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84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Raised a cane
Cops arrested a man for assaulting
a guy on Atlantic Avenue on
June 1, according to a police report.
Police say the suspect beat a
man over the head with a cane at
7:25 pm near Third Avenue while
engaged in an argument with him.
Cops cuffed the man and
charged him with assault.
Swiped
Some sneak robbed a straphanger
at the Hoyt-Schmerhorn
subway station on June 1, cops say.
The victim told cops the lout
panhandled her for money on the
southbound platform of the station
at around 9:20 pm. When she took
out her wallet to give him money,
he swiped it and ran off.
Pills, popped!
A pair of sneak thieves ripped
off a Jay Street pharmacy on May
31, police say.
Cops say the pair broke into the
druggist near Front Street around
5:00 am through a broken window
and made off with OxyContin,
Adderall, and various amphetamines.
High-end thief
A shoplifter made off with two
pricy shirts from a Court Street
boutique on May 31, police say.
The thief lifted a Versace shirt
and a Christian Dior shirt from the
shop near Dean Street at around
2:55 pm and fl ed, according to the
police report.
Partners in crime
Police arrested a man and
woman they say tried to shoplift
clothes from a Fulton Mall department
store on May 20.
The victim told police that, between
Gallatin Place and Hoyt
Street at 4 pm, the two suspect allegedly
took a belt, tote bag, earrings,
a bracelet, and a necklace
worth $2,584 without paying.
Cops caught both of them just
outside the store and arrested them
for felony grand larceny charges,
according to police reports.
—Ben Verde
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CONEY ISLAND —BRIGHTON BEACH
—SEAGATE
‘Meet’ Millz
Cops say a pair of bruisers robbed
a man of his cellphone after catfi shing
him into believing he was meeting
Meek Millz at a W. 28th Street
apartment complex on June 2.
Instead, cops say, the perps met
him at the building between Neptune
and Mermaid avenues around
2 am and pointed a gun at him.
Delivery dump
Cops say a man was attacked by
a quartet of goons when delivering
food to a W. 32nd Street apartment
building on June 3.
The victim told police he was
punched twice while inside the apartment
complex between Neptune and
Mermaid Avenues around 8:50 pm
before the thieves swiped the food.
Ascension style
A brute punched a man walking
down a stairway in an Avenue
V apartment complex on June 5, according
to police.
Cops say the unsuccessful bandit
was attempting to mug the man
before he fl ed from the building between
W. 11th Street and Stillwell
Avenue around 1:05 am. He left the
scene in an unknown direction.
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BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Blood oaf
Authorities say a brigand mugged
a man walking on 20th Avenue, and
threatened to stab him on May 30.
The victim told police he was
standing at the intersection of 65th
Street and 20th Avenue at around 1
am, when the ruffi an demanded he
fork over his belongings.
The bad guy ended up slicing the
victim in the hand before fl eeing.
Blood oaf
Authorities say a brigand mugged
a man walking on 20th Avenue, and
threatened to stab him on May 30.
The victim told police he was
standing at the intersection of 65th
Street and 20th Avenue at around 1
am, when the ruffi an demanded he
fork over his belongings.
The bad guy ended up slicing the
victim in the hand before fl eeing.
No keys, no problem
A carjacker nabbed a white Jeep
parked on 85th Street on May 30.
The victim told police he had the
keys to the car parked between 14th
and 15th avenues in his possession
when it was stolen around 1 am and
has sole access to the vehicle.
Copped it
Police say purloiners stole over
$1,000 worth of copper pipes from
the 20th Avenue garage on June 3.
According to cops, the crook
broke into the garage between 77th
and 78th streets around 6:10 am
through an unlocked opening on
the side of the house before making
off with the goods.
—Jessica Parks
Retired cop fatally shot
after playing peacemaker
at Kensington pizzeria
Cops investigate the scene of the Kensington shooting. Photo byLloyd Mitchell
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives in Brooklyn continue
to probe a deadly shooting at a pizzeria
on June 7 that claimed the life
of a retired NYPD offi cer.
Law enforcement sources said
the 57-year-old man had attempted
to play peacemaker during a dispute
that broke out inside the eatery
at the corner of Church Avenue
and East 3rd Street in Kensington
at about 7:18 pm on June 7.
Police said the beef began between
an 86-year-old man and a
33-year-old male individual for reasons
that have yet to be determined.
As the argument escalated, cops
said, the retired cop and a 53-yearold
man, a retired corrections offi -
cer, intervened in an effort to stop
it.
That led to a physical struggle
between the 33-year-old man, the retired
cop and the retired corrections
offi cer which spilled out of the pizzeria
and headed down the block on
Church Avenue, according to Deputy
Chief Joseph Gulotta, commander of
Detective Bureau Brooklyn South.
During the physical exchange,
Gulotta noted, the retired corrections
offi cer pulled out a weapon
and fi red one shot which wound up
striking both the retired cop and
the 33-year-old man.
Offi cers from the 66th Precinct
and EMS units responded to
the incident. Upon arrival, the offi
cers found the retired offi cer shot
in the chest and the 33-year-old man
struck in the right arm.
Paramedics rushed both victims
to Maimonides Medical Center,
where the retired offi cer was pronounced
dead a short time later. Police
have withheld his identity at this
time, pending family notifi cation.
The 33-year-old man, meanwhile,
remains hospitalized at Maimonides
in stable condition. No
charges have been fi led so far in the
ongoing investigation, police said.
Hours later, Brooklyn detectives
responded to another deadly shooting
in the borough. Police said a
28-year-old man died after being
shot in the neck in front of an apartment
building at 48 Lewis Ave. in
Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 4:12
am on June 8.
Offi cers from the 79th Precinct initially
responded to a ShotSpotter activation
in the area; ShotSpotter is the
NYPD’s system of sensors which are
trained to pick up possible sounds of
gunfi re across the city.
Upon arriving at the scene, the
offi cers learned that the wounded
victim had been taken by private
means to Woodhull Hospital. They
subsequently learned that he died
there shortly after his arrival.
Police have withheld the victim’s
identity, pending family notifi
cation. So far, no arrests have been
made in the ongoing investigation,
police said.