63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Larceny charge
Police arrested a man for allegedly
stealing credit cards on
Flatbush Avenue on June 14.
The female victim told police
she last had her credit card at
Kings Plaza on June 1, but when
she went to grab her plastic to
purchase items, she realized her
card were stolen.
Police finally caught up with
the burglar on June 14 and arrested
him on a felony larceny
charge, according to the police
report.
Cradle robber
A thief looted a baby stroller
inside a Flatbush Avenue department
store on June 12, taking a
wallet and credit cards.
The thief took the items out of
woman’s stroller while she was
inside a dressing room at the
store near Avenue U at around 10
p.m., cops said
The victim called her bank
and cancelled her cards after noticing
an unauthorized purchase
from Jimmy Jazz for $260.70, in
addition to $150 that was sent to
a cash app profile, according to
police.
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Out strolled
Police arrested a man for allegedly
beating his wife with a
baby stroller inside their West
27th Street home on June 14.
The victim told police her husband
hurled the child carrier at
her inside their apartment near
Surf Avenue at around 10 p.m.,
leaving marks on her left forearm
and right cheek.
Emergency workers treated
the victim at the scene, and police
cuffed the husband on a felony
assault charge, according to
police.
Ruff day
Three bandits robbed a man as
he walked his dog on 28th Avenue
on June 13.
The victim told police the
crooks surrounded him between
Cropsey and Harway avenues at
10:40 p.m., before reaching into
his pockets and grabbing $50.
Kids these days!
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
punching her 84-year-old
grandfather on Ocean Parkway
on June 11.
The victim told police his 38-
year-old granddaughter punched
him three times inside his home
near Bay 50th Street at 4 p.m.
Paramedics rushed the victim
to a nearby hospital for treatment,
and the suspect was arrested for
felony assault, cops said.
Rude awakening
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
stabbing his wife as she slept
inside her West 23 Street home on
June 15.
The husband left a puncture
wound in his wife’s neck inside
their apartment between Neptune
and Mermaid avenues, cops
said.
Paramedics arrived later to
remove the blade, and the suspect
was arrested on a felony assault
charge, according to police.
Cold cocked
Police arrested a man who allegedly
punched a 77-year-old man outside
of a Stillwell Avenue grocery
store on June 10.
The victim told police the 47-
year-old suspect slugged him near
Mermaid Avenue at 2:15 p.m., said
the police.
The older man suffered a nasty
welt, but did not require medical attention,
cops said.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Thirsty thief
Police are hunting the knifewielding
fiend who nabbed bottled
water and Coke from a Kings
Highway drugstore on June 11.
An employee told police the
shoflifter grabbed drinks from
the store near E. 16 Street at 5:45
p.m., and, when security tried
to stop him, he pulled knife and
shouted, “I will slice you,” before
rushing out the store.
— Chandler Kidd
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Caught wet-handed
A 13-year-old girl was arrested
for allegedly attempting to steal
a man’s phone at Bath Avenue on
June 13.
According to the 42-year-old
victim, the girl approached him
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on a park bench between 24th
Avenue and Bay 37th Street and
tried to grab his phone. When the
girl failed to obtain it, she threw
a water balloon at the man, causing
no injuries. The young girl
was identified at the scene and
arrested, police say.
Mom gone mad
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
biting police inside her
Bay Parkway home on June 13.
Cops say that employees for
the Administration for Children’s
Services (ACS) called law
enforcement from the suspect’s
house between Benson Avenue
and 86th Street after the angry
mom refused to let the workers
take her two children. When
an officer tried to handcuff the
mother, she flailed, kicked, and
bit the cop in the arm, authorities
report.
Break-in bandit
A burglar stole jewelry and
$2,700 in cash from a house on
25th Avenue on June 16.
The perp most likely snuck in
through the rear window of the
residence between Benson Avenue
and 86th Street, snatching
two rings, a necklace, and the
cash, according to police.
Phone phoney
A scammer swindled an 80-
year-old man out of $3,000 on
June 15 by pretending to be his
grandson.
The con artist allegedly called
the victim, who lives on Bay Parkway
between W. Ninth and W. 10th
streets, and said that he had been
in a car accident a needed money
for bail. The phony then met the
victim at his house and collected
the cash, cops say. When the weasel
called the senior later asking
for more money, the victim said
he would call the police and the
crook hung up, cops said.
Subway thief
A filcher cut into a man’s
pocket to steal his wallet and cellphone
on the N train by the Kings
Highway Station on June 15.
Police say that the man was
asleep when the thief tried to remove
property as the train approached
the station between E.
15th and E. 16th streets. When the
victim felt his pocket move, he
woke up and confronted the perp,
cops report. The two allegedly
exited the train at Avenue U Station,
where the pilferer gave back
the man’s cellphone, before f leeing
with his wallet, cops said.
— Rose Adams
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Sunset slasher
A knife-wielding wacko
stabbed a man on 52nd Street on
June 16.
The perp and the victim began
arguing outside a home, between
Second and Third avenues,
at around 4:30 a.m., when the bad
guy stabbed the victim in the
lower back, cops said.
The victim’s friend drove the
victim to Methodist Hospital,
where he was treated for non-life
threatening injuries, cops said.
Smash-and-grab
A mugger stole a woman’s cell
phone on 60th Street on June 6.
The baddie approached the
victim when she was looking
at her phone while walking between
Seventh and Eighth avenues,
at around 3 p.m.. The perp
then grabbed the phone and ran
off toward 7th Avenue, cops said.
Seeley sneak
A burglar broke into a vacant
Seeley Street home on June 14.
The brute smashed the rear
glass door of the residence, located
between 18th Street and
Prospect Avenue, at around
10:45. After breaking in, the thief
stole several electronics totaling
$2,500, cops said.
A tired robbery
A carjacker stole the tires off
a parked car on Third Avenue on
June 15.
The victim left the car parked
between 43rd and 44th streets
at midnight, and found all four
tires and rims missing when he
returned at 9:40 a.m. the following
morning, cops said.
Failed grocery goon
A would-be burglar attempted
to steal from a Seventh Avenue
grocery store on June 15.
The criminal broke into the
store, located between 40th and
41st street, at 6:00 a.m. and attempted
to steal a cash register,
before feeling without stealing
anything, cops said.
— Aidan Graham