62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Bottled up rage
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
smacking his friend in the face with
a glass bottle on 17th Avenue on
July 25.
The victim told cops that the suspect
smashed a glass bottle on the
side of his face after he and the suspect
got into an argument near 64th
Street at around 5:54 pm, causing
laceration around the victim’s left
eye.
First responders took the victim
to Maimonides Medical Center for
his injuries, authorities said.
E-bike bandit
A good-for-nothing stole an ebike
from New Utrecht Avenue and
71st Street on July 26.
The victim told cops that he left
his $1,760 e-bike unattended while
he went inside a deli at 4:50 pm, and
when he came out, he saw the thief
speeding down the street on his
bike and making a right turn onto
Bay Ridge Parkway.
Cig sneak
A sneak thief nabbed 10 packs of
cigarettes from a man’s 70th Street
apartment sometime between June
29 and July 22.
The victim told police that while
he was hospitalized, a burglar —
perhaps his roommate — broke the
lock to his room in his apartment between
19th and 20th avenues, before
cutting the padlock on his dresser
and stealing 10 packs of cigarettes
from the drawer.
Pistol whipped
A slimeball smacked a teenager
with a gun after stealing his bike
and wallet on 78th Street on July
19.
The 17-year-old victim told cops
that the dirtbag pointed a gun at
him and said, “Give me your money,
give me your bike,” near Stillwell
Avenue at 11:50 pm before snatching
his electronics, bike, wallet, and
$300 — and hit him in the head with
the gun before riding off.
— Rose Adams
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Hit n swipe
A thief swiped a man’s iPhone
on Cropsey Avenue after he had attempted
to fl ee from an accident on
July 22.
The victim told police that he
was hit by a gray vehicle that he followed
to the intersection of Neptune
Avenue at around 11:50 am, but the
lout got out of the vehicle and took
his cellphone, before driving off.
COURIER LIFE,8 JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2020
Collision causes 16-wheeler
to fl ip in Williamsburg
A tow worker inspects damage to an overturned box truck. Photo by Todd Maisel
Shower power
Beach bandits mugged a man’s
cell phone and wallet on Riegelmann
Boardwalk West on July 22.
The victim told police that he
was using the showers near Stillwell
Avenue at around 7 am when
the baddie got angry and took his
belongings from his pockets.
Stranger danger
A ruffi an stole a man’s shoulder
bag after he was invited into a
Brighton Fourth Street apartment
on July 21.
The victim told police that he
walked into the apartment between
Ocean View and Brighton Beach
Avenues to fi nd a man holding a
black shotgun around 11:30 am, who
snagged his belongings.
— Jessica Parks
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bridge mugger
A pillager snatched a woman’s
purse on the Manhattan Bridge on
July 22.
The victim told cops that the pirate
grabbed her bag from behind
while she was heading toward the
Big Apple at around 8 am, pulling
her with him as she held onto the
purse until she fell over.
Cop kicker
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
kicking offi cers who were trying
to eject him from the Borough
Hall subway station near Montague
Street on July 23.
The arresting offi cer told her
colleagues that the suspect was lying
outstretched on the stairs to the
train platform near Clinton Street
at 1:15 pm, and when she told the
man to leave, he started kicking
and punching the cops, hitting one
in the head, neck, and arms.
Police arrested the man and
charged him with felony assault.
Subway scumbag
Some yahoo attacked a train conductor
at the Jay Street-MetroTech
station on July 25.
The victim told police that the attacker
slammed the conductor window
closed onto her fi ngers on the
A train’s Queens-bound platform at
10:50 pm, before swinging his cane
at the side of the train.
The conductor got off the train at
the Queens terminus of the line to
seek treatment for her injuries.
Bike bandit
A brigand swiped a Citi Bike on
Pacifi c Street sometime between
July 19 and 23.
The victim told police that he left
the bike undocked between Nevins
Street and Third Avenue, when the
thief hopped on the blue two-wheeler
and pedaled off.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Cop attack!
A man falsely identifi ed himself
as a cop while three accomplices attacked
a victim over a parking dispute
on Myrtle Avenue on July 24.
The victim told police one man
claimed he was an offi cer and
fl ashed a badge near Ryerson Street
at 7:45 pm and punched him in the
face, before three of his perp friends
violently attacked him.
Police notifi ed their Internal Affairs
Bureau regarding the attack,
according to the authorities.
NYCHA menace
A goon roughed up a public housing
employee at a Monument Walk
complex on July 22.
The victim told police that the
bruiser slammed her head into an
elevator, pushed her to the fl oor,
and demanded that she hand over
cash on the 11th fl oor of a building
near Park Avenue at 10:10 am, before
punching her several times and
running off with $20, a radio, and a
cellphone.
Crooked cabbie
A taxi driver nabbed a woman’s
phone on Myrtle Avenue on July 22.
The victim told police that the
brigand yanked her phone from her
hand at Adelphi Street at 8:50 pm before
speeding off toward Flatbush
Avenue.
— Kevin Duggan
BY TODD MAISEL
Two trucks collided at a busy
Brooklyn intersection on July 24,
causing one of the large haulers to
fl ip onto its side, police said.
The crash occurred at about
12:10 pm on July 24 when a cement
mixer traveling north on Vandervoort
Avenue slammed into a large
box truck making a turn onto Maspeth
Avenue in Williamsburg. The
box truck, belonging to Reyes Produce
of the Bronx, lost control and
fell onto its driver side, blocking
the eastbound lanes of traffi c. It
had only empty skids on board.
The cement truck belonged
to Ridgewood-based Alpine Concrete.
The drivers of both vehicles
suffered minor injuries and were
taken to Woodhull Hospital.
A heavy-duty tow truck was required
to lift the box truck and remove
it from the roadway so that
traffi c could fl ow freely. Firefi ghters
also doused the scene as oil and
transmission fl uid fl ooded onto
the roadway from both vehicles.
No charges were fi led against either
driver, police say, pending further
investigation.