88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE—CLINTON HILL
Pharmacy phantom
A lout allegedly attacked a pharmacy
cashier while trying to rob
the Myrtle Avenue store on Jan. 17.
Police said the brute entered the
Walgreens between Adelphi Street
and Clermont Avenue at about 6pm
and approached the register demanding
money. When the cashier
refused, the would-be thief reportedly
started hitting and punching
her in the face. The victim didn’t
back down, and the failed robber
fl ed the store.
Offi cers later spotted the perp
while patrolling the neighborhood,
recognizing him from a photo the
store had provided, and arrested
him on charges including robbery
and assault.
Rude rogue attack
Some jerk randomly attacked a
woman walking on Classon Avenue
on Jan. 19.
The victim told police she was
walking along near Greene Avenue
just after 9am when she heard
someone nearby cursing loudly. She
looked up to see the reprobate walking
towards her, making direct eye
contact. When he reached her, the
alleged bruiser swung, punching
her three times in the face, causing
bruising and swelling.
Responding offi cers arrested the
man at the scene while the victim
received treatment from emergency
responders.
Smoke shop cleared
A Hanson Place store was robbed
early in the morning on Jan. 17.
Police said a helpful neighbor
called the store’s owner at about
11:30am to say it looked like someone
had broken in overnight. When
he went to investigate, the victim
found someone had broken the
gate and the front door of the shop,
which is just off Fulton Street, in
the wee hours of the morning, and
hauled out an ATM, the cash register,
business checks, lighters, and a
box of cigars — all in all worth more
than $6,000.
Truck break-in
A sneak-thief broke into a locked
truck parked on Waverly Avenue
on Jan. 18 and stole construction
equipment stored inside.
The victim said he parked the
truck near Atlantic Avenue at about
9am while working on a construction
site nearby. Upon returning
at 1pm, all seemed well at fi rst —
there were no broken windows and
the victim was still in possession of
the truck’s only set of keys. Once he
opened the doors, though, he realized
someone had managed to get
inside and take a selection of Milwaukee
COURIER L 8 IFE, JAN. 28-FEB. 3, 2022
Man, teenager critically
injured in triple shooting
Three people were injured, two critically, in a triple shooting in East New York,
Brooklyn on Jan. 23, 2022. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
brand tools.
Night cable caper
A purloiner lifted a pricey piece
of equipment from an unlocked
truck sometime between last month
and Jan. 21.
Police said the victim parked the
company truck in a parking garage
near Carlton Avenue on Dec. 23, and
left it unlocked in the lot until Jan.
21, when he discovered someone
had popped the door open and stolen
a 50-foot industrial electrical cable.
Credit card creep
A crook got ahold of a stranger’s
credit card details and ran up a signifi
cant tab early this month.
Police said a Fulton Street resident
realized on Jan. 4 that despite
the fact that his credit card was still
stored safely in his wallet, some
stranger had charged nearly $6,000
in just fi ve days after fi rst making a
purchase on New Year’s Eve.
Super unprofessional
Some baddie stole a bicycle from
Flatbush Avenue Extension on Jan.
19.
The victim told police he locked
his All City Super Professional bicycle
near Fulton Street at about
8:30am and left it while he went
about his day in the neighborhood.
At some point before his return at
5:15pm, the thief clipped the lock
and sailed away on the bike.
— Kirstyn Brendlen
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Tide pod challenge
A shoplifter brandished a knife
when stealing Tide pods from a
Cropsey Avenue store on Jan. 23.
An employee told police that the
thief grabbed the cleaning supplies
from the store at the intersection
of Bay 53rd Street at around 9 pm,
and whipped out the blade when the
worker tried to stop him.
Bad Apple
A highwayman stole an iPhone
and Apple watch by forcibly removing
them from someone on Brighton
3rd Street on Jan. 19.
The victim told police that the
brute pushed him against a car’s
hood between Ocean View and
Brighton Beach avenues at around
5:26 pm and grabbed the items, before
fl eeing towards Ocean Parkway.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Living off a prayer
A bandit stole a vehicle that was
left running and unlocked outside
of a 68th Street home on Jan. 22.
The victim told police that she
started the car to warm it up and
then went back into her house between
15th and 16th avenues to pray
at around 6:30 am and returned outside
to fi nd her car gone.
The car was later scanned going
across the Verrazzano Bridge.
Hammertime
An intoxicated ruffi an smashed
a window at Kings Highway social
club with a hammer after being
asked to leave on Jan. 18.
An employee told police that,
after breaking the window, an employee
chased the brute from the
bar between W. Seventh and W.
Eighth streets at around 1:48 am,
and the lout was trying to hit the
employee with the hammer, before
the vandal’s friend got out of a car
and punched the employee in the
face.
Caddywhack
A bruiser hit a man with a golf
club during a fi t of road rage on 68th
Street on Jan. 18.
The victim told police that he
was arguing with the good-for-nothing
at the intersection of 17th Avenue
at around 4:10 pm, when the
baddie hit him in the eye with the
club before fl eeing.
—Jessica Parks
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Two people, including a
16-year-old girl, are fi ghting for
their lives after they were seriously
wounded in a triple Brooklyn
shooting early on Sunday
morning, police reported.
Law enforcement sources said
three victims, in all, were injured
in the gunfi re that erupted at
about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 23 near the
corner of Drew Street and Linden
Boulevard in City Line.
Offi cers from the 75th Precinct,
in responding to a call about
the incident, found a 35-year-old
man shot multiple times about the
body, along with the 16-year-old
girl shot in the back of her head.
They also located a 17-year-old girl
who had suffered a graze wound to
her face, police sources said.
All three were riding in a
Hyundai sedan that crashed into
a parked vehicle after the unidentifi
ed suspect opened fi re on them.
Police were still examining the
bullet-ridden vehicle well after
dawn Sunday.
EMS rushed the three victims
to Brookdale University Hospital.
The 35-year-old man and 16-yearold
girl are listed in critical condition,
authorities said. The
17-year-old girl’s injuries were not
life-threatening.
Police did not yet have a detailed
description of the shooter.
No arrests have been made, and
the investigation is ongoing.