62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Teen trouble
Cops cuffed three teenagers for
allegedly punching a boy and stealing
his wallet on 71 Street on June
26.
The 18-year-old victim told police
that the teenagers allegedly
punched him in the face and body
between 14th and 15th avenues at
5:45 pm, before snatching his wallet
and fl eeing in a Toyota.
The police stopped the car shortly
after and cuffed the suspects, according
to police reports.
Savings scheme
A sleaze bag schemed a 66-yearold
woman out of $343,000 between
April and June.
The victim told police that the
conman hacked her bank account
and convinced her that he could help
her get her money back if she wired
him money, which the victim did
— sending the hoaxer 11 payments
over the course of two months from
her home on 83rd Street and 16th
Avenue.
Hat crime
A burglar stole a hard hat, electronics,
and cash from a car on Bay
Parkway on June 25.
The victim told police that the
thief rummaged through his car
parked overnight between Benson
Avenue and 86th Street at and took
his hard hat, $10, and assorted electronics.
— Rose Adams
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bike baddies
Two gunmen on bikes held up
a man on Schermerhorn Street on
June 23.
The victim told police that one
of the villains brandished a silver
handgun and demanded his belongings
while his accomplice was
on the lookout between Smith and
Hoyt streets at 8:50 am, before grabbing
$160 and fl eeing.
Pipe attack!
Police arrested a man for allegedly
hitting another man with a
pipe on Flatbush Avenue Ext. on
June 27.
The victim told police that the
suspect walked up and allegedly
swiped him in the elbows with the
metal bar near Tillary Street just
after 5:30 pm.
Police cuffed the suspect later
that day at the Gold Street station
house of the 84th Precinct.
8 COURIER LIFE, JULY 3-9, 2020
Thunderstorms topples trees,
cause damage in southern BK
Cars were damaged on Stuart Street in Marine Park where many trees and branches
fell due to the sudden high winds. Photo by Todd Maisel
Restaurant raider
A marauder looted a Hoyt Street
restaurant on the night of June 21.
A witness told police that the
burglar got in through an unlocked
window of the eatery between Atlantic
Avenue and Pacifi c Street
overnight, before grabbing two tablets
and $500 in cash from an unlocked
safe.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Phone pilferer
Police arrested four women for
allegedly attacking another woman
and stealing her phone on Fulton
Street on June 22.
The victim told police that the
women allegedly punched and
scratched her near Ashland Place
just after 5 pm before grabbing her
phone and running off.
Police arrested the four suspects
at the scene at 5:30 pm and charged
them with felony robbery, according
to police reports.
Package pirate
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
robbing a delivery driver at knifepoint
inside a Carlton Avenue building
on June 28.
The victim told police that the
man allegedly pulled out a knife
and cut the victim’s shirt while in
an elevator at the housing complex
near Park Avenue at 2:30 pm, before
grabbing a bunch of packages and
fl eeing.
Police arrested the man at the
building complex at 3:10 pm and
charged him with felony robbery,
according to police reports.
Right in the kisser!
Police arrested a man for allegedly
assaulting his friend on Flatbush
Avenue Ext. on June 23.
The victim told police that the
two men got into an argument at
Fulton Street at 8 pm, before the suspect
allegedly punched him in the
face, knocking out several teeth.
Police arrested the man on
the scene just before 8:30 pm and
charged him with felony assault, according
to police reports.
Conned!
Some shyster scammed a woman
out of almost $2,000 on Ashland
Place on June 23.
The victim told police that the
charlatan called her between Lafayette
Avenue and Hanson Place at
10:15 am, saying she had a warrant
for her arrest and that she needed
to pay whatever amount of money
she could withdraw — causing her
to hand over four Target gift cards
worth $1,946.
— Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Not-so-clean escape
Police arrested a man for allegedly
stealing $55 worth of detergent
from a Henry Street supermarket
on June 28.
Employees told police that the
man allegedly attempted to walk
out of the store on the corner of Degraw
Street with six packages of
Tide Pods sometime at around 9:30.
Police arrived on the scene and
cuffed the suspect at 9:51, charging
him with petty larceny and criminal
possession of stolen property,
according to police reports.
Car crook
A thief nabbed $100 worth of children’s
clothes from a car on Nelson
Street on June 25.
The victim told police that the
bandit entered the 2018 Jeep, parked
between Columbia and Hicks
streets, at around 4 am from the
rear passenger door and snagged
the clothes, as well as $193 worth of
sunglasses, hand sanitizer, water,
and car air fresheners.
Bag snagged
A porch pirate stole a purse waiting
to be delivered from a President
Street stoop sometime between
June 19 and June 21.
The victim told police that the delivery
service dropped off the package
with the $140 bag onto his stoop
between Columbia and Van Brunt
streets, and the bandit must’ve
snagged it before he could retrieve
it.
— Rose Adams
BY TODD MAISEL
A series of fast-moving thunderstorms
have swept through the
fi ve boroughs in recent days, causing
signifi cant damage — as high
winds have knocked over trees and
telephone polls, and uprooted many
other structures.
One of the worst weather events
came on June 22, where with trees
toppled, utility wires downed, basements
fl ooded, and cars were damaged.
Fire offi cials say some minor
injuries were reported in both Marine
Park and Flatbush.
That storm lasted about 20 minutes
before blowing out of the city,
and giving way to some bright rainbows
in the sky. More fl ash thunderstorms
are expected this week, as
humidity and heat are on the rise.