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Thug smashes man on Atlantic Ave.
84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–
Dumbo–Boerum Hill–
Downtown
Canned!
A brute bashed a guy’s head
in with an energy drink at an
Atlantic Avenue bodega on
July 7. The victim told cops
that the punk whacked him
in the kisser with the drink
can before stealing the beverage
and leaving the store near
Fourth Avenue at 8:35 p.m.
Ambush!
A goon squad attacked a
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man near Bergen Street on
July 6.
A witness told police that
the victim stumbled towards
him near Third Avenue with
head injuries and told him that
three villains jumped him and
robbed him around 2 a.m.
Clawed
A thief scratched a woman’s
face at Hoyt Street on
July 5.
The victim told police that
she and the creep were arguing
between Livingston
and Schermerhorn streets at
1:48 a.m., when the wacko
scraped her face and fleeced
her before making a run for
it.
Guilty party
A rapscallion looted a
man’s apartment during a
house party on Hoyt Street
on June 28.
The victim told cops that
he was hosting the get-together
at his digs between
Livingston and Schermerhorn
streets, but claims he woke
up the next morning to find
that some greedy guest had
nabbed his silk scarf, Kindle,
Amazon Alexa, AirPod earphones,
and a watch.
Tourist trap
A sneak snatched a tourist’s
cell phone at Adams Street
on July 1.
The victim told cops that
she was snapping pictures of
the Brooklyn Bridge near
Tillary Street and had her
phone in her pocket when
the prowler nabbed it at
8:30 p.m.
Watch out!
A pack of teens took a
man’s smart watch aboard
an A-train near Jay Street-
Metrotech on July 3.
The victim told cops he
was on the crowded Queensbound
train when the three
juveniles kept bumping into
him at noon.
The delinquents got off at
Jay Street-MetroTech and the
victim noticed that he lost his
Bluetooth connection to his
watch, only to glance down
at his wrist to discover it stolen.
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Sneaker bandit
Some wacko stole a woman’s
shoe at S. Oxford Street
on July 2.
The victim told police the
bandit grabbed her left ankle
near Atlantic Avenue at 10
a.m., forcing off one of her
sneakers and leaving her with
just one shoe, before the kook
hightailed it.
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Unchained
A scumbag snatched an
elderly woman’s chain from
her neck at Rockwell Place
on July 5.
The victim told police that
the wretch forced her necklace
off near Fulton Street at
8 p.m., scratching her gullet
in the process
The woman then confronted
the culprit, who said
he didn’t have anything on
him, before dashing towards
DeKalb Avenue, according to
police.
Stunning!
Police tazed and cuffed a
woman for allegedly attacking
a cop on Tillary Street
on July 2.
The office claims the suspect
was high on drugs and
acting unruly in a line heading
into an elevator near Prince
Street at 9:35 p.m.
At one point the woman
took a swing at the cop, who
in turn tasered her — twice
— before arresting her on a
felony assault charge.
Bike attack
Some yahoo attacked a guy
with a bike on Myrtle Avenue
on July 5.
The victim told police that
the reprobate flung his twowheeler
at him and punched
him in the head at N. Portland
Avenue at 11 p.m.
Clean hit
A girl threw a bottle of
laundry detergent at her
grandmother at Saint James
Place on July 6.
The victim told cops that
her granddaughter threw the
bottle of Tide at her head and
pushed her to the floor several
times, between DeKalb
and Lafayette avenues at
4:50 p.m.
— Kevin Duggan
72ND PRECINCT
Sunset Park–Windsor
Terrace
Brutal robbery
Two bruisers savagely
robbed a man on 48th Street
on June 26.
The victim told police
that he was walking between
Fourth and Fifth avenues,
when the ruffians approached
at around 2:30 a.m.
and began repeatedly hitting
the victim. Once the 22-yearold
victim fell to the ground,
the perps stole his wallet and
his cellphone, cops said.
Cuffed
Police arrested a suspect
for allegedly robbing a man on
Second Avenue on June 27.
The victim told police the
suspect waltzed up to him near
59th Street and punched him
in the face at around midnight.
The suspect then reportedly
reached into the victim’s
pocket and stole his wallet,
cops said.
First responders arrived
on scene and took the victim
to NYU Langone Hospital
for treatment of minor
injuries. Police tracked down
the suspect and arrested him
on June 29 on felony grand
larceny charges, according
to police.
Sunset scam
A con artist scammed a
Sixth Avenue woman out of
$40,000 on June 25.
The victim told police that
she was contacted by an unknown
phone number, who
claimed to represent the social
security office. The swindler
told the victim that she
was under investigation and
needed to send the money —
via an online virtual currency
— in order to keep it safe during
the “investigation.” The
victim, who resides between
49th and 50th streets, sent the
funds at around 9 a.m., before
catching on to the scam,
cops said.
Tire slasher
A malefactor slashed a
man’s car tires on Third Avenue
on June 27.
The victim told police that
he double parked his vehicle
near the intersection of 32nd
Street at 6 a.m., before entering
a nearby store. While he
was in the store for several
minutes, the villain slashed
both rear tires and keyed the
driver side of the car, cops
said.
Mail thief
A thief stole several packages
from an Ocean Parkway
apartment building on
June 27.
Building personnel told police
than an unknown baddie
entered the lobby of the building
between Caton Place and
Kermit Place, before stealing
approximately $1,318 worth of
yet-to-be-delivered packages
at 4 p.m., cops said.
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