60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Mace race
A pirate hijacked a gray Range
Rover from Guider Avenue on Dec.
1.
The victim told police the brute
threatened to spray him with mace
while they were stopped at a red
light at the intersection of E. 12th
Street at around 11 pm, leading the
victim to fl ee the car, before the
thief climbed in the driver’s seat
and drove off.
Bag hags
Freebooters stole suitcases and
backpacks from a vehicle parked at
a Surf Avenue pancake house as the
owner dined inside the restaurant
on Dec. 1.
The victim told police they
parked the car parked between W.
8th and W. 12th streets at around
11:30 am to eat, before the looters
raided the vehicle.
Pocket slash
A subway pirate slashed open
the jean pocket of a sleeping straphanger
aboard an F train, who later
woke up near Neptune Avenue station
on Dec. 7.
The victim told police he slept
past his stop and woke up near the
station on W. 16th Street at around
3:30 am to realize his wallet and
phone had been stolen.
Boardwalk bully
A rampaging ruffi an hit an
82-year-old bicyclist on the head on
the Riegelmann Boardwalk West on
Dec 2.
The victim told police that the
brute approached him near W. 30th
Street at around 6:30 am and gave
him a blow on the head that left him
feeling dizzy.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Take it Yeezy!
Ten brutes attacked a man on
Avenue X and stole his backpack,
which contained two pairs of Yeezy
sneakers on Dec. 5.
Police said the pack of bullies approached
the man at the corner of
Batchelder street at around 3:40 pm
and punched and kicked the victim
in the face, before taking his bag
and fl eeing the scene.
Whack chicken
A ruffi an punched an employee
of an 86th street food joint over an
eight-piece chicken wing meal on
Dec. 8.
The victim told police that the
brute began arguing with him at
COURIER L 8 IFE, DEC. 13-19, 2019
the storefront near W. 8th Street at
around 2:50 pm, before taking back
the $10 he had used to pay for his
meal and fl eeing.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Violent robbery
Four crooks threatened to shoot
a man and stole $3,000 on Bay 20th
Street on Dec. 1.
The victim told police that the
group approached him on the corner
of Bay 20th Street and 81st Avenue
just before 1 am, when one
brute held a gun to his head while
the other thieves grabbed $3,000
and his phone.
Cellphone attack
A brute hit a 64-year-old man in
the head with a cellphone on Mc-
Donald Avenue on Dec. 3.
The victim told cops that the ruffi
an smacked in him the head between
Avenues O and P at 8:30 am
after an argument, during which
the jerk called him an “idiot and an
“a——.”
Lottery looter
A gun-wielding robber stole
$1,500 and a swath of lottery tickets
from a store on 20th Avenue on Dec.
5.
An employee told police that the
looter entered the deli on the corner
of 86th Street at 3 am and told the
employee to lie down on the fl oor
while he tied his hands together —
before snatching $1,500 from the
register and and a swath of lottery
tickets.
Teenager terror
Five teenagers stole $80 from a
32-year-old man on 81st Street on
Dec. 4.
The victim said that the group
of knife-wielding delinquents approached
him on the corner of 20th
Avenue at noon, and nabbed his wallet
before taking the $80, and throwing
the wallet back at him.
— Rose Adams
63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Skirt sneak
Shoplifters snagged $2,227 of
merchandise from a Kings Plaza
clothing store on Dec. 6.
A witness told police the thieves
nabbed multiple denim skirts and
jeans from the store in the Avenue
U mall around 5:05 pm before fl eeing
the shop.
Designer swiper
Thieves nabbed $6,200 worth of
merchandise from a car parked on
Strickland Avenue on Dec. 7.
The victim told police she returned
to her vehicle parked near
National Drive around 7:28 pm and
found her designer clothing missing.
— Jessica Parks
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–|
RED HOOK
Carjacking
A bandit rode off in a man’s
$45,000 minivan parked on Warren
Street on Dec. 9.
The victim told police that he
parked the car between Hicks
and Columbia streets at 8:10 am
and left the key in the ignition as
he dropped something off — but
when he returned a couple minutes
later, the Dodge Grand Caravan
was gone.
Scooter theft
A bandit rode off on a man’s
scooter on Warren Street on Dec.
4.
The victim said that he fell off
his $800 e-bike between Nevins
and Bond streets at 10:23 am and
said that a passerby hopped on the
$800 scooter and rode away.
Purifi er pilferer
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
running off with a $800 air
purifi er on Degraw Street on Nov.
21.
The victim told cops that the defendant
allegedly broke into her
entryway between Hoyt and Smith
streets at 4 pm, and nabbed the
pricey air freshener.
Police cuffed the suspect when
they reportedly saw him walking
with the unit on Baltic Street by
Hoyt Street on Dec. 6, and charged
him with petit larceny and criminal
possession of stolen property.
— Rose Adams
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Jewel heist!
A cat burglar made off with
$14,159 worth of jewels from a 35th
Street department store on Dec. 7.
A business owner told cops she
left her jewelry in a in a locked
room near Second Avenue at
around 6 pm, after closing her
stand in a pop-up market for the
night — but when she returned
the next morning the jewels were
gone.
Wild chase!
An unlicensed cab driver allegedly
socked a police offi cer during
a sting operation on Third Avenue
on Dec. 3.
An undercover cop hailed unlicensed
cab near 19th street, when
another cop pulled over the cabbie
— who allegedly tried to fl ee on
foot. When the plain-clothes offi -
cer tried stop the fl eeing suspect,
he allegedly punched the cop in
the face.
Hold up!
Two worms held a guy up on
Eighth Avenue on Dec. 2.
The victim told cops he was leaving
an internet cafe near 59th Street
at around 11 pm, when the two
goons stuck a gun-like object in his
back and demanded he empty his
pockets — before fl eeing with the
victims green card, social security
card, and $300.
78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Deadly weapon
Cops cuffed a guy for allegedly
carrying an illegal fi rearm on Montgomery
Place on Dec. 3.
Police found the suspect near
Eighth Avenue at around 4:02 pm
allegedly carrying a high capacity
magazine containing 21 9 millimeter
rounds and a 9-millimeter magazine
containing eight rounds.
Authorities arrested the man on
felony charges of criminal possession
of a weapon, according to police
reports.
Road rage
Some lunatic attacked a fellow
driver’s car on Flatbush Avenue on
Nov. 29, police say.
The victim told police the madman
got out of his car near Plaza
Street at around 12:15 pm and struck
the victim’s car with a metal rod,
breaking off one of his rearview
mirrors.
— Ben Verde