84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Out of luck
Cops cuffed a teen for allegedly
stealing a batch of lottery tickets at
a Clinton Street bodega on March 7.
The store owner told police that
the suspect and another guy allegedly
took two cases of scratch
tickets from the store at Atlantic
Avenue at around 8:40 pm, before
making off with $14,600 worth of illgotten
goods.
Police caught up with one of the
suspects two blocks down at Aitken
Place and arrested him on felony
robbery charges, according to police
reports.
First raid
A looter raided a Fulton Mall medical
offi ce on the night of March 4.
The victim told police that the
invader yanked open the front door
of the storefront near Boerum Place
and stole $3,500 worth of medical
equipment.
Lucked out!
Some rogue ransacked a Metro-
Tech news stand on the night of
March 9.
The victim told police that the
thief broke into the shop between
Duffi eld and Bridge streets and
stole cash and scratch cards worth
more than $12,000.
Postal pilferer
A mail thief cleared out a St.
Marks Place brownstone on March
14.
The victim told police that the
bandit cracked the front door of
the residence between Third and
Fourth avenues just before 10 am
and emptied out the letter boxes.
Elder abuse
Some lousy swindler defrauded
a senior citizen out of $12,500 on
March 9.
The 64-year-old victim told police
that a mystery woman called her
around 1:40 pm and said her daughter
had got into a car crash and
needed the money as bail, prompting
her to make a payment to the shyster
at a Montague Street bank before realizing
the call had been a scam.
Five-fi nger discount
Police arrested a woman for allegedly
shoplifting at a Fulton Mall
department store on March 13.
A worker told police that the
suspect allegedly took a bracelet,
necklace, phone sanitizer, a sanitizer
wand, and coffee from the shop
between Gallatin Place and Hoyt
Street just after 7 pm.
Cops collared the woman on
the scene on felony grand larceny
charges, according to police.
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Cops arrest drunk driver for
fatal crash on the Gowanus
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88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Swinging and steal
Cops arrested a teen for an alleged
violent robbery of a boy at a Fulton
Street playground on March 9.
The 14-year-old victim told police
that the suspect and a gang of other
guys allegedly beat him up at Classon
Avenue at 7 pm, before taking
his phone and fl eeing downtown on
Fulton Street.
Paramedics brought the-up boy
to a hopstial for treatment. Cops
caught up with the 14-years-old suspect
and arrested him on felony robbery
charges just after midnight on
March 12, according to police.
Jumped!
Goons ambushed a teenager on
Washington Avenue on March 11.
The victim told police that the
rogues threw him to the ground and
punched and kicked him between
Dekalb and Willoughby avenues at
6:10 pm before taking his cell phone
and fl eeing toward Fulton Street.
Clocked!
Ruffi ans stole a man’s phone on
Waverly Avenue on March 12.
The victim told cops that one of
the knaves asked him for the time
near Myrtle Avenue at 8 pm, but when
he looked at this phone, the bandits
grabbed his wrists and legs, fl ipped
him upside down and beat him up, before
taking his phone and fl eeing.
Daylight robbery
A menace attacked a senior and
robbed him on Fulton Street on
March 13.
The 71-year-old victim told police
that the bruiser sucker-punched
him near Washington Avenue at
10:40 am and took $500 in cash from
his pockets.
— Kevin Duggan
60TH PRECINCT
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—
Seagate
In the octagon
A bully hit a man in the face with
a stop sign during a fi t of road rage
on Surf Avenue.
The victim told police that he
was trying to park between W. 15th
and W. 16th streets at around 1:30
pm when the bruiser began assaulting
him with the red octagonal sign,
claiming the spot was his.
Deli dump
A group of bad guys slashed a man
during a violent robbery near Brighton
Beach Avenue on March 10.
The victim told police that his
memory was foggy, but he remembers
being inside a deli before the
men grabbed him and left him near
Brighton Sixth Street at around 2
am with his money and foreign ID
missing.
Sinful
Sacrilegious snakes swiped
$1,000 from a locked collection box
in a Poplar Avenue synagogue on
March 12.
An employee of the house of
worship told police that the unholy
thieves broke into the temple at the
intersection of Highland Avenue
at around 2:30 am, before using a
hammer to pry open the donation
box and running off with the illgotten
cash.
—Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Gun bust
Police cuffed a gunman man for
allegedly throwing a helmet at a cop
on Avenue T on March 12.
Boys-in-blue say they got into a
chase with the motorcycle-riding
suspect for riding with no license
plate near Avenue S at 8:35 pm, and
when they fi nally caught up with
him, the suspect allegedly tried to
fl ee on foot, throwing his helmet at
an offi cer.
Offi cer managed to cuff the suspect,
who they say is a known gang
member, and discovered a loaded
semi-automatic with a high capacity
magazine in his bag, according
to police reports.
— Rose Adams
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Police arrested a man for alleged
drunk driving following a
fatal crash on the Gowanus Expressway
in Bay Ridge which
killed his passenger on the night
of March 10.
Staten Island man Mark
Dookhan, 30, was allegedly intoxicated
when he slammed his BMW
sedan into the back of the bigger
vehicle near Exit 17 at 92nd Street
on the Rock-bound side of the highway
around 11:20 pm, police said.
Dookhan’s friend in the passenger
seat, Karen Diaz, also 30, died
in the collision with the truck,
which was stopped in traffi c in the
middle lane at the time, according
to police.
Paramedics rushed to the
scene and pronounced Diaz dead
and Dookhan was brought to
NYULangone-Brooklyn in stable
condition. The driver of the truck
was not injured and remained on
scene.
Dookhan showed signs of intoxication
and refused to take a
breathalyzer test, and police arrested
him for drunk driving, according
to a Police Department
spokesman. The suspect has previously
been convicted of driving
while intoxicated within the last
10 years, according to police.