62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Knife knave
A robber threatened to stab a
woman after stealing her belongings
on 76th Street on April 11.
The 44-year-old victim told police
that the young attacker nabbed
$500, some electronics, and her sunglasses
from her unlocked car between
17th and 18th avenues at 4 am,
but when she confronted the brute,
he displayed a knife and threatened
to stab her.
Home invasion
A crook stole $8,000 from a Bay
34st Street home on April 6.
The victim told police that she received
a notifi cation that the alarm
at her house near Benson Avenue
had been shut off at around 7 pm, and
when she returned the next day, she
saw that the sneak thief had broken
into her house from a side window
and stolen $8,000 from her bedroom.
Car crook
Some lowlife stole a designer
backpack from a car parked on Bay
31st Street on April 4.
The victim told police that the burglar
snagged his Versace backpack
and electronics, which were worth
more than $1,000 combined, from his
unlocked car that was parked in his
driveway between Benson and Bath
avenues at around 6 pm.
Cash ‘n’ dash
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
stealing $22,000 from a man.
The victim told police that the
suspect reached into his pocket
near the corner of Shore Parkway
and snatched an envelope containing
the cash.
—Rose Adams
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Gun-ho!
A wretch ransacked a Clinton
Street pharmacy on April 5.
The shopkeeper told police that
that bandit grabbed some contraband
from the store near Joralemon
Street at around 4:20 am without
paying, but when the employee
confronted the baddie, the fi lcher
claimed to have a gun and ran off.
Deli defender
A ne’er-do-well tried to rob a Nevins
Street deli on April 9.
The store owner told police
that the boxcutter-wielding crook
waltzed behind the counter of the
store near Bergen Street at 10:20
am, before running off after a brief
scuffl e empty handed.
COURIER L 8 IFE, APRIL 16-22, 2021
Bensonhurst teacher
cuffed for alleged rape of
underage ex
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Petal prowler
Some freebooter looted cash
from an Atlantic Avenue fl orist on
the night of April 6.
The business owner told police
that the rustler busted a window of
the shop near Third Avenues and
took a register with $230.
Double dipping
Three thieves raided a Montague
Street pharmacy in the early hours
of April 10.
The victim told police that the
terrible trio entered the store at
Henry Street at 2:40 am and swiped
two registers, with $200.
Invaders broke into an eatery
on that same block just 10 minutes
later, breaking the window and
grabbing a register with $1,500, according
to police reports.
Subway swipe!
A pickpocket nabbed a woman’s
wallet at the Jay Street-MetroTech
station on April 8.
The victim told cops that the bandit
grabbed her purse from behind
on the C train platform at 7:45 pm,
before fl eeing onto a Queens-bound
A train.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
He’s been hit!
Villains shot a man outside his N.
Portland Avenue home on April 5.
The victim told police that three
criminals clad in black masks shot
him outside the building at Park Avenue
around 10:15 pm.
The bloodied victim ran to his
girlfriend’s car and drove to Brooklyn
Hospital for treatment of his
wounds, according to police.
Roadway robbery
Gun-toting goons held up a man
in his car on Washington Avenue on
April 3.
The victim told cops that the
three rogues jumped into his vehicle
at Myrtle Avenue at 8 pm before
brandishing a fi rearm.
Once inside, the baddies forced
the nervous victim to log into his
bank account on his cell phone,
which they used to wire themselves
money, according to police
reports.
Old tricks
Cops collared a man for allegedly
stealing antiques from a Washington
Avenue woman’s building between
April 4 and April 5.
The victim told cops that the suspect
allegedly took an old blanket
and stool worth $2,000 that were delivered
to the lobby of the building
between Fulton Street and Gates
Avenue.
Cops caught up with the man on
April 8 and charged him with felony
burglary, according to police reports.
Tool loot!
Police cuffed a man who allegedly
tried to steal tools from a van parked
on Rockwell Place on April 10.
The victim told police that he saw
the suspect allegedly climb over the
lot’s fence at Dekalb Avenue at 4:40
pm and break a vehicle window.
Cops arrived just before 5 pm and
arrested him on felony burglary
charges on the scene, according to
police reports.
FB-why?
Some out-of-state shyster
scammed a Fleet Place woman out of
$35,000 between April 5 and April 8.
The victim told police that the
charlatan phoned and texted her
several times claiming to be FBI
agents, telling her if she needed to
mail $35,000 to an address in Texas,
or else someone would arrest her,
which she did.
— Kevin Duggan
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A Bensonhurst teacher was arrested
Wednesday on charges that
he allegedly raped his underage
former girlfriend during an encounter
nearly four years ago, police
reported.
Sergio Garcia, 26, was picked
up on April 7 following an investigation
by the 77th Precinct and
the NYPD Special Victims Division.
Police sources said he works
as a teacher at JHS 227, Edward B.
Shallow, a middle school on 16th
Avenue in Bensonhurst.
Law enforcement sources said
Garcia was 22 when he allegedly
drugged and raped the then-14-
year-old girl, whom they identifi ed
as his former girlfriend, on Aug. 26,
2017. The attack allegedly occurred
inside his former residence on 45th
Street in Sunset Park.
According to police, the victim
told detectives that Garcia provided
her with a gummy candy that she
ate. Moments after she consumed
the candy, she told police, she felt
lightheaded; Garcia then allegedly
raped her.
Cops said Garcia and the victim
allegedly also had an illegal sexual
relationship between August and
December of 2017. The victim, now
18, fi led a complaint about it with
police on March 22, 2021.
Garcia was booked on two
counts of rape as well as additional
counts of sexual misconduct, sexual
abuse and acting in a manner
injurious to a child.
The Department of Education
said that Garcia worked as a substitute
teacher at JHS 227, and
was fi rst employed there last September.