88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Hamburglar
A hungry robber went looking
for something to satisfy him at a
Flatbush Avenue McDonald’s on
Aug. 3.
An employee at the fast-food joint
told police that the thief went behind
the counter to try and grab a
free diner at the eatery near Fulton
Street, but the baddie fl ed eventually
empty handed.
Return of the deli
A brute stabbed a man on Vanderbilt
Avenue on Aug. 4.
The victim told police that the
crook stabbed him four times near
Flushing Avenue before running
off.
Paramedics took the injured man
to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn
Methodist Hospital with four stab
wounds, according to police.
Car n’ clothes
One ne’er-do-well found in need
of a new wardrobe stole two dresses
and a pair of sunglasses from an unlocked
car on Aug. 2.
The car’s owner told police that
there was no damage to the vehicle,
parked between Myrtle Avenue and
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway,
but that the stolen goods were worth
about $1,145.
Well-stocked
A carjacker made off with more
than he could have asked for when
he stole a parked car from Park Avenue
on Aug. 2, police said.
The victim had left the keys inside
when he parked the car near
Washington Avenue that morning,
along with clothes, a car seat, cash,
a massage table, and a pair of boots,
all valued at a little over $2,000. It
only got worse when he realized he
had also left his debit card in the vehicle
— after the crook had charged
over $300.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Computer perp
A pirate robbed a car on Duffi eld
Street on Aug 6.
The victim told police that she
left her vehicle parked near Willoughby
Street at around 1:30 am,
but when she returned an hour
later, three computers and an article
of clothing worth $4,600 in total
had been swiped from her ride.
A rude awakening
A sneak tried to break into a
woman’s apartment on State Street
COURIER L 8 IFE, AUGUST 13-19, 2021
Horrifi c dog attack leaves
19-month-old boy dead
Police guard the entrance to the apartment building in Flatbush, where a 19-monthold
boy was mauled to death by a Rottweiler on Aug. 10. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
on Aug 7.
The victim told police that she
woke up in her apartment near Hoyt
Street to a man opening her window
and screamed, causing the creep to
run off.
Cash grab
A thief ripped off a shop on Court
Street on Aug 6.
An employee told police that the
brute broke down the front door
of the eatery near Schermerhorn
Street and made off with $300 from
the cash register.
Playtime is over
A robber stole a game console
from an apartment on Water Street
on August 8.
The victim told police that the
perp broke the window of the apartment
near Gold Street and made off
with an Xbox console.
— Ben Verde
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Neighbors gone wild
A man allegedly shot a gun from
the second-story window of his 64th
Street home at his neighbor outside
on Aug. 4.
The victim told police she had
gotten into an argument with the
man because his vehicle was blocking
her car parked between 21st Avenue
and Bay Parkway and the man
allegedly shot the bullet around
8:50 pm when she came back with
her boyfriend.
American ninja warrior
A thief nabbed a Ninja blender
and a Dyson vacuum from a Bay
Parkway store on Aug. 3.
The bandit fl ed the shop at the
intersection of Shore Parkway
around 8 pm in a gray vehicle.
Best Buy
A duo of robbers held up an employee
at a Kings Highway store
threatening to hurt his family on
Aug 2.
The victim said one of the freebooters
went behind the counter
of the store between Beverley and
Clarendon roads around 8:15 pm
and stole over $7,000 worth of electronics.
— Jessica Parks
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
1- on-3
Three police offi cers were injured
at an Ocean Parkway hospital
when attempting to arrest a
man accused of assault on July 24.
The NYPD said that one offi cer
was interviewing the victim at the
hospital between Shore Parkway
and Avenue Z when the suspect
came in around 1:25 am and injured
the three offi cers who tried
to arrest him.
Just keep swimming
A bandit nabbed valuables a
woman left in her car parked at W.
10th Street whiling she was swimming
on Aug. 5.
The victim told police she was
unsure if the vehicle was locked
when she left it at the intersection of
Surf Avenue and returned around
6 am to fi nd her phone, wallet and
jewelry were taken from her car.
— Jessica Parks
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives in Brooklyn are trying
to fi gure out what caused a family
dog to fatally maul a toddler on
Tuesday night.
The boy’s father — who apparently
left the toddler alone with his
two older siblings — is expected to
face charges later on Wednesday,
according to Assistant Chief Mike
Kemper, commander of NYPD Patrol
Borough Brooklyn South.
Police said the deadly attack
happened at about 10:43 pm on Aug.
10 inside an apartment at 358 East
17th St. in Flatbush.
According to published reports,
the 19-month-old boy was at home
alone with two older siblings, ages
9 and 11, while their father went to
work.
At some point, cops said, the
family dog, a Rottweiler, went on
the attack and began biting the toddler.
The toddler’s siblings then ran
for help, and offi cers from the 70th
Precinct responded to the location a
short time later.
Upon arriving at the scene, authorities
said, the offi cers found the
mauled toddler bleeding heavily
from severe bite wounds to his neck
and shoulder. They also located the
Rottweiler, which was contained in
a nearby room.
EMS units rushed the toddler
to Maimonides Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead. Police have
withheld the youngster’s identity,
pending family notifi cation.
The NYPD Emergency Services
Unit took the Rottweiler into custody,
and transferred to Animal
Care and Control, the nonprofi t
overseeing the city’s pet rescue and
shelter system.
Kemper indicated that the NYPD
previously had a report of the dog
biting a kid in the same apartment
a year ago.
A Health Department spokesperson
said that the dog remains in
Animal Care and Control’s custody
and is undergoing further examination.
Charges against the boy’s father
are pending the results of the ongoing
investigation, police said.