84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Armed ambush
A group of gunmen robbed a man
on Pacifi c Street on Dec. 31.
The victim told police that the
villains pushed a gun against his
stomach between Smith and Hoyt
streets at 8:15 pm and snatched his
phone and wallet.
Hamburglars!
Roaming raiders stole a cash register
from a Fulton Mall fast food
joint on Jan. 1.
Witnesses told police that the
menacing invaders hopped the
counter inside the eatery between
Flatbush Avenue and Hanover Place
at 5:30 pm and ordered a worker at
gunpoint to empty the register, before
making off with some $600 in
cash.
Blue gold
A shoplifter stole almost $800
worth of jeans from a Fulton Mall
clothing store on Jan. 1.
An employee told police that the
bandit bagged the denim legwear
from the shop between Bridge and
Duffi eld streets just before 6:20 pm,
and when the worker tried to stop
him, the knave threatened him with
a knife before fl eeing toward Willoughby
Street.
Chop chop
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
stabbing another woman with
chopsticks at a shelter on Duffi eld
Street on Dec. 29.
The victim told police that her
roommate stabbed her in the head
with the utensils inside the building
between Willoughby Street and
Fulton Mall at 10:15 pm.
Police collared the suspect on felony
assault charges on the scene, according
to police reports.
Rocked by robbery
A purloiner looted a State Street
coffee shop on the night of Jan. 3.
An employee told police that surveillance
footage captured the man
using a rock to bust the glass front
door of the eatery near Court Street
at 4:45 am, before taking $550 from
the cash drawer and hightailing it
off.
Not worth a shot
A sneak thief stole a woman’s
backpack on the Brooklyn Bridge
on Dec. 29.
The victim told police that she
put her bag down on a bench to take
pictures on the span’s pedestrian
and bike path near the Brooklyn-
Queens Expressway at 4:30 pm, and
when she turned to where’d she left
the stuff around fi ve minutes later
it was gone.
COURIER L 8 IFE, JANUARY 8-14, 2021
Man faces charges for
machete attack on family
Police responded to a machete attack at an apartment building on Putnam Avenue
in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Jan. 3. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Not lovin’ it
Police arrested a store manager
for allegedly trying to slash another
man at Flatbush Avenue Ext. fast
food restaurant on Dec. 31.
The victim told police that the
manager pulled out a knife during
an argument inside the eatery at
Fulton Street at 1:35 am and said
“Do not play with me, I’l; slice you
up,” while swinging the blade at
him and cutting his jacket.
The victim was uninjured, but
police arrived at the scene just before
2 pm and arrested the suspect
on felony robbery charges, according
to police reports.
Piped!
Cops collared a man for allegedly
hitting a woman with a pipe on Vanderbilt
Avenue on Jan. 1.
The victim told police that the
suspect hit her in the head with the
metal bar near Myrtle Avenue at
10:50 am.
Police arrested the man on the
spot for felony assault, cops said.
Clean sweep
A prowler stole appliances and
cash from a truck on Fleet Walk on
Dec. 31.
The victim told police that he left
his vehicle unlocked while making a
delivery near Prince Street at 12:50
pm, and he came back to fi nd that
the bandit had taken a dishwasher,
dryer, and $1,960 in cash.
Ride steal
Freebooters stole a guy’s car on
St Edwards Street between Dec. 23
and Dec. 29.
The victim told police that he left
his car near Park Avenue, but he
came back, it was gone.
— Kevin Duggan
62ND PRECINCT
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Violent robbery
Two villains beat up a man and
stole $2,000 from him on 83rd Street
on Dec. 30.
The victim told police that the
knaves opened the car door between
16th and 17th avenues at 10:15 am
and punched him multiple times,
before nabbing the cash, his credit,
and his electronics.
Elder abuse
Cops cuffed a teenager for allegedly
punching an elderly man inside
a Kings Highway home on Jan. 2.
The 68-year-old victim told police
that he and the 19-year-old,
whom he does not know, got into an
argument before the young suspect
socked him in the face.
Cops arrived on the scene and
cuffed the victim, who had an active
arrest warrant, according to police.
— Rose Adams
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Grab your purse
Brigands swiped the purse of a
woman walking down 86th Street
on Dec. 31.
The victim told police that the
baddies nabbed her purse containing
$1,700 and her cellphone while
she was on foot between W. Eighth
and W. Ninth Street at around 3:30
am and ran away.
Hair loss
A weasel snagged hair loss solution
from a Brighton Beach Avenue
drug store on Dec. 30.
Employees told police that the
lout swiped more than $1,000 worth
of other items from the store at the
intersection of Coney Island Avenue
at around 3:30 am, before fl eeing
without paying.
— Jessica Parks
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A young man is being questioned
in connection with a bloody
machete attack on members of his
family in Bedford-Stuyvesant on
Sunday night, which left a 79-yearold
man dead and two others — including
a four-year-old girl — injured.
Charges are pending against the
22-year-old suspect connected to the
violent outburst, which authorities
say occurred at 6:20 pm on Jan. 3 inside
an apartment building on Putnam
Avenue off Nostrand Avenue.
Law enforcement sources indicated
that the perpetrator went on
the attack amid a verbal dispute.
The victims and suspect appear to
be related to one another, sources
said.
Offi cers from the 79th Precinct
responded to the residence after
receiving a 911 call about the assault.
Upon arriving, they found the
79-year-old man with a stab wound
to his abdomen, as well as a 49-yearold
man slashed in the hand and a
4-year-old girl with a gash to her
hip.
EMS units rushed the 79-yearold
man to Interfaith Hospital,
where he later died of his injuries.
Police have withheld his identity,
pending family notifi cation.
The 49-year-old man was brought
to Kings County Hospital, while
the four-year-old girl was taken to
Woodhull Hospital. Both are listed
in stable condition and expected to
recover.
The investigation is ongoing.
It was the second major machete
attack in Brooklyn in less than a
week. On Dec. 29, 2020, cops shot
a machete-wielding man dead in
Brownsville after he hacked at a
woman while she walked her dog.
Law enforcement sources said the
suspect had charged at offi cers with
the weapon, prompting them to
open fi re on him.