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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 15-21, 2022
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Drive-by dirtbag
A restaurant rustler cut the “dine”
out Some dirtbag riding a bicycle allegedly
stopped to rough up a pedestrian
in search of something to steal on Clinton
Street on April 10.
Police said the victim was walking
near Myrtle Avenue just before
8pm when the would-be thief, riding a
CitiBike, stopped beside him, pulled
out a knife, and started rummaging
through his pockets. Fortunately, the
pickpocket didn’t get anything, and
fled empty handed toward Fort Greene
Park.
Cops searched the area with the
help of the victim and arrested the lout
nearby.
Bag it up!
Some sneak broke into a Fulton
Street grocery store and stole cash on
April 6.
The victim told police the sneakthief
managed to open the front gate of
The Green Grape near South Oxford
Street at about 3 am, then used a crowbar
to pry open the front door and slip
inside, where they grabbed a locked
safe and nearly $3,000 in cash. The
whole operation was caught on camera,
though no arrests have been made
so far.
Senseless shooting
A senseless shooter fired multiple
bullets on St. Edwards Street on April
Police said the gunman fired multiple
times at about 8 pm near Navy
Street, striking one person in the stomach
and hitting multiple vehicles. Cops
searched the area but could not find the
perpetrator.
The victim was taken to NewYork-
Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
for treatment.
Ghostly
good-for-nothing
One Brooklynite may have felt
haunted by the past on April 8, when
they came face-to-face with the perpetrator
of a crime against one of their
family members.
The victim told police she was near
Park Avenue at about noon when she
recognized the good-for-nothing and
called 911 to alert the cops. While she
was on the phone, the jerk asked why
she was calling the police, then used her
cell phone to hit the victim hard in the
face, leaving a laceration on the inside
of her lip.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS—DUMBO—
BOERUM HILL—DOWNTOWN
Cop shoots at catalytic
converter thief during
dramatic Belt chase
Police closed down the westbound lanes of the
Belt Parkway in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, April
10. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Thieves get thrifty
A pair of thieves stole nearly $2,000
in accessories from a Fulton Street T.J.
Maxx on April 6.
Police said the two jerks entered the
shop near Hoyt Street at about 11:30
am and, within ten minutes, had filled
a black garbage bag with goods, then
headed for the exit.
Bandit steals
home goods
A thief stole a selection of home
goods from an Albee Square superstore
on April 4.
Sometime between 5 and 8 pm, the
filcher loaded up on a Ninja-brand
blender, a television, and clothing at the
Target near Fulton Street and ran out
through the fire exit without handing
over even a dime, police said. The store’s
security cameras caught every detail of
the theft.
Lobby looters
Two raiders stole a set of pricey
walkie-talkies from a Smith Street
apartment building on April 1.
Police said the pair of purloiners
followed a deliveryman through the
front door of a building near Atlantic
Avenue shortly before 9pm and took
the first things they saw — two walkietalkies
sitting on the desk in the lobby,
each worth a hefty $400.
Forceful goon takes
broadcast tools
A surprisingly strong goon broke
into a Bridge Street production studio
on April 8 and made off with an expensive
camera.
The victim said the cretin managed
to break into the studio near Water
Street at about 6pm by busting through
the wall of an adjacent business. Once
inside, the jerk grabbed a $5,000 broadcasting
camera and fled out to the
street.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST-BATH BEACH
Smoke signals
An unknown brute slashed a man
in the arm at an 81st Street apartment
building after starting an argument
with him on April 10.
The victim told police he was smoking
a cigarette on the second-floor
staircase of the building between New
Utrecht and 18th avenues when the unknown
slasher approached him around
5 am and attacked him.
Sweet steal
A bandit attempted to steal two bottles
of vodka and two jars of Nutella
that was left in the hallway of a 79th
Street apartment building before the
rightful owners noticed someone was
outside of his apartment on April 5.
The victim told police that the hallway
outside of his penthouse at the
intersection of Bay Parkway is not a
place people usually pass by and when
he heard some noise in the hallway
around 6:40 pm, the suspect fled and
left the assortment of pantry items in
the hallway.
Time trap
A highwayman robbed a pedestrian
walking home from a friend’s house on
New Utrecht Avenue after asking him
for the time on April 4.
The victim told police that the savage
then punched him causing him to
fall at the intersection of 67th Street
and then proceeded to punch him in
the head around 4:15 am and stole his
cellphone.
— Jessica Parks
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
A cop fired shots at a person
that stole catalytic converters
during a dramatic chase on the
Belt Parkway Sunday morning,
April 10, according to a law enforcement
source.
The thief nabbed the car
pieces at 6:40 am on Knapp
Street in Gerritsen Beach, between
Avenue V and Whitney
Avenue.
Two NYPD cops tried to stop
the suspect who was driving a
white Porsche, but the perpetrator
fled onto the Belt Parkway
heading west, according to a police
spokesperson.
The Boys in Blue radioed in
the accused criminal on the lam and
other officers stopped traffic on the
west-bound side of the highway.
They spotted the sedan but when
they walked up to it, the driver plowed
through the other stopped cars and
toward the officers, one of whom shot
at the vehicle without hitting anyone.
The alleged larcenist continued to
flee west with cops in pursuit, but all
they could recover was the sports car
abandoned at Cropsey Avenue near
14th Avenue in Bath Beach.
There were three shell casings on
the highway, where cops were setting
up markers and gathering evidence
Sunday morning.
There were no reports of injuries,
according to NYPD rep.
Police shut down the westbound
lanes of the Belt Parkway at Cropsey
Avenue for an investigation into the
incident, sending out an advisory on
Twitter at 7:36 a.m., recommending
drivers look for alternative routes
and to expect delays.
The highway was fully reopened
as of Sunday afternoon. ”