84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bike bandits
Two scoffl aws stole a delivery
man’s bike on Warren Street on
June 20.
The victim told police that one
of the bandit’s held him back while
the other purloiner hopped on his
two-wheeler when he was making a
delivery between Nevins and Bond
streets just after 7:30 pm.
Friends like these...
A “friend” stole a woman’s phone
at an Adams Street hotel room on
the night of June 18.
The victim told police that the
male shyster took her phone and
headphones while they were staying
in a room at the Downtown lodge between
Johnson and Fulton streets.
Bike baddie
Some looter stole a man’s bike
from inside his Willoughby Street
apartment building on the night of
June 20.
The victim told police that he left
the bike inside a storage room of the
building between Bridge and Duffield
streets, and when he returned
the next day, the $1,200 two-wheeler
was gone.
Back pocket pick
A pair of pickpockets nabbed a
woman’s phone on Jay Street on
June 21.
The victim told police that the
knaves snatched her cell from her
pocket near Willoughby Street.
Kia later!
A charlatan stole a rental car
from a Boerum Place garage on
March 30.
An employee told police that the
crook rented the 2019 Kia Optima
with a fraudulent credit card from
the shop between Atlantic Avenue
and Pacifi c Street, and never returned
it.
Man loots a van
A thief grabbed several packages
from a delivery van on Bridge Street
on June 17.
An employee told police that the
pirate confi scated fi ve packages
from the van between Nassau and
Concord streets at 11:15 am.
Home raider
A home invader looted a woman’s
State Street home some time
between May 29 and June 19.
The victim told police that the
baddie broke into her apartment
between Third Avenue and Nevins
Street and stole a bike, camera,
bracelet, and television worth
$3,900.
COURIER L 8 IFE, JUNE 26-JULY 2, 2020
Two cops injured in crash while
racing to Bushwick shooting
Cops from the 83rd Precinct were injured in the crash near Cornelia Street and
Bushwick Avenue. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Sticked-up
A bat-wielding brute smacked a
guy with a stick at Hudson Walk on
June 16.
The victim told police that the
malefactor swiped him near Myrtle
Avenue at 5:30 am, causing scraps
and cuts on his back.
Thigh shot
A gunman shot a man on Carlton
Avenue on June 20.
The victim told police that the
shooter hit him in the thigh between
Myrtle and Park avenues at
10:30 pm.
Paramedics brought the victim
to Methodist for treatment of his
wounds, according to police.
Lobby looter
Police arrested a man for allegedly
looting a building lobby on
Clinton Avenue on June 15.
A witness told police that the
man allegedly took several packages
from the entrance between
Dekalb and Lafayette avenues, before
leaving with a book, cosmetics,
and a mask,
Cops cuffed him on felony burglary
charges, according to police.
Cash grab
Raiders stole a restaurant’s cash
register on Fulton Street on the
night of June 17.
A witness told police that the marauders
busted the front glass door
of the eatery at Vanderbilt Avenue
overnight and took the register,
with about $400.
— Kevin Duggan
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Gold goons
A team of gun-wielding baddies
jumped a man for his gold jewelry at
a W. 24th Street apartment on June
17.
The victim told police that the
prowlers hit him with the butt of a
gun at the house between Mermaid
and Surf avenues at around 1 am,
causing him to lose consciousness,
before taking the jewelry and running
off.
Bodega bust
Three louts attempted unsuccessfully
to rob a Mermaid Avenue
bodega on June 15.
An employee told police that the
trio of bandits attacked them at the
store on the intersection of W. 29th
Street at around 9 am before fl eeing
empty handed.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Repeat offenders
A trio of knife-wielding thieves
robbed an Avenue X store of more
than $4,000 worth of cellphones on
June 15.
The victim told police that the
bandits, who had robbed the store
three times before, brandished a
knife in the business on the intersection
of W. First Street at around
2 pm, before grabbing the tech and
running off.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Stick prick
A bruiser attacked his acquaintance
with a stick on Quentin Road
on June 15.
The victim told police that the
ruffi an charged at him with the
wooden stick between W. Second
and W. Third streets at 6:30 pm, and
struck him multiple times in the left
forearm.
The victim ran into a building
to escape the attacker, who fl ed in a
black Mustang. Paramedics tookthe
victim to Coney Island hospital for
treated for his wounds.
A rail pain
A bandit nabbed handrails and
guardrails from a New Utrecht Avenue
construction site on June 15.
An employee told police that the
thief cut open the fence of the construction
yard on the corner of 63rd
Street at 3 am, before snagging the
rails and running off.
— Rose Adams
BY TODD MAISEL
Two police offi cers were injured
Thursday night as they were
racing to the scene of a shooting in
Bushwick, according to police.
On their way to Cornelia
Street, offi cers from the 83rd Precinct
struck a pole near Grove
Street and Bushwick Avenue just
after 11 pm, offi cials said.
Both were taken to a local hospital
for treatment of non-lifethreatening
injuries, according
to authorities.
Other cops responded to the
shooting, where they found an
unidentifi ed man shot in the arm.
He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital
where he was last reported in
stable condition.
There was no description of
the assailant and the victim was
said to be “uncooperative.” Police
sealed off Bushwick Avenue to secure
spent shells scattered on the
ground.