88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE—CLINTON HILL
Sweet-tooth swiper
A trio of sweet-toothed swipers
allegedly stole a selection of ice
cream and energy drinks from a
Flatbush Avenue Extension 7/11 on
Jan. 24.
The victim told police the thieves
entered the store near Fulton Street
at about 10pm and loaded up on
Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s ice
cream, a can of Monster energy
drink, and two cans of Red Bull,
then tried to hustle out without paying.
One of the thieves reportedly
punched an employee in the face as
they made their way out, causing a
minor injury.
Cops arrested the three perps
down the block on charges including
robbery and felony assault.
Lunchtime louts
Some lout walked up to a man
standing in a Fulton Street restaurant
and started hitting him on Jan.
26.
The victim said he was at Crown
Fried Chicken near Washington Avenue
at about 2am when a stranger
allegedly started hitting him with
his cane, lacerating his forehead.
Cops searched the area and found
the supposed striker, though they
did not arrest him, while the victim
was taken to New York-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
FBI gets fi lched
A sneak broke into a truck
parked on Classon Avenue and
lifted a radio and a pair of sunglasses
on Jan. 26.
Police said the truck was parked
near Fulton Street from about 6pm
on Jan. 26 to 8:30am on Jan. 27,
during which time the thief tossed
a brick through the window and
made off with his prizes. Unfortunately
for them, the truck and the
radio belong to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, who provided information
about the $1,000 radio’s
alarm and serial number.
Crypto cryer
A Clinton Avenue visitor was
swindled into sending $4,000 to a social
media stranger who promised
to invest the money in cryptocurrency
on Jan. 17.
Police said the victim was sitting
in her friend’s apartment near
Gates Avenue at 2:45 pm when she
got a direct message on Instagram
encouraging her to transfer money
via Zelle, and that the mystery
mogul would invest that cash in
crypto. The victim did not receive a
profi t or a refund, and realized later
that her Instagram account had
been hacked.
COURIER L 8 IFE, FEBRUARY 4-10, 2022
Checkout line Chase
Some jerk lifted a shopper’s wallet
as she waited in line at a Flushing
Avenue supermarket on Jan. 23.
Police said the victim was ready
to pay up at the Wegman’s near
Navy Street at 4pm when she felt
someone bump into her, but didn’t
think anything of it — until it was
her time to swipe her card, when
she realized she was missing $300
and a Chase debit card. She later got
a notifi cation from Chase that someone
had charged more than $1,000 to
her card.
Punchy purse thief
A bold baddie stole a purse during
an altercation on Portland Avenue
on Jan. 25.
The victim told police she was arguing
with a stranger near Park Avenue
shortly before 11am when she
set her Kate Spade handbag down
on the ground. The thief grabbed
the bag, which contained two smartphones,
a phone charger, and a state
ID card, and ran off.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Push to steal
A highway robber stole a white
Lexus parked on 18th Avenue on
Jan. 24.
The victim told police he went inside
a store with the car running between
71st and 72nd streets as well
as his keys around 8:10 am and returned
to fi nd his car was gone.
Run the block
A savage attacked a man walking
down 20th Avenue after asking
him “what are you doing in my
neighborhood” on Jan. 26.
The victim told police the
bruiser proceeded to say “this is
sun-13 neighborhood” at the intersection
of 64th street and punched
him and slashed him with a knife
multiple times around 10:40 pm after
fi rst approaching him.
Sneaky swindler
A crook stole $2,948.79 from a victim’s
prepaid gift card on Dec. 27.
The victim told police that he
had the car in her pocket, but got
an alert that the money was used
in a department store without her
knowledge.
Home invasion
A baddie looted a victim’s property
on Quentin Road on Jan. 23.
The victim told police that the
home invader broke into his backyard
near W. First and W. Second
street at around 2 am and stole
nearly $1,200 worth of ill-gotten
goods.
—Jessica Parks
Judge’s son pleads guilty
for Capitol riot on Jan. 6
Aaron Mostofsky (right) donning riot gear and furs in the US Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021. Shutterstockl
BY JESSICA PARKS
The son of a Brooklyn Supreme
court judge, who was arrested
outside of his Midwood home six
days after he attended the US Capitol
riot on Jan. 6, 2021 dressed
as a caveman, pleaded guilty to
charges Wednesday in Washington,
DC.
Aaron Mostofsky — the youngest
son of sitting Brooklyn Supreme
Court Judge Shlomo Mostofsky,
who was elected to the post
in 2020 — was pictured among the
crowd who stormed a joint session
of US Congress last January in an
attempt to block the certifi cation
of the presidential election results,
and now-President Joe Biden’s tenure,
incited by former President
Donald Trump.
The 35-year-old pleaded guilty
Feb. 2 to one felony charge of civil
disorder and two misdemeanor
charges of theft of government
property and of entering and remaining
in a restricted building or
grounds. At his sentencing on May
6, he faces up to fi ve years in prison
and a fi ne up to $250,000 for his felony
charge, as well as up to a year
imprisonment and a max fi ne of
$100,000 for his two misdemeanors.
Court documents provide a
timeline of Mostofsky’s day on
Jan. 6, 2021: Decked out in extravagant
furs, the judge’s son fi rst entered
the grounds of the US Capitol
when he joined a crowd working
to overwhelm a police perimeter
near the Peace Circle at 12:55 pm
to head to West Plaza. Courts allege
that he then joined a group of
people at 1:35 pm who were pushing
against a police line that was
trying to limit the crowd’s access
to the Capitol. Shortly after at 2:09
pm, he climbed the outside stairs
to the Upper West Terrace toward
the Senate Wing Door.
Mostofsky purportedly
snagged a US Capitol Police bulletproof
vest along the way and was
approximately the 12th person to
get inside the US Capitol Building
at around 2:13 pm by smashing
the windows near the Senate Wing
Door, climbing through and breaking
the door open from the inside.
He then swiped a US Capitol Police
riot shield left behind by another
rioter to complete his outfi t,
according to prosecutors from the
U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce for the District
of Columbia and the Department
of Justice National Security
Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
He was also a member of the
crowd which pursued a US Capitol
police offi cer upstairs and into
the Ohio Clock Corridor, right
outside the Senate Chamber. Mostofsky
left the building at approximately
2:36 pm after giving an interview
to a reporter, all the while
donning the stolen police vest and
riot shield. However, on his way
out, another police offi cer took the
shield from him.