60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Rocked
A bruiser knocked a man to the
ground with a rock on W. 5th Street
causing him to break his phone on
April 4.
The victim told police the brute
threatened him with a knife between
W. Brighton and Neptune
avenues before hitting him around
7:05 pm with the rock.
Outnumbered
A group of bullies attacked a
man on Sea Breeze Avenue after
getting into a verbal altercation on
March 27.
The victim told police three to
fi ve savages snagged $1,300 in cash
and his cellphone during the brawl
between W. 1st and W. 2nd streets
without him noticing around 12:05
am and was later rushed to Coney
Island Hospital.
Tow and take
Thieves nabbed $5,000 cash from
a car at a Stillwell Avenue tow yard
on March 28.
The victim told police the money
was removed from the center console
of the car parked in the yard between
Avenue Z and Shore Parkway
and was reported around 1 pm when
the victim discovered the items
were missing.
—Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BAATH BEACH
White out!
Cops cuffed an elderly woman for
allegedly spraying bleach at her coworker
on 20th Avenue on April 4.
The victim told cops that her
75-year-old coworker spritzed her in
the face with the harmful chemicals
inside an apartment near Cropsey
Avenue at 8 am.
The victim was transported to a
local hospital with swollen and red
eyes, and the suspect was slapped
with a felony assault charge, police
said.
Hit back!
Cops also arrested the bleach assault
victim for hitting the elderly
woman during their dispute.
The senior citizen said that the
53-year-old smacked her in the back
during their fi ght on April 4th inside
the 20th Avenue apartment,
causing “severe” pain.
The 75-year-old was removed to
the same hospital as the other victim,
who was also charged with felony
assault, according to authorities.
COURIER L 8 IFE, APRIL 9-15, 2021
Woman, 95, killed in
Flatlands ambulance crash
A 95-year-woman died Sunday after the ambulance she was traveling in was struck
by another vehicle in Flatlands. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Heist
A group of scumbags stole $20,000
from a man in a violent robbery on
18th Avenue.
The victim told police that he
was walking to a bank on the corner
of 65th street when one of the assailants
asked for directions before her
two accomplices grabbed him and
dragged him into a nearby car. The
villains stabbed him in the leg and
took a picture of his identifi cation
card requested that he withdraw
$20,000 before hightailing it.
That’s low!
Some lowlife threatened to rob a
10-year-old inside a park on 21st Avenue
on March 31.
The victim told police that he was
inside the park by 21st Drive at 2:10
pm when a 25-year-old approached
him with a knife and said, “Money
or die.” The boy ran away, tripping
and falling on his knees, while the
creep fl ed on a blue bike, authorities
said.
Lottery looters
Two thieves nabbed dozens of lottery
tickets from an 86th Street deli
on March 31.
An employee told cops that the
pirates snagged $1,500 worth of lottery
tickets from the store on the
corner of 24th Avenue at 10:50 pm
before running off.
—Rose Adams
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Smoked out!
A menace made away with a
woman’s cigarettes at the Jay Street
subway station on March 29.
The victim told police that the
ne’er-do-well followed her and
snatched her packet of smokes
near the station elevator near Willoughby
Street at 4:40 pm, before unsuccessfully
attempting to grab her
purse and running off.
Fool’s gold
A marauder looted a bunch of
scratch cards from a MetroTech
Center store on April 1.
The victim told police that the
invader pulled open the door of the
market between Duffi eld and Bridge
streets and stole lottery tickets.
Clean sweep
Cleaners stole exercise equipment
from a Prospect Street gym
between April 1 and April 2.
The victim told police that the
two men snuck in through the basement
of the fi tness center at Adams
Street and took barrels, weights,
shirts, towels, and sweatshirts.
Suck it!
Nighttime raiders stole several
vacuum cleaners from an Albee
Square W. store on April 2.
The victim told police that the
three fi lchers grabbed four vacuum
cleaners from the business between
the Fulton Mall and Willoughby
Street just after 9:30 pm and fl ed.
Five-fi nger discount
Shoplifters nabbed a bunch of
clothes from a Fulton Mall store on
April 4.
An employee told police that the
nogoodniks took several hoodies
and jackets from the store between
Duffi eld and Bridge streets just before
3:15 pm.
Apple thief
A burglar stole almost
$32,000-worth of electronics from a
Sands Street offi ce.
The victim told police that the
freebooter bagged an Apple laptop,
iPad, and digital camera from the
place of work.
— Kevin Duggan
BY HAZEL SHAHGHOLI
A 95-year-old woman died Sunday
after the ambulance she was
riding in was struck by another vehicle,
causing a massive pileup at a
busy Flatlands intersection.
The incident occurred at around
3 pm on April 4 and injured a total of
11 people — a fi gure that factors in
ambulance workers and passengers
of all three vehicles involved. The
woman who died was being treated
for cardiac arrest at the time of the
collision, cops said.
The three vehicles identifi ed
by police included a 2002 Nissan
Maxima operated by an 18-year-oldmale,
a Ford Ambulance operated
by a 31-year-old male and containing
six ambulance workers as well
as the critically ill woman; and a
2013 Toyota Camry, operated by a
37-year old male.
The ambulance attempted to
cross Schenectady Avenue and Avenue
N with lights and sirens engaged,
police said, at which time it
was struck at the rear passenger
side by the Nissan Maxima. Resultantly,
the ambulance rotated
clockwise and rolled onto the driver’s
side. As it was sliding to a stop,
it struck the Toyota Camry, which
was waiting at the intersection for a
green light onto Avenue N.
Upon arrival, EMS rushed the
woman a hospital, where she was
pronounced dead.
The six ambulance workers and
ambulance driver were transported
to area hospitals, all in stable condition,
while the driver of the Nissan
Maxima and his 21-year-old passenger
were transferred to Brookdale
where they were treated and released,
authorities said.
The operator of the Toyota
Camry and his 63-year-old passenger
refused medical attention, according
to NYPD.