60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Bag snatcher
A marauder violently stole a
woman’s bag with $1,300 worth of
items on Brighton Fourth Street on
Dec. 11.
The victim told police that the
brute threw her to the sidewalk near
Brighton Fourth Court at around
6:20 am and ripped her purse away.
Laptop Lotto
Bandits stole $7,700 worth of belongings
from a parked car on Shore
Parkway on Dec. 10.
The victim told police that he returned
to his car parked at the intersection
of Shell Road at around
7 am to fi nd his two laptops and fur
clothing missing.
Hot water
A shoplifter swiped a water
heater and a faucet from Cropsey
Avenue home improvement store on
Dec. 9.
Employees told police that the
thief snagged the $1,596 merchandise
from the store at Bay 53rd
Street at around 8:38 am, and left
without paying.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
When pigs fl y
Cops cuffed a woman for allegedly
lobbing a piggy bank at her
relative in an 18th Avenue home on
Dec. 9.
The 20-year-old victim told police
that the defendant allegedly slapped
him and threw a piggy bank at him
in the apartment between 62nd and
63rd streets at 6:30 pm.
Bag brawl
A thief tried unsuccessfully to
snatch a woman’s bag on Bay Ridge
Avenue on Dec. 11.
The 56-year-old victim told police
that the baddie followed her to her
home between 21st Avenue and Bay
Parkway before grabbing her purse,
causing the woman to fall and hurt
her ankle while successfully wrestling
the bag back.
Knife knaves
Two brutes robbed a teenager at
knife-point on 64th Street on Dec.
13.
The 18-year-old victim told police
that two ruffi ans approached
with a knife while he was making
a delivery between 20th and 21st avenues
at 2 am, before kicking him
and snatching the victim’s AirPods,
$700, and scooter.
Cops seek man for Marine
Park sexual assault
Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a 47-year-old
woman in Marine Park. NYPD
Bodega bust
A looter stole more than $10,000
from a Kings Highway bodega on
Dec. 12.
An employee told police that the
pirate broke the locks of the deli by
W. Seventh Street at 11:30 pm, before
taking $700 from the register
and $9,940 from the ATM.
— Rose Adams
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bodega bandit
A gun-toting brigand held up
a Schermerhorn Street bodega on
Dec. 7.
The victim told police that the
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menace brandished the fi rearm inside
the store at Hoyt Street at 7:45
pm, before forcing the shopkeeper
to hand over $400.
Midnight marauder
A shoplifter stabbed a security
guard at a Clinton Street pharmacy
on Dec. 10.
The victim told police that the
fi lcher nabbed some body wash at
the store at Joralemon Street just
after midnight, and when the guard
tried to stop him from leaving,
the baddie pulled out a knife and
pierced his arm.
Tool loot
A burglar raided a Fulton Mall
construction site on Dec. 7.
Employees told police that the
freebooter got into the work site
near Bond Street overnight and
bagged more than $5,565-worth of
tools — including a hammer, chain
saw, and several blades.
Swipe and run
A swift scalawag stole a man’s
phone on the F train near Jay Street
on Dec. 9.
The victim told police that the
nogoodnik grabbed the cell from his
hand and fl ed out of the Coney Island
bound train near Willoughby
Street at 6:30 pm.
Quick catch
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
stealing a deliveryman’s e-bike
near the local police precinct on
Gold Street on Dec. 13.
The victim told police that he
was making a drop-off near Tillary
Street just after 8 pm when the suspect
allegedly hopped on the twowheeler
and rode off.
Boys in Blue caught up with the
suspect a block away at Myrtle Avenue
and arrested him on felony
grand larceny charges, cops said.
Con-tractor
Scammers stole more than
$10,000 from a Brooklyn Heights senior
on Nov. 2.
The 73-year-old victim told police
that the fraud emailed him claiming
to be a contractor that recently
did work on his apartment, demanding
pay at 1 pm, but when the victim
wired him $10,500,
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
It’s a trap!
A group of goons beat up a man
inside a S. Portland Avenue apartment
building on Dec. 7.
The victim told police that one
of the ne’er-do-wells approached the
victim in his car and snatched his
keys, phone, and $640 before goading
him inside the apartment between
Hanson and S. Elliot place
at 2:40 pm — where a group of accomplices
started mauling the victim,
leaving him with bruises and a
busted lip.
Unhinged!
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
slamming a door on a fellow
offi cer during an arrest at a Monument
Walk apartment on Dec. 11.
The victimized-offi cer told her
colleagues that she’d been investigating
alleged child abuse when
she found the suspect had an arrest
warrent between Navy Street and
Park Avenue at 1:35 pm, before the
suspect allegedly whacked the door
at her foot and fl ailed her arms to resist
the arrest.
Police arrested the suspect and
charged her with felony assault on a
police offi cer, according to police.
— Kevin Duggan
BY ROSE ADAMS
Police are on the hunt for a violent
pervert who followed a Marine
Park woman home on Thursday
night and sexually assaulted
her before running off with her
phone and cash, authorities say.
The victim said that the man
followed her back to her apartment
building on Avenue N and
East 33rd Street at 12:40 am, and
made it look like he had a gun before
forcing his way into her apartment
as she was opening the door.
Cops said the dirtbag then tied
up the 47-year-old victim using
duct tape and zip ties and sexually
assaulted her before running
off with her cellphone and an unknown
amount of cash.
The perpetrator fl ed in a 2012
grey Mitsubishi Outlander SUV
and was last seen heading west
bound on Kings Highway.
First responders transported
the victim to Coney Island Hospital
in stable condition.
A video of the suspect before
the attack shows he’s of a medium
build, and was last seen wearing
a black hat, black face covering,
black sneakers, dark colored
jeans, light colored kneepads, and
a black sweatshirt.