60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Family feud
A malefactor attacked her father
on Surf Avenue after he wouldn’t
give her money on Sept. 2.
The victim told police that he
was arguing with his disgruntled
kin at the intersection of W. 36th
Street at around 1:20 am when she
punched him.
Bike switch
Bandits stole two bicycles that
were locked up in front of a Hubbard
Street home on Sept. 2.
The victim told police that the
thieves used bolt cutters to free the
two-wheelers from the residence
between Avenue Y and Avenue Z at
around 5 am before fl eeing.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Pipe down
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
smacking his boss with a pipe on
McDonald Avenue on Aug. 31.
The victim told police that the defendant
allegedly picked up a metal
pipe and repeatedly smacked him in
the torso inside the bodega by Avenue
O at 10:55 am.
First responders rushed the victim
to Coney Island Hospital for
treatment of his bruises, and arrested
the suspect.
Knife knave
Police arrested a man for allegedly
slashing a stranger in the back
on Shore Parkway on Sept. 6.
The victim told police that he
was walking down the street near
Bay Parkway at 4:40 pm when the
suspect cut him in the back with a
knife, without saying anything.
Beat it!
A sneak thief nabbed 39 pairs of
Beats by Dre headphones from an
18th Avenue department store on
Sept. 1.
An employee told police that the
beats bandit snagged the pricey
headphones — worth $6,434 in total
— from the store near 64th Street at
11 am, before driving off in a black
Chevrolet.
Slash ‘n’ dash
A brute slashed a man in the face
during a violent robbery on 20th Avenue
on Sept. 4.
The victim told police that the
lout cut him on his left cheek with a
knife on the corner of Bay Ridge Avenue
on Sept. 4, before stealing $700
and running off.
— Rose Adams
COURIER L 8 IFE, SEPT. 11-17, 2020
‘Unoffi cial mayor’ of Bay Ridge
killed after long rivalry: NYPD
Police arrested Bay Ridge resident George Vayos on Sept. 8 in the killing of his
neighbor Michael Scully. Photo by Todd Maisel
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Stab in the front!
A female villain stabbed a man
on the Fulton Mall on Aug. 31.
The victim told police that he
was arguing with the nogoodnik at
Elm Place just after 11 pm, when she
pulled a blade out of her back and
pierced him in the chest.
Paramedics rushed the victim to
hospital, while the attacker fl ed into
a building at the corner of Bond and
Livingston streets, according to police
reports.
Head banger
A woman suffered a concussion
after an outlaw violently robbed her
at her York Street home on Aug. 29.
The victim told police that the
goon slammed her to the ground
between Navy and Gold streets
at around 7 pm, before taking her
purse, which contained $600.
Battered
Some yahoo beat a man with a
bat on Sands Street on Sept. 4.
The victim told police that the
two relatives were arguing at Prospect
Street at 2 am when the galoot
whacked him in the face, chest, and
hand with the blunt object.
Big loot
A prowler bagged almost $26,000
in valuables from a guy’s car on Livingston
Street on Sept. 3.
The victim told police that he
parked his car between Boerum
Place and Smith Street at 7:20 pm,
and when he came back at 8:40 pm,
he saw that some scoundrel had
busted his passenger side window
and stolen his phone, cash, a gold
bracelet, watch, and ring.
Citi Bike swipe
A fi lcher stole a man’s rental
bike outside a Fulton Street bank on
Aug. 6.
The victim told police that he
left his Citi Bike outside while he
ran into the fi nancial institution at
the corner of Red Hook Lane to use
the bathroom at 3 pm, but when he
came back 15 minutes later, the twowheeler
was gone.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Arms attack
A gunman shot a guy in the arm
at St. Edwards Street on Aug. 31.
The victim told police that he
heard gunshots between Park Avenue
and Monument Walk at 9:20 pm,
before realizing that he’d been hit in
the arm.
The wounded man then fl agged
down a car, which drove him to
Brooklyn Hospital for treatment,
according to police reports.
Diner defender
A restaurant owner scared away
a would-be robber on S. Portland
Avenue on Sept 3.
The victim told police that the
bozo went behind the register and
told her to put the money in a bag
inside the eatery between Hanson
Place and Fulton Street just before
8 pm, before the victim’s husband
came over and caused the criminal
to bolt.
Sugar rush
A nogoodnik robbed a candy
store with a stun gun on Flatbush
Avenue Ext. on Sept. 4.
Store employees told police that
the sinister sweet tooth stole the
sugary treats from the shop at Fulton
Street just after 8 pm, and when
they tried to stop the candy crook,
he threatened them with a taser and
ran off.
— Kevin Duggan
BY TODD MAISEL
A Bay Ridge man will be arraigned
on murder charges for
fatally shooting his 62-year-old
neighbor on 74th Street Labor Day
morning.
George Vayos, 52, allegedly shot
and killed Michael Scully on Sept.
7 after a long-standing rivalry, law
enforcement sources said.
Police said that Vayos shot
Scully while he was walking his
dog in front of his 74th Street
home by Seventh Avenue at about
6:50 am Monday morning. Offi cers
from the 68th Precinct found him
unconscious and unresponsive,
slumped over on the front steps,
with gunshot wounds to his head
and shoulder.
Paramedics rushed Scully to
NYU Langone Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead.
Detectives say Scully was an
“unoffi cial” mayor of his block
who had long standing friction
with Vayos, a self-appointed safety
patroller of the community. The
two apparently had arguments in
the past before the Monday morning
shooting.
Police arrested Vayos and
walked him out of the 68th Precinct
station house Tuesday night.
The suspect didn’t say anything
to the horde of press outside to see
him. Police adjusted his mask in
the vestibule of the station house
upon his request.
He has been charged with murder
and criminal possession of a
fi rearm, according to police.