72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Stunning arrest
Police arrested a suspect for allegedly
stealing a motorcycle on
Fourth Avenue after blasting him
with a stun gun on Aug. 30.
A bystander told cops that a suspicious
looking man allegedly took
the motorbike near the intersection
of 60th Street and drove off at
around 5 p.m., before crashing into
a nearby fence.
Police tracked down the man
with the stolen bike and teased him
as he attempted to fl ee the scene. He
was arrested on felony grand larceny
auto charges, according to police
reports.
Postal perp
A fraudster stole a check from
a Fort Hamilton Parkway mailbox
sometime between Aug. 21 and Aug.
23.
The victim told police that she
put the check in the mailbox near
the intersection of E. Second Street
at around 8 p.m. on a Wednesday,
and the crook cashed his ill-gotten
check into their own account two
days later.
Tool time
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
stealing from a 19th Street hardware
store on Aug. 29.
A store employee told police that
the suspect entered the store near
Third Avenue before allegedly grabbing
$1,219 worth of goods and attempting
to fl ee at around 3 p.m.
Police arrived on the scene and
arrested the man on felony grand
larceny charges.
Chance of pain
Police booked a suspect for allegedly
assaulting a man with a windshield
wiper blade on 63rd Street on
Aug. 26.
The victim told police that he was
arguing with another man between
Fifth and Sixth avenues at around 8
p.m., when the guy hurled the wiper
at him, leaving him with a modest
gash on his arm.
Police arrived on the scene and arrested
the suspect on felony assault
charges, according to police reports.
Subway swiper
A thief ripped off a sleeping subway
rider at the 25th Street station
on Aug. 27.
The victim told police that she
boarded the Brooklyn-bound N
train at Time Square and fell asleep
at around 7:30 p.m. When she awoke
in the Brooklyn station near Fourth
Avenue, she realized her luggage
was missing.
Bad check
A swindler stole $4,999 using a
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checkbook they found on Third Avenue
on Aug 24.
The victim told police that she
lost the checkbook between 45th
and 46th streets at around 1 p.m.,
and the fraudster picked it up and
wrote multiple fraudulent checks
over the next several days.
— Aidan Graham
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Slash and grab
Bandits attacked a man and
nabbed his phone at a St. Edwards
Street park on Aug. 26.
The victim told police the thieves
attacked him with a knife and
slashed him multiple times between
Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby
Street around 1:30 p.m.
The brutes then made a run for
it toward Flatbush Avenue, while
paramedics rushed the victim to
Methodist hospital, according to police.
One and done
A wretch punched and robbed
a man in front of a N. Oxford Walk
apartment building on Aug. 27.
The victim told police the criminal
cold cocked him between N.
Portland and Carlton avenues at
5:20 p.m., before yanking out his
wireless headphones, nabbing $20,
and then hightailing it.
Back alley slasher
A razor-wielding whacko attacked
a woman on Navy Walk on
Aug. 29.
The victim told police the brute
pushed her up against a fence and
started cutting her with a razor,
slashing her in the back of the
head, arm, and on both ears near
Navy Street and Ashland Place at
5 a.m.
The attacker fl ed the scene without
taking anything, or even uttering
a single word throughout the attack,
according to the authorities.
Paramedics brought the woman
to Brooklyn Hospital with non-lifethreatening
injuries, police said.
Fort Greene stickup
Two gunmen robbed a guy at
Fort Greene Park on Aug. 30.
The victim told police one of the
scumbags showed off a pistol, while
the other nabbed $10 off of him inside
the St. Edwards Street green
space near Myrtle Avenue at 10:50
p.m., before fl eeing.
— Kevin Duggan
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Subway bandit
A thief nabbed a man’s phone
and cash aboard a 4-train out of the
Borough Hall Station on Aug. 28.
The victim told police he was sitting
on the Flatbush-bound train
when the crook boarded at the station
near Court Street and snatched
the phone out of his hand at 8 a.m.
The freebooter pretended to have
a weapon in his pocket and shouted,
“Give me everything,” so the victim
took out his wallet and gave the
thief a $50 bill, before the bandit
took off at the next station, according
to police.
Slap in the face!
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
robbing a teen on St. Marks
Place on Aug. 26.
The victim, 14, told cops the reprobate
walked up to him, slapped
him in the face, and told him to take
off his shoes near Fourth Avenue at
9:10 p.m.
The boy handed over both his
sneakers and a pair of fl ip fl ops, and
the scalawag fl ed on foot, cops said.
Police cuffed the 21-year-old bandit
later that day, slapping him with
felony robbery charges, according
to the authorities.
Underground fi ght
Some thugs beat and robbed a
man at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays
Center station on Aug. 28.
The victim told police he was
waiting for the Manhattan-bound
D-train when three or four brutes
beat him up, while one of them took
his wallet, before fl eeing the scene
at 4:30 a.m.
Cold case
Cops arrested a man they suspect
of robbing ice cream from a
Bond Street bodega on Sept. 1.
The victim told cops the suspect
grabbed a tub of Häagen-Dazs from
the store near State Street at 9:50
p.m., when he gave chase, only for
the suspect to pull what appeared to
be a gun from his waistband, leading
him to give up the pursuit.
Police caught up with the suspect
at Warren and Nevins streets about
20 minutes later, and arrested him
on felony robbery charges, according
to the authorities.
What a jerk!
A thief snatched an elderly woman’s
purse on Livingston Street on
Aug. 31.
The 80-year-old victim told police
the scoundrel grabbed her bag
at Clinton Street and escaped toward
Court Street at 10:45 p.m.
The scoundrel then used the
woman’s credit card at a Brooklyn
market, according to police.
Quick swipe
Cops arrested a man they suspect
of stealing clothes from a Fulton
Street department store on Aug.
30.
A witness told police the 61-yearold
man took several sweaters and
tops, and walked out the store between
Gallatin Place and Hoyt
Street without paying at 9:20 p.m.
Cops caught up with the suspect
and arrested him on felony Grand
Larceny charges, according to the
authorities.
— Kevin Duggan
78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Library lawbreaker
A thief stole a man’s cellphone
from inside Brooklyn Public Library’s
central branch on Grand
Army Plaza on Aug. 22.
The victim told police that he was
inside the book lender near Eastern
Parkway at around 1:30 p.m., when
the crook stole his $150 phone.
Park Slope punk
A bruiser assaulted a man on
11th Street on Aug. 27.
The victim told police that he was
walking between Second and Third
avenues at around 1 p.m. when the
ruffi an sucker punched him and
kicked him multiple times.
First responders took the victim
to Methodist Hospital for treatment,
according to police reports.
Hit-and-run
Some lowlife left the scene of a
car accident on Third Avenue on
Aug. 21.
The victim told police that the
driver smashed into the rear end of
his car near Seventh Street at 5:40
p.m., before fl eeing.
Puttering perp
A thief stole a moped from Bergen
Street on Aug. 28.
The victim told police that he left
the two-wheeled motor transport
between Carlton and Sixth avenues
at around 9 p.m., and discovered it
missing when he returned the next
morning at around 7 a.m.
— Aidan Graham