60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—SEAGATE
Bus bully
A punk punched an eldery woman
onboard a bus traveling near Ocean
Parkway on Oct. 16.
The victim told police that the
snake hit her and grabbed her cellphone
near Neptune Avenue at
around 2:30 pm to prevent her from
calling the police.
The crook eventually gave back
the phone before hopping off the bus,
according to police reports.
Waffl e walkout
A lawbreaker snagged a waffl e
maker, Sony TV, and other merchandise
from a Surf Avenue storefront on
Oct. 8.
An employee told police that he left
the store near W. 12th Street at noon,
when the perp busted the lock on the
door and stole the items.
Apple picking
A pirate looted a parked car on
Cropsey Avenue on Oct. 19.
The victim told police that he left
the car at a hardware store parking
lot near Bay 53rd Street around 6:20
pm, when the raider broke in and
stole $7,200 worth of goods.
Burg-berry
A pilferer grabbed $2,100 worth of
property from a parked car on Mermaid
Avenue on Oct. 14.
The victim told police that the
rake smashed the back window of the
car near W. 35th Street at around 8:30
am, before grabbing the items and
running off.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Register snatcher
A prowler looted $1,750 from an
Avenue P storefront on Oct. 15.
The business owner told police
that the thief smashed the glass front
door of the store near Coney Island
Avenue at around midnight and ran
off with the cash register.
Highway robber
A bandit grabbed $5,623 from double
parked truck near Nostrand Avenue
on Oct. 16.
The victim told police that he
was making a delivery near Avenue
X at around 1 pm, when the raider
snagged the money from the truck’s
dashboard.
Garage picker
A home invader stole an air compressor
from an Avenue U home’s garage
on Oct. 19.
The victim told police that the pilferer
COURIER L 8 IFE, OCTOBER 25-31, 2019
picked the lock of the garage
near E. 19th Street at around 2 pm
and grabbed the $120 item.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Violent carjacking
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
hijacking a car on 78th Street on Oct.
19.
The two victims told police that
they were in a double parked car on
the corner of 78th Street and 21st Avenue
at 8:45 pm, when the suspect allegedly
ripped the passengers out of
the vehicle and drove off.
Jealous rage
A brute assaulted his wife’s friend
on 65th Street on Oct. 15.
The victim told police that he was
speaking to an acquaintance by 24th
Avenue at 11:15 am when her husband
picked up a pipe and hit him with it
on his left arm, causing redness and
swelling.
The victim was taken to Maimonides
Hospital, authorities reported.
Teen robbery
Two 15-year-olds threatened a boy
with a knife and took his phone on
16th Avenue on Oct. 18.
The teenage victim told cops that
the delinquents approached him between
76th Street and Bay Ridge
Parkway at around 3:20 pm, before
brandishing a knife and demanding
his phone
Tire less
A man said that thieves removed
all four tires from his parked car on
83th Street on Oct. 16.
The victim told police that the
bandits took all four tires with rims
off his car parked between 18th and
19th avenues at around midnight.
— Rose Adams
63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Fakebook Fraudster
A gunman tried to rob a man at
an Avenue L apartment building on
Oct. 20.
The victim told police that he was
meeting with a girl that he met on
Facebook at “her” home near Flatbush
Avenue at 1:30 am, but when he
got there he was greeted by the gunwielding
crook.
After a brief scuffl e, the villiam
attempted to shoot the victim — but
the gun had no bullets, causing him
to frantically fl ee.
Three’s company
Police arrested three teens who allegedly
robbed several people on Flatlands
Avenue on Oct. 19.
One victim told police that three
suspects allegedly punched him near
E. 59th Street at around 7 pm, before
mugging him.
— Jessica Parks
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED HOOK
Car crook
A bandit swiped a laptop and
school supplies from a parked car on
Nevins Street between Oct. 21 and
Oct. 22.
The victim told police that the
burglar broke the passenger’s side
window of her 2018 Nissan sedan
near Butler and Baltic streets between
8 pm and 1 am the following
day, and nabbed her $1000 MacBook
laptop and other items.
Suitcase swiper
A thief stole a $250 suitcase from a
Warren Street house on Oct. 15.
The victim told police that the
looter took the expensive baggage
from inside the house between Henry
and Clinton streets at 5:30 pm.
Walker weasel
A lout stole a 68-year-old man’s
walker from outside his girlfriend’s
house on 3rd Street on Oct. 18.
The victim told cops that he left
his $90 walker outside his girlfriend’s
house near Hoyt and Smith streets
between 7:30 am and 3:30 pm, when
the thief nabbed it and walked off.
Mechanical burglary
A bandit stole a catalytic converter
off a car on President Street on
Oct. 17.
The car owner told cops that the
pilferer took the $600 exhaust emission
control device from the car between
Van Brunt and Columbia
streets sometime between 2:30 am
and 9 pm.
Squeaky clean
A man stole $243 worth of toothpaste
from a pharmacy on Court
Street on Oct. 17.
Employees told police that the
scamp snagged 13 bottles of toothpaste
and seven bottles of Sensodyne
gel from the store between Pacifi c
and Court streets at 7:20 pm.
— Rose Adams
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Road wars
A knife-wielding villain slashed a
man after the two men got into a car
accident on 53rd Street on Oct. 18.
The victim told police that he
crashed his car into the goon’s vehicle
near Fourth Avenue at 3:30 pm, causing
the perp to take out a knife and
stab him several times on his hands,
stomach, and shoulder.
Bumbling burglar
A sneak attempted a failed home
invasion on 40th Street on Oct. 18.
The victim told police that he was
in the apartment near Fourth Avenue
at around 4:30 pm when the would-be
pilferer unsuccessfully attempted to
break in through the fi re escape.
Home invasion
A heartless pirate stole a woman’s
life savings from her Fifth Avenue
home on Sept. 25.
The victim told police that the
crook snagged $22,000 from the bedroom
of her home near 53rd Street at
around 2 pm, while she was away on
a business trip.
The victim suspects that her roommate
allowed the thief into the home,
according to police reports.
Scanned!
A thief swiped a barcode scanner
from a Fifth Avenue pharmacy on
Oct. 19.
An employee told police that the
pilferer swiped the $1500 scanner
from the pill–purveyor near 53rd
Street at around 12:30 pm, before fl eeing.
Parking spot punk
A punk vandalized a guys car after
a dispute over a parking spot near
Fourth Avenue on Oct. 29.
The victim told police that the
brute smashed the window and
punched the hood of his car near 60th
Street at 12:30 pm, causing $250 worth
of damage.
Car looter
A lout looted a guys car near Seventh
Avenue on Oct. 16.
The victim told police that the
crook nabbed more than $350 worth
of items from his car near 51st Street
at around 8 pm.
— Ben Verde