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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
Cops are hunting these men suspected of two robberies in Bushwick. NYPD
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting three crooks
wanted in connection with a
string of Bushwick robberies
beginning Aug. 8.
The fi rst attack occurred
on Broadway near Gates Avenue
at 1:45 a.m., when the trio
ambushed a 37-year-old man,
sucker punching him before
nabbing $200, credit cards, and
a cellphone.
The thieves then struck a 28-
year-old man on Broadway between
Woodbine and Madison
streets at 10:20 p.m. on Aug. 8,
when they knocked the victim
to the ground, before taking his
phone and $365.
Anyone who provides police
with information leading to an
arrest can expect up to a $2,500 reward
through the NYPD’s Crime
Stoppers program. The public
can phone their tips to (800) 577-
8477, log into the Crime Stoppers
website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, tweet @NYPDTips, or
text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then
enter TIP577.
PUTRID PLUNGE
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Call it a baptism by mire!
A man was hospitalized after
leaping into the Gowanus Canal
Saturday night — on purpose!
The 53-year-old Gowanusaur
hopped the fence at Bond and
Fourth streets and plunged into
Brooklyn’s Nautical Purgatory
at around 10 p.m. on Sept. 7, according
to Detective Sophia Mason,
a spokeswoman for the Police
Department.
A police offi cer discovered
the man swimming in the noxious
waterway and rushed to
the water’s edge to fi sh him out
of the fi lthy waterway, which
is home to sewage, toxic waste,
and even trace amounts of the
clap!
The offi cer snatched a hold
of the man from the shore, and
held on desperately while waiting
the department’s Emergency
Service Unit and the Fire
Department to arrive and they
were able to get the man out of
the canal’s haunting depths, according
to the spokeswoman.
Paramedics brought the contaminated
swimmer to Methodist
Hospital for treatment to
a back wound and for psychiatric
evaluation to fi nd out why
he jumped into the canal and he
remains in stable condition, according
to Mason.
Emergency services also
brought the hero cop to the Park
Slope medical center for treatment
to some scrape and bruises
he sustained trying to get the
guy out of the water, she said.
While the man survived his
dive into the fetid canal tainted
by chemicals, raw sewage, sexually
transmitted diseases, and
animals’ corpses , one environmental
activist advised against
going for a casual dip there any
time soon.
“The waterway has been
used as a dumping grounds for
more than a 100 years — that’s
the legacy that he fell into,”
said Christoper Swain. “It’s like
swimming through a dirty a diaper
that someone dumped oil,
gasoline, and trash in.”
Swain has swum in the canal
several times — albeit, clothed
in a protective drysuit — as a
stunt to encourage a more brisk
cleanup of the federal Superfund
site.
Coming into contact with the
dirty water can easily lead to
infections, according to Swain,
who advised anyone who makes
physical contact with the fetid
waterway to seek immediate
medical attention — and maybe
take a bath.
Police rescued a man who jumped into
the Gowanus Canal on Sept. 7. Citizen App
Bushwick bandits sought
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