60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH
SEAGATE
Domestic violence
A scumbag struck his wife repeatedly
with a metal container at their
W. 19th Street home on Nov. 10.
The victim’s brother told police
that the dirtbag beat him and his
sister inside the home between Neptune
and Mermaid Avenues around
midnight.
Subway swiper
A pirate robbed a sleeping straphanger
aboard a train on Stillwell
Avenue Oct. 27.
The victim told police that he fell
asleep aboard a train, and woke up
near Bay 50th Street at around 3 am
to fi nd $2,000 of his property missing.
Dine and dash
A brute punched his girlfriend
at a Mermaid Avenue restaurant on
Nov. 9.
The victim told police that the
weasel hit her and fl ed from the restaurant
near W. 16th Street around
7 pm after snatching her LG cellphone.
Overdue monitor
A thief stole a monitor that was
owned by the Brooklyn Public Library
from a truck parked on Bay 43
Street on Nov. 1.
The victim told police the bandit
pried open the vehicle near the intersection
of Bath Avenue around 3
pm and snatched the $100 screen.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Drag show
Two brutes violently robbed
$1,050 worth of property from a man
at Avenue U business on Nov. 8.
The victim told police the goons
kicked and punched him as they
forced him out of the business and
on E. 16th Street around 2:45 pm before
taking his iPhone 8 and Beats
headphones.
More money, more
problems
A street peddler threatened a
man with a knife after not giving
him more cash near Batchelder
Street on Nov. 6.
The victim told police he gave the
man $1 at the intersection of Avenue
X around 4:30 pm, to which the weasel
demanded more money.
— Jessica Parks
COURIER LIFE, N 8 OVEMBER 15-21, 2019
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BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Cop puncher
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
smacking a police offi cer in the face
on 76th Street on Nov. 11.
Authorities say that offi cers
were patrolling an apartment building
between New Utrecht Avenue
and 17th Avenue at 1:37 am when
they found an intoxicated man on
the building’s roof who allegedly
became aggressive with the offi -
cers, punching one of them in the
face and fl ailing as the cops tried to
cuff him.
Cellphone swiper
A bandit stole $2,100 worth of
cellphones from a Shore Parkway
store on Nov. 10.
An employee told police that the
thief entered the cellphone store between
Bay Parkway and Bay 38th
Street at 4:10 pm and used a wire
cutter to cut two iPhones from the
display before fl eeing.
Violent robbery
Two dirtbags punched a man
and stole his wallet on 76th Street
on Nov. 3.
The victim told cops that he was
leaving a deli between 19th and 20th
avenues at 11 pm when the two robbers
pushed him against a wall and
demanded his money — but the victim
refused, so the ruffi ans punched
him in the eye and grabbed his wallet,
before running away, authorities
said.
Identity crisis
A conman posing as a police offi -
cer convinced a woman to give him
$4,300 on Bay Parkway on Nov. 8.
The victim told authorities that
the fake cop called her at her home
between Benson Avenue and 86th
Street at 11:47 am, and told her that
her identity had been stolen, so she
needed to transfer her money into
a new bank account. The victim
complied, and transferred $4,300 in
gift cards to the hoaxer, police reported.
— Rose Adams
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MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Watch out
Police arrested a thief who allegedly
walked off with a Rolex watch
from a Kings Plaza Shopping Center
jeweler on Nov. 10.
An employee told police the
fi lcher put on $8,587 worth of jewelry
inside the Avenue U mall at
around 11:20 am before allegedly attempting
to leave.
Police arrived on the scene and
arrested the man shortly after.
Optometry dreams
A bandit snagged $4,350 of optometry
equipment from a vehicle
on E. 72nd Street on Nov. 7.
The victim told police that she
parked her car in front of her home
around 8:30 pm and noticed the
items were missing upon her arrival.
Shopping spree
Shoplifters nabbed $3,328 in children’s
clothes from a Ralph Avenue
chain store on Nov. 7.
Police said the bandits snatched
multiple items from the store between
Avenue K and L around 6:15
pm, before fl eeing from the location
without paying.
— Jessica Parks
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Plate pilferer
A thief stole $200 worth of china
plates from a Pacifi c Street house
on Nov. 11.
The victim told police that the
dish delinquent swiped six china
plates from the victim’s entryway
between Clinton and Court streets
at around 1:22 pm.
Wired
A bandit stole $15,000 worth of
wire and cable from a Butler Street
warehouse on Nov. 5.
An employee told police that the
looter broke the building’s padlocks
between Bond and Nevins streets at
5 am, and snagged copper wires and
power lines worth $15,000.
Charged up
A burglar nabbed $25 worth of
batteries from a Court Street pharmacy
on Nov. 6.
An employee told police that the
perp entered the store between Pacifi
c and Amity Streets at 5:45 pm,
and made off with two packs of batteries.
Car break-in
A thief swiped a man’s wallet
from a car on Tiffany Place on Oct.
31.
The victim told police that
the burglar opened his unlocked
car that near Kane and Degraw
streets between 8 am and 1 pm, and
snagged his wallet — which contained
$1,400.
— Rose Adams
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Crack attack
A brute assaulted a man during
a botched drug deal on 58th Street
on Nov. 5.
The victim told police that he
met with his attacker to buy cocaine
near Third Avenue at around
1:30 am, but didn’t have enough
money to pay — causing the bursier
to punch and kick him repeatedly.
Bar brawl
A jerk attacked a man at a Fifth
Avenue bar on Nov. 8.
The victim told police that he
was fi ghting with the lout over a
seat at the bar near 40th Street,
when the brute smashed the victim
in the face with a glass.
Garage mayhem
A hooligan bit an auto body shop
employee on Third Avenue on Nov.
5.
An employee told police that the
miscreant entered the shop near
53rd Street around 1:23 pm and sat
in one of the cars being worked on
and tried to start it. When the employee
tried to get the goon to leave,
the lunatic spat at him and bit him
— before getting out of the car and
swinging his belt at him.
Bye-bye bicycles
A sneak stole two bikes from a
43rd Street apartment building on
Nov. 3.
The sneak popped open the door
of the apartment building near
Third Avenue at around 1:30 am
and swiped two bikes, worth about
$1000 in total.
— Ben Verde