84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Smoked out!
A menace made away with a
woman’s cigarettes at the Jay Street
subway station on March 29.
The victim told police that the
ne’er-do-well followed her and
snatched her packet of smokes
near the station elevator near Willoughby
Street at 4:40 pm, before unsuccessfully
attempting to grab her
purse and running off.
Fool’s gold
A marauder looted a bunch of
scratch cards from a MetroTech
Center store on April 1.
The victim told police that the
invader pulled open the door of the
market between Duffi eld and Bridge
streets at 6 pm and stole several lottery
tickets.
Clean sweep
Cleaners stole exercise equipment
from a Prospect Street gym
between April 1 and April 2.
The victim told police that the
two men snuck in through the basement
of the fi tness center at Adams
Street and took barrels, weights,
shirts, towels, and sweatshirts.
Suck it!
Nighttime raiders stole several
vacuum cleaners from an Albee
Square W. store on April 2.
The victim told police that the
three fi lchers grabbed four vacuum
cleaners from the business between
the Fulton Mall and Willoughby
Street just after 9:30 pm and fl ed.
Five-fi nger discount
Shoplifters nabbed a bunch of
clothes from a Fulton Mall store on
April 4.
An employee told police that the
nogoodniks took several hoodies
and jackets from the store between
Duffi eld and Bridge streets just before
3:15 pm.
Apple thief
A burglar stole almost
$32,000-worth of electronics from a
Sands Street offi ce between Dec. 11
and Jan. 6.
The victim told police that the
freebooter bagged an Apple laptop,
iPad, and digital camera from the
place of work at Pearl Street, worth
a total of $31,890.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Spousal terror
Some wretch choked his girlfriend
at their Clinton Avenue
apartment on March 31.
COURIER L 8 IFE, APRIL 9-15, 2021
Woman, 95, killed in
Flatlands ambulance crash
A 95-year-woman died Sunday after the ambulance she was traveling in was struck
by another vehicle in Flatlands. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The victim told police that her
beau grabbed her, threw her in the
hallway and punched her near Willoughby
Avenue at 11:30 pm, before
choking her and threatening to kill
her.
Busted brute
Cops arrested a man they say
beat and choked his girlfriend on N.
Portland Avenue on April 2.
The victim told police that the
couple got into a war of words near
N. Oxford Walk at 6:20 am, before
the suspect allegedly grabbed her
by the throat and hit her.
Cops arrived at the scene just before
7 am and arrested the man on
felony assault charges, according to
police reports.
Unchecked crime
A check fraudster stole more
than $4,500 from a Prince Street
man between Jan. 25-March 22.
The victim told cops that, at
Fleet Place and between 8 am on the
fi rst date and noon on the second,
he mailed a check for his business,
but when he checked his account he
noticed that some huckster had intercepted
it and duplicated it to pay
out $4,524.
Copy cat
Some swindler stole more than
$400 using a copied card at an Ashland
Place bank machine on March
30.
The victim told police that, between
Fulton Street and Dekalb Avenue
around noon, some scammer
withdrew $443 with a phony card.
— Kevin Duggan
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Rocked
A bruiser knocked a man to the
ground with a rock on W. 5th Street
causing him to break his phone on
April 4.
The victim told police the brute
threatened him with a knife between
W. Brighton and Neptune
avenues before hitting him around
7:05 pm with the rock.
Outnumbered
A group of bullies attacked a
man on Sea Breeze Avenue after
getting into a verbal altercation on
March 27.
The victim told police three to
fi ve savages snagged $1,300 in cash
and his cellphone during the brawl
between W. 1st and W. 2nd streets
without him noticing around 12:05
am and was later rushed to Coney
Island Hospital.
Tow and take
Thieves nabbed $5,000 cash from
a car at a Stillwell Avenue tow yard
on March 28.
The victim told police the money
was removed from the center console
of the car parked in the yard between
Avenue Z and Shore Parkway
and was reported around 1 pm when
the victim discovered the items
were missing.
—Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BAATH BEACH
White out!
Cops cuffed an elderly woman
for allegedly spraying bleach at
her coworker on 20th Avenue on
April 4.
The victim told cops that her
75-year-old coworker spritzed her
in the face with the harmful chemicals
inside an apartment near
Cropsey Avenue at 8 am.
The victim was transported to a
local hospital with swollen and red
eyes, and the suspect was slapped
with a felony assault charge, police
said.
—Rose Adams
BY HAZEL SHAHGHOLI
A 95-year-old woman died Sunday
after the ambulance she was
riding in was struck by another vehicle,
causing a massive pileup at a
busy Flatlands intersection.
The incident occurred at around
3 pm on April 4 and injured a total of
11 people — a fi gure that factors in
ambulance workers and passengers
of all three vehicles involved. The
woman who died was being treated
for cardiac arrest at the time of the
collision, cops said.
The three vehicles identifi ed
by police included a 2002 Nissan
Maxima operated by an 18-year-oldmale,
a Ford Ambulance operated
by a 31-year-old male and containing
six ambulance workers as well
as the critically ill woman; and a
2013 Toyota Camry, operated by a
37-year old male.
The ambulance attempted to
cross Schenectady Avenue and Avenue
N with lights and sirens engaged,
police said, at which time it
was struck at the rear passenger
side by the Nissan Maxima. Resultantly,
the ambulance rotated
clockwise and rolled onto the driver’s
side. As it was sliding to a stop,
it struck the Toyota Camry, which
was waiting at the intersection for a
green light onto Avenue N.
Upon arrival, EMS rushed the
woman a hospital, where she was
pronounced dead.
The six ambulance workers and
ambulance driver were transported
to area hospitals, all in stable condition,
while the driver of the Nissan
Maxima and his 21-year-old passenger
were transferred to Brookdale
where they were treated and released,
authorities said.
The operator of the Toyota
Camry and his 63-year-old passenger
refused medical attention, according
to NYPD.