84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Watch your back!
A pair of brutes bagged a man’s
backpack on High Street on March
17.
The victim told cops that, near
Jay Street at 11 pm, he was biking
toward the Manhattan Bridge when
the goons pushed him to the ground
and stole his bag, containing two
phones and a speaker.
Hoops and rings
Some freebooter raided a woman’s
jewelry collection at her Wyckoff
Street home between September
and March 12.
The victim told police that her
gems went missing from her apartment
between Smith and Hoyt
streets, which included a diamond
ring, wedding ring, and several earrings
worth a total of $6,695.
What a steal!
A sneak thief took a woman’s
phone at a Livingston Street thrift
store on March 10.
The victim told cops that, near
Bond Street at 11 am, she was browsing
the used goods outlet when she
felt someone bump her, and later
she noticed her phone was gone.
1-800 FRAUD
Police arrested a woman they
say defrauded another woman out
of more than $700 by stealing her
identity at a Fulton Mall store from
March 6-19.
The victim told police that, between
Bond Street and Elm Place
from 7:05 pm on the fi rst date until
noon on the second, the suspect
allegedly set up an account with a
phone provider under the victim’s
name and billed the money to her.
Cops arrested the alleged fraudster
on felony grand larceny charges
on March 22 at the downtown store.
Watch out!
Some marauder stole surveillance
cameras from a Furman
Street building on the night of
March 14.
A security worker told police
that, near Brooklyn Bridge Park
Pier 1 and between 11 pm and 2:30
am the next morning, the fi lcher
took equipment worth $3,000.
Clean sweep
A couple of crooks raided cleaning
supplies from a Warren Street
apartment on March 14.
The victim told cops that, between
Third and Fourth avenues
and between 10:20 am-5 pm, the
man and woman broke into the
basement and stole garbage bags,
bleach, disinfectant, and hand
sanitizer.
COURIER L 8 IFE, MAR. 26-APR. 1, 2021
Suspect questioned in deadly
stabbing of young man in B’wick
Pexels/Viajero
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Double dagger
A villain stabbed a guy twice at
the Nevins Street subway station on
March 19.
The victim told cops that, on a
Crown Heights-bound train at 12:18
am, the rogue pulled out a kitchen
knife and stabbed him in the leg
and arm, before fl eeing out of the
station.
Sit on that!
Some goon threw a chair at a guy
on Waverly Avenue on March 19.
The victim told cops that, between
Lafayette and Greene avenues
around 8:40 pm, he tried to
break up a fi ght among a unruly
group when the plastic seater came
fl ying at his face.
The crowd scattered and cops
could not fi nd any perpetrator, according
to police reports.
— Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Going to the mat!
A woman got into a violent tussle
with a shopper at a Beard Street furniture
store on March 2.
The 55-year-old victim told police
that she was waiting in line to return
some furniture at the store by Otsego
Street at 12:48 pm when she and the
stranger punched her in the back of
the neck. The victim refused medical
attention, and the attacker got away,
police said.
Grand theft auto
Some sleezeball stole $17,500 worth
of car parts from a car dealership on
Van Brunt Street on March 3.
An employee told cops that the
looter removed the catalytic converters
from seven Isuzu trucks that were
parked between Union and President
streets sometime between 10 and 11
pm and ran off.
Sounds like a tool
A bandit nabbed $300 worth of
tools from a Columbia street housing
complex sometime between
March 1 and March 2.
The victim told police that the
burglar snuck into the building’s
basement and stole a box containing
a ruler, a screwdriver set, pliers,
and a wrench among other items
from the building on the corner of
Lorraine Street.
Plate pirate
A scoffl aw stole two license plates
from a car parked on Centre Street
on March 10.
The car’s owner said that a thief
removed the two New York license
plates from the car parked by Hamilton
Avenue at 9:30 am before making
a run for it.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BAATH BEACH
What the truck!
Looters stole $14,000 worth of car
equipment from trucks at a 16th Avenue
auto repair shop on March 16.
An employee told police that the
lowlifes stole equipment and tools
from four tow trucks parked at the
shop by 63rd Street before driving
off.
Balding bandit
A freeloader stole Rogaine and
other items from an 18th Avenue department
store on March 15.
An employee told police that the
burglar snatched the hair loss medication,
a backpack, electronics, and
other items totaling $1,695 from the
store on the corner of 64th Street,
—Rose Adams
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives are questioning
a suspect in the murder
of a 24-year-old man who was
stabbed to death just steps away
from the front door of his Brooklyn
home on Monday afternoon.
Jose Perez Rivera was knifed
multiple times in the chest and
arm right outside his residence
at the corner of Hart Street and
Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick
at about 3 pm on March 22,
according to authorities.
At this point in the ongoing
investigation, police have not
determined the circumstances
that led up to the stabbing.
Officers from the 83rd Precinct
discovered the wounded
victim while responding to a
911 call regarding the incident.
EMS units rushed Rivera to
Elmhurst Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead a short
time later.
During the preliminary investigation
at the scene, police
took the suspect, a 21-year-old
man, into custody. Law enforcement
sources did not disclose
his possible connection to Rivera.
The suspect was brought
to the 83rd Precinct stationhouse
for further questioning.
Charges against him are
pending the results of the ongoing
investigation, police said.