84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Subway swipe!
A violent huckster robbed a
woman at the Borough Hall train
station on Jan. 23.
The victim told police that the
bandit was panhandling and she
was about to give him $10 on the
Manhattan-bound platform at 9:25
am, when he snatched her wallet
and bear-hugged her to keep her
from fl eeing up the stairway, before
fl eeing with $50.
Ugly situation
Some brute violently robbed a
woman at a Lawrence Street beauty
salon on Jan. 19.
The victim told police that the
nogoodnik went into her pockets
and snatched $80 inside the establishment
near the Fulton Mall at 5
pm, and when she tried to chase the
thief, he punched her and bolted.
Pen pals
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
stabbing her beau with a pen at
their Gold Street home on Jan. 17.
The victim told police that his
fl ame cut him in the chest and back
with the writing device at Flatbush
Avenue Ext. at 10 pm.
Police arrived at the scene at
10:36 pm and arrested the woman
on felony assault charges, but the
boyfriend said he didn’t want to
press charges, according to police
reports.
Screwed up!
A raider looted drills from a
Hoyt Street condo construction site
on the night of Jan. 19.
The victim told police that the
fi lcher got into the site at the corner
of Livingston Street between
5:30 pm and 6 am the next morning
and bagged a bunch of tools worth
$3,260.
Five-fi nger discount
Police arrested a man for allegedly
shoplifting at a Fulton Mall
clothing store on Jan. 19.
An employee told police that the
suspect allegedly bagged a bunch
of clothes from the shop at Gallatin
Place at 5 pm and left without paying,
before boarding a Bushwickbound
B38 bus.
Police stopped the bus a few
blocks down at Bond Street, and arrested
the thief on felony grand larceny
charges, according to police
reports.
Lucked out!
A purloiner stole a bunch of lottery
tickets from a Livingston Street
bodega on Jan. 18.
The victim told police that the
brigand took lucky tickets worth
COURIER L 8 IFE, JAN. 29-FEB. 4, 2021
Cops arrest suspected
Brownsville serial killer
Brownsville murder suspect Kevin Gavins, 66, is walked out of the 73rd Precinct by
detectives on Jan. 21. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
$1,542 from the shop near Nevins
Street at 1:30 pm, but dropped the
box a block away at the corner of
State Streets.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Glassed!
Some wretch hurled a bottle at a
delivery cyclist on S. Portland Avenue
on Jan. 20.
The victim told police that the
knave hit him in the face with the
glass projectile, bruising his eye,
lips, and nose, as he pedaled toward
Atlantic Avenue at 8:30 pm.
The cyclist went back to work,
before later checking into Lutheran
Hospital for treatment, according to
police reports.
Knave with a knife
A ne’er-do-well robbed a Flatbush
Avenue Ext. bodega at knifepoint
on Jan. 23.
A store employee told police that
the rogue took lemonade and candy
from the shop at Fulton Street at 10
pm and attempted to leave, but when
the shopkeeper followed him, the
crook took out a knife and threatened
the worker.
Amp attack
A brute whacked a man in the
face with a speaker at a Fulton
Street building on Jan. 24.
The victim told police that the
two got into a war of words between
Flatbush Avenue and Rockwell Place
at 1:10 pm, and the argument escalated
when the ruffi an took the amplifi
er to the victim’s face, breaking
his glasses and bruising his head.
Dashed off
Sneak thieves took a deliveryman’s
e-bike on Grand Avenue on
Jan. 20.
The victim told police that he
was dropping off a meal between
Gates Avenue and Fulton Street at
7:40 pm and when he came back, his
bike was gone.
Chain breaker
A bike thief cut the chain on a
guy’s electric two-wheeler on Rockwell
Place on Jan. 20.
The victim told police that the
fi lcher cut the lock in half and took
the $1,800 e-bike between Fulton
Street and Lafayette Avenue.
— Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS—COBBLE HILL—
RED HOOK
Carjacked!
A lowlife threatened a woman
with a boxcutter and stole her car
on W. Ninth Street on Jan. 22.
The victim told police that she
was working on her computer in her
2019 Chevy Cruze between Court
and Smith streets at 12:45 pm when
the weapon-wielding robber opened
the door and forced her out, before
driving off in the $12,000 ride.
Cops later recovered the car after
the pirate ditched the vehicle on
the corner of Court and Bush streets
and fl ed on foot, police said.
Cab grab
Two women grabbed two phones
from a cab driver on Baltic Street on
Jan. 24.
The victim told police that he
and the two women got into an argument
while he was driving them
between Hoyt and Bond streets at
1:10 am, when the thieves grabbed
a $1,200 iPhone and a $900 Samsung
phone and high-tailed it.
That’s trashy!
Some yahoo nabbed three trash
cans from a Clinton Street building
between Jan. 21 and Jan. 22.
The victim told police that the
bandit made off with two paper recycling
pails and one plastics recycling
bin, valued together at $332,
from inside the building between
Carroll and Presidents streets.
— Rose Adams
BY BEN VERDE
Police arrested a suspected serial
killer who was allegedly behind
the murder of three elderly
women in a Brownsville housing
complex, the NYPD announced
on Jan. 21.
Investigators cuffed suspect
Kevin Gavin soon after his alleged
third grisly murder in the
Woodson Houses, a New York
City Housing Authority complex
on Powell Street.
“I am confi dent upon hearing
the evidence that the Grand Jury
will charge and indict the defendant,”
Kings County District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez said during
a press conference at One Police
Plaza on Thursday. “I know how
devastating these losses have been
to the people of Brownsville and
the residents of those houses.”
Authorities believe Gavin
killed 78-year-old Juanita Caballero
last week, 83-year-old Jacolia
James in 2019, and 82-year-old
Myrtle McKinney in 2015.
According to police offi cials,
Gavin also resided in the area and
gained access to his victims by
posing as a friendly, helpful neighbor,
often running errands for
those physically impaired.
“The defendant took advantage
of his relationship with
these women, was allowed into
their homes, and did unspeakable
acts of violence,” said Gonzalez,
who added that he hopes
the arrest will bring some level
of comfort to the area.
Additional reporting by Dean
Moses