72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Scratch off
A brute assaulted a woman on
Fifth Avenue on Aug. 16.
The victim told police that she began
arguing with the goon near the
intersection of 54th Street, when the
bruiser grabbed her by the hair and
scratched her neck with her nails at
around 13:30 p.m.
The ruffi an also smacked the victim’s
phone out of her hand, causing
the screen to crack, before fl eeing
the scene, cops said.
Cold cocked
Police arrested a man for allegedly
brutally robbing another man
on Fifth Avenue on Aug. 13.
The victim told police the suspect
waltzed up and punched him in
the face near 60th Street at around
4:30 p.m., and the robber grabbed
his backpack after the victim hit
the fl oor.
Police caught up with the man
later that evening and arrested him
on felony robbery charges, according
to police.
Tool time
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
burglarizing a vacant 39th Street
hardware store on Aug. 12.
A manager told police that the
suspect broke a chain-link fence in
the front of the store near First Avenue
between midnight and 8 a.m.,
before stealing $1,695 worth of construction
tools.
Cops caught up with the suspect
the following day and arrested him
on felony burglary charges, according
to police.
Have a beer!
Cops arrested a suspect for allegedly
threatening a man with a beer
bottle at an apartment on Fourth
Avenue Aug. 13.
The victim told police that he began
arguing with the suspect in his
apartment between 54th and 55th
streets, when the suspect allegedly
picked up a glass bottle and threatened
to kill the victim — who fl ed
his own apartment out of fear for
his safety.
Police arrested the man later
than evening on misdemeanor menacing
charges, cops said.
Open for crime
A lawbreaker looted a vacant
Fourth Avenue convenience store
on Aug. 12.
Surveillance video shows the
scoundrel entered the store near
63rd Street at around 1:45 a.m., before
grabbing $34 worth of stuff and
making off, cops said.
— Aidan Graham
COURIER L 8 IFE, AUG. 23-29, 2019
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Thieves to boot!
Thieves stole a teen’s sneakers
on St. Felix Street on Aug. 13.
The victim, 18, told police he was
lounging on a bench at Betty Carter
Park near Fulton Street when the
brutes attacked him around 2:25
p.m., punching him several times in
an attempt to nab his cellphone.
But the teen grabbed his attacker
to stop him and the goons threw
him to the ground and snatched his
shoes, before hightailing it in different
directions, according to police.
Fake cop attack
A bunch of jerks pretended to be
cops and attacked a guy on Myrtle
Avenue on Aug. 14.
The victim told police his attackers
were following him on his way
home between Steuben Street and
Emerson Place and told him they
were cops at 9:30 p.m., when they
knocked him to the ground and
grabbed his wallet, before fl eeing.
Phone sale ambush
Police arrested a teen they suspect
of robbing a man at gunpoint
on Auburn Place on Aug. 15.
The victim told police that he met
up with the suspect to buy a cellphone
from him between N. Portland
Avenue and St. Edwards Street
at 3:40 p.m., but the seller pulled out
a gun following a disagreement, demanding
the phone back, and the
would-be buyer duly complied.
Police arrested the gunman just
after 6:30 p.m. on Myrtle Avenue
near St. Edwards Street, police
said.
Sneak attack
A villain robbed a woman on S.
Portland Avenue on Aug. 15.
The victim told police she was
walking towards Atlantic Avenue
when the menace snuck up from behind
at 9 p.m., when he whacked her
in the side of her face and stole her
cellphone, before bolting, according
to police.
Family feud
A woman attacked her husband
and child with an umbrella at Park
Avenue Street on Aug. 14.
The victim told police that he met
with his wife near N. Portland Avenue
to take their baby at 10:15 a.m.,
when she took out the umbrella and
hit him — and the infant.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Court-side attack
Police arrested a man for allegedly
attacking a teen on Adams
Street on Aug. 12.
The 18-year-old victim told police
he was heading to a scheduled court
hearing at Kings County Supreme
Court near Johnson Street, 10:50
a.m., when the suspect and six others
ganged up on him.
One of the attackers punched
him and took his cellphone, while
another slashed him with a blade,
according to the authorities.
A week later, police arrested the
19-year-old suspect and slapped him
with felony robbery charges, cops
said.
Heights holdup
A gunman robbed a man on Montague
Street on Aug. 17.
The victim told police the pistolpacking
perp pulled a gun on him
between Hicks Street and Pierrepont
Place at 1:20 a.m., when he told him to
hand over his watch and wallet, before
bolting towards Henry Street.
Pier prowler
A rake looted a man’s bag at
Brooklyn Bridge Park on Aug. 12.
The victim told police he left his
bag near Pier 5 and saw the nogoodnik
go through it at 10:40 p.m.
When he ran up to check on it, he
found his wallet, bank cards, and
identifi cation missing, according to
police.
Cellphone ransom
A thief mugged a woman at the
Jay Street MetroTech subway station
on Aug. 13.
The victim told police she was at
the station when she realized someone
had taken her phone, two MetroCards,
credit card, cash, and a
photo of her baby at 2 p.m.
She called her phone and the person
answering told her he’d give
her back her phone for $30 and the
two arranged to meet on Adams
Street, between Fulton and Johnson
streets, and the guy gave her
her phone, but not her MetroCards
or the missing $300 in cash, according
to the authorities.
The hoaxer also told her he found
the phone without the other stolen
items, police said.
— Kevin Duggan
78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Sleaze on Second
A slimeball assaulted a woman
on Second Avenue on Aug. 12.
The victim told police that she
was near 11th Street at 11 a.m., when
the sleaze began repeatedly pushing
the victim and screaming at her.
Biting brute
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
biting another man on Flatbush Avenue
on Aug. 12.
The victim told police that he
confronted the victim, who was
sleeping on a bench outside the victim’s
store near Atlantic Avenue,
when the suspect bit him on the
hand and slapped him in the face at
around 8 a.m.
Police arrested the man later
that day on a misdemeanor assault
charge, according to police.
Cuffed harasser
Police arrested a man for allegedly
harassing a woman on Douglas
Street on Aug. 12.
The victim told police that the
suspect had been harassing her
in person and through email for
months, when he allegedly showed
up to her workplace between Nevins
Street and Third Avenue at around 1
p.m., causing her to call the police.
Cops showed up on scene and
arrested the man on misdemeanor
charges of aggravated harassment,
according to police.
Vehicle villain
A thief looted a car that was
parked on Fourth Avenue between
Aug. 12 and Aug. 13.
The victim told police that she
had left the car between 5:30 p.m.
and 6 a.m. the following day, when
the pirate broke the rear window
and stole various items.
Motorcycle thief
Some crook stole a motorcycle
from Prospect Park West between
July 23 and Aug. 1.
The victim told police that he
parked the motorbike between
Eighth and Ninth streets, but found
it missing when he returned to the
parking spot at around 8 p.m. on
Aug. 1.
Bicycle bandit
A rogue stole a bicycle from Caton
Avenue on Aug. 10.
The victim told police that he
left the bike momentarily between
Stratford Road and E. 10th Street
at around 2 p.m., when the weasel
hopped on and rode off.
— Aidan Graham