84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bike be gone
A criminal stole a $1,500 bike on
Hoyt Street on Aug. 27.
A witness told police that they
saw the pirate cut the lock of
the bike with a power saw near
Schermerhorn Street at around 6
pm, before wheeling the bike into
a nearby subway station and disappearing.
Classy shoplifter
A thief made off with $1,395
worth of clothes from a Fulton
Street Macy’s department store on
Aug. 23.
An employee told police that the
shoplifter grabbed the contraband
from inside the store near Hoyt
Street, before running off with
furs, a Hugo Boss shirt, and a Nana
Judy shirt.
Wallet wanter
Some snake stole a guy’s wallet
in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Aug.
28.
The victim told police that he
put his wallet down to play soccer
on Pier 5 at around 6 pm, but when
he returned to his belongings, his
wallet was gone.
— Ben Verde
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Phone home
Two robbers stole an iPhone 12
from a victim on Carlton Avenue
on the evening of Aug. 26.
The victim told police that one of
the pirates grabbed the smartphone
out of his hands near Willoughby
Avenue, while the other scoundrel
punched him in the face.
Paramedics rushed the victim
to Lenox Hill hospital for treatment
of his injuries, according to
police reports.
Off the rails
A pilferer looted a man on S.
Portland Avenue on Aug. 28.
The victim told police that he
was leaving the subway station
near Lafayette Avenue when the
mugger pressed something into
the back of his neck and grabbed a
phone, debit card, and driver’s licence
from the startled victim.
Up at bat
A bad family member smacked a
relative with a baseball bat on Navy
Street on Aug. 28.
The victim, while in the emergency
room, told police that the relative
hit his head with the sporting
equipment during a fi ght.
COURIER L 8 IFE, SEPTEMBER 3-9, 2021
Woman dies after being hit by
truck on a Bensonhurst street
Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal crash on 16th Avenue and 85th Street
on Firday, Aug. 27. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The bruised man walked himself
to the Brookdale Hospital, where he
was treated for lacerations, and received
stitches, according to police
reports.
Shot on the sidewalk
A gunman shot two people outside
Whitman Pharmacy on Myrtle
Avenue on Aug. 29.
Police responded to a ShotSpotter
report near Carlton Avenue and
found the two victims, one who had
been shot in the right ankle and one
on the right leg.
First responders took both victims
to NewYork-Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for
treatment.
Purse-loined
A cad stole two purses from an
Ashland Place apartment on Aug.
21.
The victim told police that she
hung up her two purses inside her
apartment near Fulton Street, but
later found the door slightly open
and the bags missing.
Not locked up
A pilferer ransacked a Waverly
Avenue apartment for a new computer
on Aug. 15.
The victim told police that the
door to their apartment building
at the corner of Atlantic Avenue
was unlocked, as was the door to
the apartment itself, when a man
walked in, picked up a 2017 Macbook
Pro from the kitchen counter,
and walked right back out.
Bottle service
A suspect allegedly lifted bottles
of liquor from a Dekalb Avenue restaurant
on Aug. 25.
An employee told police that the
man allegedly threw a rock through
a glass door at Evelina, on the corner
of Adelphi Avenue, slipped in,
and nabbed $4,000 worth of alcohol
from the bar.
Cops later cuffed the perp for
burglary charges, cops said.
Cut your losses
A sneak took advantage of an unlocked
apartment door on Ashland
Place to steal two cameras, an Apple
Watch, and a pair of sneakers on
Aug. 21.
The victim told police that he left
his door unlocked for a few hours
while he went to get a haircut, but
when he returned, the front door
was open, and the contraband was
missing.
Not a rodent
A bandit stole two Apple desktop
computers, keyboards, and computer
mice from a Fulton Street
business on Aug. 26.
The victim told police that someone
used a rock to break the window
at Dusen Dusen, a home goods store
near Grand Avenue, and left loaded
down with tech.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Slumber Swipe
A bandit snagged $32,000 from
the nightstand of a W. 24th Street
home while the owner was sleeping
on Aug. 25.
The victim told police that the only
other person at the residence between
Surf and Mermaid avenues was her
home health aid when she took a nap
around 11 am, and awoke to fi nd her
nightstand missing the money.
Over the counter
A thief swiped two iPhones from
a Brighton Avenue store on Aug. 24.
An employee told police that the
shoplifter reached over the store
counter near Brighton Seventh Street
for the phones at around 12:40 pm .
— Jessica Parks
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A woman died of her injuries
on the morning of Aug. 27 after
she was hit by a truck while crossing
a Bensonhurst street.
The NYPD responded to a 911
call regarding the incident at
10:04 am on Aug. 27. Upon arrival,
offi cers found 69-year-old Chumei
Pan in the vicinity of 16th Avenue
and 85th Street who had been
hit by a 2021 Dodge Ram pick-up
truck.
A preliminary investigation
found that the victim had been
trying to cross 16th Avenue at the
location when she was struck by
the truck, which was traveling
westbound on 85th Street when it
turned left onto northbound 16th
Avenue. The victim was rushed
to Maimonides Medical Center,
where she was pronounced dead.
Her identity is being withheld
pending family notifi cation.
The driver of the pick-up truck,
a 36-year-old man, remained at
the scene following the collision.
No arrests have been made at this
time and the investigation is ongoing.
Pan’s death came just days after
a 6-year-old girl was struck and
killed by driver Qiuhua Zhu in
nearby Dyker Heights on Aug. 24.
At a vigil for the victim, Tamy
Quema Guachiac, offi cials plead
for change, with 2021 on track to
have the most traffi c fatalities of
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure.”