"Katia Kolesnikova, the owner of The Alchemist Cocktail Lounge in New Dorp, arrived at her bar on Friday, Nov. 14, to find that two mannequins - part of an artistic exhibition in the front of her establishment - had been pulled from their bolted-in positions, destroyed, and then dumped in the entryway to the bar. The bar's iconic red drapery got pushed in front of the cameras, preventing the devices from recording the suspect."
""It [the display] was bringing me business... People saw it and they loved it and they came - so seeing that destroyed was kind of heartbreaking," Kolesnikova said. "Because I faced the railroad, there's no cameras facing us, so I was hoping maybe a dash camera, somebody who was driving by was able to pick up on it.""
"An NYPD spokesperson told the Advance/SILive.com that a report was filed about the vandalism. The spokesperson said that an individual shouted at a 27-year-old woman at 10 a.m. that Friday before removing the decor from the bar."
On Friday, Nov. 14, two mannequins from an artistic exhibition outside The Alchemist Cocktail Lounge in New Dorp were pulled from their bolted positions, destroyed, and dumped in the bar's entryway. The bar's red drapery was pushed in front of surveillance cameras, preventing recording between about 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. No neighborhood witnesses had come forward by Sunday morning. An NYPD report was filed after an individual reportedly shouted at a 27-year-old woman before removing the decor. The owner and her boyfriend suspect jealousy, and the New Dorp community rallied in support.
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