84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Gun-ho!
A wretch ransacked a Clinton
Street pharmacy on April 5.
The shopkeeper told police that
that bandit grabbed some contraband
from the store near Joralemon
Street at around 4:20 am without
paying, but when the employee
confronted the baddie, the fi lcher
claimed to have a gun and ran off.
Deli defender
A blade-wielding ne’er-do-well
tried to rob a Nevins Street deli on
April 9.
The store owner told police
that the boxcutter-wielding crook
waltzed behind the counter of the
store near Bergen Street at 10:20
am, before running off after a brief
scuffl e empty handed.
Petal prowler
Some freebooter looted cash
from an Atlantic Avenue fl orist on
the night of April 6.
The business owner told police
that the rustler busted a window of
the shop between Third and Fourth
avenues and took a register with
$230.
Double dipping
Three thieves raided a Montague
Street pharmacy in the early hours
of April 10.
The victim told police that the
terrible trio entered the store at
Henry Street at 2:40 am and swiped
two registers, with $200.
Invaders broke into an eatery
on that same block just 10 minutes
later, breaking the window and
grabbing a register with $1,500, according
to police reports.
Subway swipe!
A pickpocket nabbed a woman’s
wallet at the Jay Street-MetroTech
station on April 8.
The victim told cops that the bandit
grabbed her purse from behind
on the C train platform at 7:45 pm,
before fl eeing onto a Queens-bound
A train.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
He’s been hit!
Villains shot a man outside his N.
Portland Avenue home on April 5.
The victim told police that three
criminals clad in black masks shot
him outside the building at Park Avenue
around 10:15 pm.
The bloodied victim ran to his
girlfriend’s car and drove to Brooklyn
Hospital for treatment of his
wounds, according to police.
COURIER L 8 IFE, APRIL 16-22, 2021
12-year-old boy shot in
the chest in Bed-Stuy
A 12-year-old boy was shot in the chest and right arm in Bedford-Stuyvesant on
April 10. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Roadway robbery
Gun-toting goons held up a man
in his car on Washington Avenue on
April 3.
The victim told cops that the
three rogues jumped into his vehicle
at Myrtle Avenue at 8 pm before
brandishing a fi rearm.
Once inside, the baddies forced
the nervous victim to log into his
bank account on his cell phone,
which they used to wire themselves
money, according to police
reports.
Old tricks
Cops collared a man for allegedly
stealing antiques from a Washington
Avenue woman’s building between
April 4 and April 5.
The victim told cops that the suspect
allegedly took an old blanket
and stool worth $2,000 that were delivered
to the lobby of the building
between Fulton Street and Gates
Avenue.
Cops caught up with the man on
April 8 and charged him with felony
burglary, according to police.
Tool loot!
Police cuffed a man who allegedly
tried to steal tools from a van parked
on Rockwell Place on April 10.
The victim told police that he saw
the suspect allegedly climb over the
lot’s fence at Dekalb Avenue at 4:40
pm and break a vehicle window.
Cops arrived just before 5 pm and
arrested him on felony burglary
charges on the scene.
FB-why?
Some out-of-state shyster
scammed a Fleet Place woman out of
$35,000 between April 5 and April 8.
The victim told police that the
charlatan phoned and texted her
several times claiming to be FBI
agents, telling her if she needed to
mail $35,000 to an address in Texas,
or else someone would arrest her,
which she did.
— Kevin Duggan
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Knife knave
A robber threatened to stab a
woman after stealing her belongings
on 76th Street on April 11.
The 44-year-old victim told police
that the young attacker nabbed
$500, some electronics, and her sunglasses
from her unlocked car between
17th and 18th avenues at 4 am,
but when she confronted the brute,
he displayed a knife and threatened
to stab her.
Home invasion
A crook stole $8,000 from a Bay
34st Street home on April 6.
The victim told police that she
received a notifi cation that the
alarm at her house near Benson Avenue
had been shut off at around 7
pm, and when she returned the next
day, she saw that the sneak thief had
broken into her house from a side
window and stolen $8,000 from her
bedroom.
Car crook
Some lowlife stole a designer
backpack from a car parked on Bay
31st Street on April 4.
The victim told police that the burglar
snagged his Versace backpack
and electronics, which were worth
more than $1,000 combined, from his
unlocked car that was parked in his
driveway between Benson and Bath
avenues at around 6 pm.
Cash ‘n’ dash
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
stealing $22,000 from a man on 15th
Avenue.
The victim told police that the
suspect reached into his pocket and
snatched an envelope containing
the cash.
—Rose Adams
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Cops are still looking for the
individual who shot a 12-year-old
boy in the chest on the night of
April 10 in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Police sources said it’s not
clear whether the victim was the
intended target or a bystander. As
of Sunday morning, the boy was
hospitalized, but expected to make
a recovery.
Offi cers from the 81st Precinct
responded to a 911 call about the
shooting at 9:50 pm on April 10
in front of an apartment building
on Malcolm X Boulevard between
Monroe and Madison Streets.
Upon arriving at the scene,
sources said, the offi cers found
the wounded victim at the nearby
Hello Liquor Store, where he had
apparently run to for help after being
shot.
According to WABC-TV, there
had been an altercation between
two groups of individuals moments
before the youngster was
shot.
Responding EMS units rushed
the victim to a nearby hospital.
Through the night, detectives
and crime scene investigators
combed the area for evidence in
connection to the shooting. So far,
no arrests have been made, and
police did not have a description of
the shooter.
Anyone with information regarding
the shooting that could
prove helpful is urged to call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit tips online at nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or on Twitter @
NYPDTips. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.