84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Pod pilferer
A lawbreaker nabbed an AirPod
case from a Fulton Mall chain store
on May 6.
Store workers told police that, at
10:50 am near Elm Place, the bandit
nabbed the wireless headphones
container and when an employee
tried to stop him, he pulled out a
blade and fl ed toward Jay Street.
Mean muggin’
A menacing good-for-nothing
held up a man on Pacifi c Street on
May 7.
The victim told cops that, at
Fourth Avenue around 5:30 pm, the
rogue told him to hand over cash
saying, “I stabbed someone yesterday
and I’ll stab you.”
The victim gave him his phone
and his passcode, but refused to give
him any money and the mugger fl ed
toward Third Avenue, according to
police reports.
Underground baddie
Some goon beat up a guy and
robbed him on the Q train near
Dekalb Avenue on May 8.
The victim told cops that, on the
Coney Island-bound train around
2:50 pm, the cretin grabbed him and
punched him in the head repeatedly,
before taking $200 from his wallet,
kicking his leg and telling him to
get off the subway at the Downtown
Brooklyn stop.
The victim escaped out of the station
and alerted cops to his attacks,
according to the authorities.
Betrayal on the side!
A dinner between friends turned
sour when one of them stole her
pal’s phone at an Albee Square W.
diner on May 9.
The victim told police that, between
the Fulton Mall and
Willoughby Street at 9:30 pm,
she was having dinner when her acquaintance
snatched her cellphone.
Boot loot
Some purloiner looted a guy’s car
on Smith Street on May 2.
The victim told police that, between
3:30 am-2 pm and between
Wyckoff and Warren streets, the
bandit busted the vehicle’s rear passenger
side window and bagged a
laptop and a pair of shoes.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Caught red-handed
Cops collared a guy they say
stole wine from a 910 Fulton Street
grocery store on May 8.
COURIER L 8 IFE, MAY 14-20, 2021
Bed-stuy deli worker shot
in the leg during dispute
Police from the 81st Precinct probe a shooting at A&M Deli in Bedford-Stuyvesant
on the morning of May 6. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
An employee told police that, at
Washington Avenue around 11 pm,
the suspect allegedly took the booze
and threatened the worker when he
tried to stop him.
Offi cers saw the suspect leaving
the store and arrested him on felony
robbery charges, according to
police reports.
Cut it out!
A reprobate slashed a woman
outside a Flatbush Avenue Ext.
chain store on May 8.
The victim told cops that, at Fulton
Street at 1:30 pm, she got into a
war of words with her attacker, who
then pulled out a pocket knife and
slashed her left arm, before fl eeing
on Flatbush Avenue Ext. toward Atlantic
Avenue.
The victim went to Methodist Hospital
for treatment of her cut wounds,
according to the authorities.
Backseat bandit
Some looter raided a man’s company
car parked on Adelphi Street
on May 7.
The victim told police that, at Willoughby
Avenue and between 10:15-
10:45 am, the sneak thief stole a tablet,
navigation system, and two bags.
Bad boy!
A dognapper snatched a woman’s
designer pooch on Carlton Avenue
on May 5.
The victim told police that, between
Willoughby and Myrtle avenues
at 12:35 pm, the nogoodnik
grabbed her Maltipoo pup from her
arm and fl ed.
Rogue rental
A criminal stole a woman’s Citi
Bike on Fulton Street on May 7.
The victim told cops that when
she got off her blue rental bike between
S. Oxford Street and S. Portland
Avenue at 6:20 pm, the quickthinking
knave shoved her, hopped
on the two-wheeler, and pedaled off.
Scoot!
Some ne’er-do-well nabbed a
man’s electric scooter on Park Avenue
between May 7-9.
The victim told cops he left the
two-wheeler near Clermont Avenue
at 8 am, and when he came back two
days later at 9:30 am it was gone.
— Kevin Duggan
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
More loko
A shoplifter nabbed two cans of
Four Lokos from a Brighton Beach
Avenue convenience store on May 8.
The bandit snagged the two
drinks and some consumables from
the store between Coney Island Avenue
and Brighton Seventh Street
at around 11:24 am and fl ed the shop
without paying.
Pill poppin
A fi end nabbed four Xanax pills
and money from a person on Mermaid
Avenue on May 8.
The victim told police that the pirate
sprayed him with pepper spray
on the road between W. 15th and W.
16th streets at around 4 pm while
running off with the ill-gotten pills.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Car cad
Carjackers stole a pick-up truck
parked on Bay 31st street on May
5.
The victim told police that he
left his car unattended between
86th Street and Benson Avenue at
around 2 pm, but returned to fi nd
it gone.
Blown away
A robber stole two snow blowers
from a car parked on Bay 28th
Street on May 6.
The victim told police that the
thieves broke the passenger side
door of the car between 86th Street
and Benson Ave around 7 pm to
snag the equipment.
—Jessica Parks
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
A Brooklyn bodega worker was
shot in the leg Thursday morning,
cops said, after an argument broke
out in the busy corner store.
The shooting broke out just
after 10:15 am on May 6 inside
A&M Deli, near the intersection
of Greene Avenue and Malcolm X
Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant,
where chocolate bars and muffi ns
were sprawled out on the pavement
as authorities investigated.
“Early this morning, they
got into a dispute,” said witness
Tammy Paterson of the employee
and the trigger man, who she said
threatened to come back and kill
the worker.
“I’ll come back and kill you.
Keep playing with me,” the perp
allegedly said.
Shootings are up nearly 67 percent
year-to-date in the 81st Precinct,
where Thursday’s incident
occurred, when compared to 2020,
according to NYPD data.
“This type of thing makes me
feel unsafe,” said patron Peggy
Williams, 53. “I go to this deli every
morning for coffee. What happens
if he comes back and shoots
the other deli workers and everyone
in the damn store?”
Additional reporting by Lloyd
Mitchell