60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Rock bottom
Authorities arrested three people
for allegedly assaulting a cop on
on W. 32nd Street on Jan. 1.
The offi cers reported that the
suspects allegedly threw a rock at
their patrol car between Neptune
and Mermaid avenues around 2:30
am, and when they approached the
alleged rock-throwers, they became
irate and hit a cop in the face.
Police arrested all three individuals
on the scene.
Basement bandit
Thieves snagged various electronics
from a Brighton Fourth
Street basement apartment on Dec.
28.
The victim told police that he
left the door and windows unlocked
to his home between Ocean View
and Brighton Beach avenues, and
when he returned home at 8 am, the
criminals had swiped an iPod and
Macbook Pro from the home.
Wheelin’ and
stealin’
A wheel-snagging weasel stole
four tires and rims from a vehicle
on W. Third Street on Jan 4.
The victim told police that the
pilferers stole the rims and tires
from the vehicle parked between
Avenue S and Avenue T at around
4:30 am, which were valued at
$3,000.
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
AirPod lift
Three pirates stole AirPods from
a man on Avenue U on Dec. 31.
The victim told police that the
thieves demanded his headphones
at the intersection of E. 28th Street
at around 4:40 pm, and then attacked
him when he refused.
Bike peddlers
Bandits snagged two Cannondale
bikes from an E. Third Street
garage on Jan. 3.
The victim told police that the
weasel broke into the garage near
the intersection of Kings Highway
at around 3 pm and stole the bikes,
which were valued at $1,200.
— Jessica Parks
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BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Knife knave
A ruffi an slashed a man on Bay
14th Street on Dec. 27.
The victim told police that two
brutes approached him outside his
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house between Bath and Benson
avenues at 8:55 pm and began shoving
him, before slashing his arm
twice.
Locker looter
A bandit swiped $2,000 from an
86th Street gym on Jan. 5.
The victim told police that he
left the cash in the unlocked locker
at a gym between 20th and 21st avenues
at 3:30 pm, and returned to see
that a looter had pocketed it.
Violent robbery
Two marauders punched a man
and ran off with his wallet on Bay
25th Street on Jan. 1.
The victim told police that the
perps approached him between
Bath and Cropsey avenues at 11:38
pm and socked him in the right eye,
before grabbing the wallet with
$485 and fl eeing in different directions.
Failed attack
Police arrested a teenager for allegedly
punching a man during a
botched robbery on Benson Avenue
on Dec. 27.
The 46-year-old victim told police
that the 18-year-old demanded
his wallet and phone on the corner
of Bay 19th Street at 2:22 am, but
when the victim refused, the defendant
punched him and failed to
take his wallet.
The victim ran home and called
police, who located and arrested the
suspect on felony assault charges.
— Rose Adams
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MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Parts pincher
Thieves stole catalytic converters
from two vehicles on Flatbush
Avenue on Dec. 31.
A witness told police the crooks
snagged $3,400 worth of auto parts
from the cars parked between E.
45th and E. 46th streets around 7:30
am, before fl eeing.
Car shopping
Burglars snagged $2,715 worth
of valuables from an unlocked car
on Ryder Street on Dec. 27.
The victim told police he doesn’t
remember locking his car, but said
he parked between Avenue R and
Fillmore Avenue, returning later
to discover his stuff missing.
— Jessica Parks
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
E-bike bandit
A burglar nabbed a $1,000 electric
bike from a delivery driver
Smith Street on Dec. 31.
The victim told cops that the pirate
rode off on his e-bike parked between
President and Carroll streets
at 10:05 am while he was making a
delivery.
Key issue
A thief swiped a man’s keys from
a Baltic Street apartment building
on Dec. 24.
The victim told police that he
left the keys to his apartment and
his car in his apartment’s mailbox
between Hoyt and Bond streets at
around 1:45 am, and returned to fi nd
that a looter had snatched them.
Glow up
A bandit nabbed $412 worth of
weight loss capsules, Rogaine, and
other products from a Smith Street
pharmacy on Dec. 22.
An employee told police that the
looter nabbed the products from the
pharmacy on the corner of President
Street at 7:06 pm.
Scooter looter
A thief stole a $150 scooter from
a Columbia Street house sometime
between Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.
The victim told police that the
pilferer swiped the scooter from the
building’s vestibule between Sackett
and Union street sometime between
11 pm on Christmas Eve and
1 pm on Christmas.
— Rose Adams
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Fearful foursome
Four gun-wielding crooks robbed
a guy on 45th Street on Jan. 5.
The victim told police that the
four prowlers offered to sell him
drugs near Fourth Avenue at 2:45
pm, before sticking a gun in his
back and rifl ing through his belongings.
The victim walked into Maimonides
Medical Center where he was
treated for injuries, according to
the report.
Cashed out!
Two highway robbers held up a
33rd Street hotel on Jan. 6.
Employees told police that the
madmen ordered them to lie on the
ground inside the hotel near Fourth
Avenue at around 1 am, while they
rolled out an ATM machine with a
hand truck and fl ed.
Sauvignon brute
Some manic assaulted his girlfriend
with a wine bottle on 60th
Street on Jan. 6.
The victim told police that she
was arguing with her boyfriend at
her apartment between Seventh
and Sixth Avenues when he hit her
in the head with the bottle.
Key to failure
A cad assaulted another woman
on Prospect Park Southwest on Jan.
2.
The victim told police that her
attacker threw keys at her near
Greenwood Avenue at 9:26 pm before
dragging her by the hair into
an apartment.
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PARK SLOPE
Ups and downs
A bruiser assaulted a woman inside
a Flatbush Avenue mall on Dec.
24.
The victim told police that the
crazed shopper yelled at her inside
the mall near Atlantic Avenue at
around 12:43 pm, before hitting her
in the face two times.
Knife guy
Some nogoodnik threatened a
guy on Flatbush Avenue on Dec. 24.
The victim told police that he
tried to intervene in an argument
between two other people near Pacifi
c Street at around 2:19 pm, when
the jerk fl ashed a knife at him in a
menacing way.
Phone games
Some worm stole a guy’s phone
inside an Atlantic Avenue Gamestop
on Dec. 24.
The victim told police that he
left his phone on the counter of the
video game retailer near Flatbush
Avenue at around 4:30 pm when the
thief grabbed it and ran off.
Sunday driver
Some slimeball fl ed the scene after
he rear-ended a guy on Wyckoff
Street on Dec. 24.
The victim told police that the
bozo was backing into a parking
spot near Nevins Street when he
blasted into a nearby car, knocking
off the fender and causing $1,000 in
damage.
— Ben Verde