howdy, neighbor
our downstairs neighbor from chambers street called us this morning to tell us the latest on the weird guy in the building next door. he has the top floor apartment, so was our immediate next door neighbor, and caused us all sorts of irritation when we lived there. we were pretty well convinced he was a stone-cold freak. we just didn't know how freaky:
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A Manhattan man was charged with kidnapping after he pulled a knife on a 63-year-old real estate agent, bound him with duct tape and put him under the floorboards of the suspect's TriBeCa apartment, the police said last night.
The floor of the apartment, which is in a renovated 1862 firehouse at 160 Chambers Street, is equipped with a trap door, Sgt. Dennis Ferber said.
On Monday morning, the victim went to the apartment for a business meeting with the suspect, Lawrence Omansky, 54, the police said.
The victim remained under the floor from 10:30 a.m. on Monday until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, when he managed to escape and call the police, Sergeant Ferber said.
Mr. Omansky later turned himself in at the First Precinct station house on Ericsson Place, the police said.
Comments
holy cow. good thing you guys didn't, like, play Purple Rain at all hours and stuff.
Posted by: terry | April 17, 2003 10:42 AM
he was the one who did that! we called the police on him a couple of times, in fact. good thing he didn't stuff us under his floorboards, edgar allan poe-style.
Posted by: julie | April 17, 2003 10:49 AM
Tub-THUMP, Tub-THUMP, Tub-THUMP
Posted by: Tim | April 17, 2003 03:21 PM