61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Knife knave
Cops cuffed a suspect for allegedly
robbing a cab driver of $140 on
Ocean Avenue on March 10.
The victim told police that the
suspect allegedly wielded a knife
at the corner of Avenue Y at around
4:34 pm, before grabbing the cash.
Police later found the suspect
inside a nearby building him an arrested
him, according to police.
Phone ploy
A triad of thieves swarmed a man
at an Avenue Z bus stop and stole his
cellphone and wallet on March 12.
The victim told police that the
purloiners asked to use his cellphone
to make a call at the corner
of E. 14th Street around 1:55 am, but
never returned his phone.
Liquor lifter
A burglar swiped liquor and cash
from an Avenue U bar on March 9.
An employee told police that the
raider broke in through the front
door of the business on the corner
of E. 18th Street around 6:40 am and
used a crowbar to break into the
cash register.
Cigarette heist
A band of masked thieves stole
$1,380 worth of cigarettes and phone
cards from a E. 14th Street business
on March 15.
The employee told police that the
looters fl ed the store at the corner of
Shore Parkway around 2:55 am in
a dark vehicle, before hopping over
the counter and grabbing the contraband.
— Jessica Parks
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Very shellfi sh
A pilferer dined-and-dashed at
a pricey Reed Street restaurant on
March 14.
An employee told police that the
hungry looter ordered a $54 crab
dish from the seafood restaurant
between Conover and Van Brunt
streets and paid with a faulty debit
card — before leaving the joint with
his food, and the plate, in hand.
Carjacked
A thief stole a converter from under
a car on Union Street sometime
between March 11 and March 15.
The victim told police that the
bandit removed the $150 catalytic
converter from his Toyota Prius
parked between Hoyt and Bond
streets.
COURIER L 8 IFE, MARCH 20-26, 2020
Coney woman’s death
offi cially ruled a homicide
Ann McGrory, 58, died in Oceanview Manor Home last December. Google
Bike bandit
A burglar stole a bike from outside
a Sullivan Street school on
March 11.
The victim’s father told police
that he had locked his son’s $100 purple
bike outside his school between
Van Brunt and Richards streets at 8
am, and the two returned at 6 pm to
fi nd it missing.
Clear-eyed cad
Police are searching for a bandit
who nabbed a pair of Foster Grants
glasses from a Smith Street pharmacy
on March 12.
An employee told cops that she
saw the thief enter the store on the
corner of Warren Street just before
midnight, before placing the $27
reading glasses under his shirt and
leaving the store without paying.
— Rose Adams
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Tide to go
Thieves stole $3,650 in cash and
Tide detergent from a Mermaid Avenue
business on March 11.
The victim told police that the
crooks broke into the store near W.
30th at around 9 am, before making
off with the ill-gotten goods.
Bodega bust
A brute robbed $2,500 from a
Neptune Avenue bodega clerk at
gunpoint on March 9.
The victim told police the ruffi an
wielded a fi rearm inside the store at
the intersection of Brighton Fourth
Street at around 1:35 am, before
grabbing the cash and fl eeing in a
black vehicle.
Take a bike
A sneak thief stole a food carrier’s
e-bike on W. 12th Street on
March 13.
The victim told police the bully
came from behind when he was
getting on his bike at the intersection
of Avenue W around noon and
pushed him off, before riding away
on the stolen two-wheeler.
Gold fi end
Home invaders stole $12,775 in
gold bracelets and jewelry from a
Oceanview Avenue apartment on
March 9.
The victim told police the lout
broke into the building between
Brighton Sixth and Brighton Seventh
streets at around 10 am, before
grabbing the gold and running off.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Backpack attack
Cops arrested three men for allegedly
robbing a man on 14th Avenue
on March 8.
The victim told police that the
suspects allegedly kicked and
punched him near 62nd Street at
1:30 am, before grabbing his bag and
attempting to fl ee.
The victim — who suffered a
broken nose — found two policemen
who conducted a canvass and identifi
ed the suspects.
Elderly dispute
Cops cuffed a 66-year-old man
for allegedly attacking a 76-year-old
man at a Cropsey Avenue assisted
living facility.
The victim told police that the
suspect allegedly pushed him to
the ground and pounded his head
against the fl oor repeatedly during
an argument at the facility near
23rd Street at 6 am.
First responders took the victim
to Coney Island Hospital with facial
lacerations, and cuffed the suspect
on felony assault charges.
Bar brawl
A man hit a woman in the face at
an Avenue T bar on March 12.
The victim told police that the
brute hit her in the face with the
glass at the bar on the corner of W.
Eighth Street at 2:15 am, before running
out of the watering hole.
— Rose Adams
EMILY DAVENPORT
The death of a Brooklyn woman
who was killed by her neighbor in
Coney Island last December has
offi cially been ruled a homicide,
police announced on March 13.
According to police, at 3:52 pm
on Dec. 3 of last year, offi cers responded
to a 911 call regarding
an assault inside an apartment at
the Oceanview Manor Home for
Adults on W. 33rd Street.
Upon their arrival, offi cers
found 58-year-old Ann McGrory
unconscious inside of a 64-yearold
man’s apartment. The victim
had sustained severe trauma to
the head.
First responders rushed to the
location and declared McGrory
dead at the scene.
The following day, the apartment
owner was taken into custody
and charged with attempted
murder.
It wasn’t until last week, however,
that the polic edepartment
announced that McGrory’s death
was ruled a homicide.
While McGrory and the suspect
were neighbors, sources familiar
with the investigation could not
confi rm if they were anything beyond
friends.