84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bike baddies
Two gunmen on bikes held up
a man on Schermerhorn Street on
June 23.
The victim told police that one
of the villains brandished a silver
handgun and demanded his belongings
while his accomplice was
on the lookout between Smith and
Hoyt streets at 8:50 am, before grabbing
$160 and fl eeing.
Pipe attack!
Police arrested a man for allegedly
hitting another man with a
pipe on Flatbush Avenue Ext. on
June 27.
The victim told police that the
suspect walked up and allegedly
swiped him in the elbows with the
metal bar near Tillary Street just
after 5:30 pm.
Police cuffed the suspect later
that day at the Gold Street station
house of the 84th Precinct.
Restaurant raider
A marauder looted a Hoyt Street
restaurant on the night of June 21.
A witness told police that the
burglar got in through an unlocked
window of the eatery between Atlantic
Avenue and Pacifi c Street
overnight, before grabbing two tablets
and $500 in cash from an unlocked
safe.
Not playing fair!
A pair of purloiners nabbed a
television from an Atlantic Avenue
virtual reality arcade on June 7.
A witness told police that the two
brutes kicked in a window of the
closed gaming emporium between
Third and Fourth avenues just after
4 am and snatched the $1,000 TV.
Frankfurtive!
Some rustler took an ATM from
a Fulton Street hot dog restaurant
on the night of June 23.
The victim told police that the
scoundrel broke into the Frankfurter
joint at the corner of Elm
Place overnight and removed
the banking machine containing
$1,000.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Phone pilferer
Police arrested four women for
allegedly attacking another woman
and stealing her phone on Fulton
Street on June 22.
The victim told police that the
women allegedly punched and
scratched her near Ashland Place
just after 5 pm before grabbing her
8 COURIER LIFE, JULY 3-9, 2020
11-year-old shot in Flatbush, six
others shot citywide in one night
Police investigate scene where 11-year-old was shot. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
phone and running off.
Police arrested the four suspects
at the scene at 5:30 pm and charged
them with felony robbery, according
to police reports.
Package pirate
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
robbing a delivery driver at knifepoint
inside a Carlton Avenue building
on June 28.
The victim told police that the
man allegedly pulled out a knife
and cut the victim’s shirt while in
an elevator at the housing complex
near Park Avenue at 2:30 pm, before
grabbing a bunch of packages and
fl eeing.
Police arrested the man at the
building complex at 3:10 pm and
charged him with felony robbery,
according to police reports.
Right in the kisser!
Police arrested a man for allegedly
assaulting his friend on Flatbush
Avenue Ext. on June 23.
The victim told police that the
two men got into an argument at
Fulton Street at 8 pm, before the suspect
allegedly punched him in the
face, knocking out several teeth.
Police arrested the man on
the scene just before 8:30 pm and
charged him with felony assault, according
to police reports.
You snooze, you lose
A sneak stole a man’s phone on a
C-train near Fulton Street on June
22.
The victim told police that he
was sleeping on the southbound
train near S. Portland Avenue at
9:25 am, and when he woke up, his
phone was missing.
— Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Not-so-clean escape
Police arrested a man for allegedly
stealing $55 worth of detergent
from a Henry Street supermarket
on June 28.
Employees told police that the
man allegedly attempted to walk
out of the store on the corner of Degraw
Street with six packages of
Tide Pods sometime at around 9:30.
Police arrived on the scene
shortly after and cuffed the suspect
at 9:51, charging him with petty larceny
and criminal possession of stolen
property, according to police reports.
Car crook
A thief nabbed $100 worth of children’s
clothes from a car on Nelson
Street on June 25.
The victim told police that the
bandit entered the 2018 Jeep, parked
between Columbia and Hicks
streets, at around 4 am from the
rear passenger door and snagged
the clothes, as well as $193 worth of
sunglasses, hand sanitizer, water,
and car air fresheners.
Bag snagged
A porch pirate stole a purse from
a President Street stoop sometime
between June 19 and June 21.
The victim told police that the delivery
service dropped off the package
with the $140 bag onto his stoop
between Columbia and Van Brunt
streets, and the bandit must’ve
snagged it before he could retrieve
it.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Teen trouble
Cops cuffed three teenagers for
allegedly punching a boy and stealing
his wallet on 71 Street on June
26.
The 18-year-old victim told police
that the teenagers allegedly
punched him in the face and body
between 14th and 15th avenues at
5:45 pm, before snatching his wallet
and fl eeing in a Toyota.
The police stopped the car shortly
after and cuffed the suspects, according
to police reports.
Hat crime
A burglar stole a hard hat, electronics,
and cash from a car on Bay
Parkway on June 25.
The victim told police that the
thief rummaged through his car
parked overnight between Benson
Avenue and 86th Street at and took
his hard hat, $10, and assorted electronics.
— Rose Adams
BY TODD MAISEL
An 11-year-old boy was shot outside
his East Flatbush home in one
of four shootings across Brooklyn
on Tuesday night, police said.
The boy was sitting on his stoop
on E. 29th Street by Avenue D just
before 10 pm when a gunman fi red
shots towards the private house
while driving by in a car, authorities
said.
First responders rushed the
young victim to Kings County
Hospital in stable condition with
a non-life-threatening gunshot
wound to the leg, according to
cops.
The incident was the fourth
shooting in Brooklyn on Tuesday
night, all of which were non-lifethreatening.
The fi rst shooting occurred
just before 8:15 pm in Flatbush
on Church Avenue and East 21st
Street, where an 18-year-old was
hit with a bullet.
Just 15 minutes later, a man
was shot in the hip after an ongoing
violent dispute by Eastern
Parkway and Bedford Avenue in
Crown Heights. He was rushed to
Kings County Hospital in stable
condition.
The third shooting occurred
about 9 pm at 45 Lott Street in
Brownsville, where a 25-year-old
was shot in the left leg. He was
taken to Brookdale University
Medical Center, also in stable condition.