COURIER L 6 IFE, MAY 31–JUNE 6, 2019 PS
Slash and snatch
Cops seek knife-wielding man in PLG purse theft
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting the knife-wielding
wacko who slashed a 53-year-old
woman amid a bloody purse snatching
in Prospect Lefferts Gardens earlier
this month.
The victim told police she was on
Maples Street between Brooklyn and
New York Avenues at 9:50 a.m. on May
16, when the wretch attempted to rip
the purse from her shoulder.
But the woman wasn’t ready to
roll over, and she put up a struggle
that spurred the blade-toting bandit
to slash her once across the belly, and
then again under the eye, cops said.
Bloodied, the victim relinquished
her purse, and the lowlife fl ed with
the credit cards and $100 it contained,
cops said.
Paramedics, meanwhile, rushed to
the victim’s aid, transporting her to a
nearby hospital for treatment, and she’s
since been released, according to police.
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Subway sleaze sought
Creep gropes teen in Prospect Hgts
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting the trigger-happy
fi ends who lit up a Bedford-Stuyvesant
subway station on May 21, striking an
innocent bystander.
The gunmen drew pistols inside the
Franklin Avenue station near Fulton
Street at 10:20 p.m., when they opened
fi re on — and missed — another unidentifi
ed man, cops said.
Instead, they struck a 27-yearwoman
in the foot, before scurrying
away from the scene, according to
The public can phone their tips to
(800) 577-8477, log onto the Crime Stoppers
website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, tweet @NYPDTips, or text
tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter
TIP577.
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting the creep who
grabbed a 17-year-old girl’s rear end inside
a Prospect Heights subway station
in the early morning May 23.
The girl told police she was inside
the Atlantic Terminal subway station
near Flatbush Avenue at 7:15 a.m.
when the pervert started fondling her
backside. The vermin had no sooner
copped a feel than the young woman
let out a scream, and the coward scurried
off into the station, cops said.
Investigators are looking for a man
in his 20s, described as 5 feet 6 inches
tall and 160 pounds.
Anyone who provides police with information
leading to an arrest can expect
up to $2,500 through the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers program. The public
can phone their tips to (800) 577-8477, log
into the Crime Stoppers website at www.
nypdcrimestoppers.com, tweet @NYPDTips,
or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confi dential.
Collateral
damage
police.
Paramedics rushed the injured
woman to Kings County hospital in
stable condition, cops said.
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