (sad) but my dealer was a lovely person with a baby mama and kid, after he sold to me he'd sit and chat and tell me about his weekend trips to Home Depot for materials to fix up the kid's room. Even if this lady didn't pay (pro tip: always pay your dealer) it's the dealer's fault for advancing the credit in the first place, and never a reason to stab anyone.

but we should still be allowed to ask questions without people yellin at us

Anonymous said...

This woman was still assaulted with deadly intent her addiction does not change this.

Anonymous said...

Regardless if she chose to purchase drugs, she did not deserve to be assaulted and stabbed. Some are missing the point on here. This was an act of violence. And this criminal needs to be apprehended and brought to justice.

Anonymous said...

Need to catch this person and send him upstate for a vacation

Anonymous said...

The drug trade is not run by nuns. It attracts ruthless desperate people. No excuses please.

Anonymous said...

As to the perp, doesn't this woman know who her drug dealer was? Or at least his phone #? That should help the police find him.

Anonymous said...

He who has never bought drugs can throw the first stone....

Anonymous said...

Regardless if she chose to purchase drugs, she did not deserve to be assaulted and stabbed.

Literally no one said this, who are you even talking to? arggghhh

Anonymous said...

She didn't deserve what happened to her, but she set herself up for it to possibly happen. Buy drugs, expect that you might get robbed.

That said she should go to jail along with the man who attacked her for trying to buy drugs and filing a false report.

I have no sympathy for this bitch who used her whiteness to lie, deceive, and possibly get an innocent man who fits her description wrongfully arrested and possibly killed.

Anonymous said...

I hope she recovers, and I hope she thinks about how she put her neighbors in danger. If someone heard what was going on and tried to intervene or ran into the agitated drug dealer in the hallway, they could have been stabbed or even killed.