60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Boxcutter
A knife-wielding dirtbag attacked
a man on Bay View Avenue
on Oct. 6.
The victim told police that the
lout slashed him with the boxcutter
on the head near Neptune Avenue
around 8:30 pm.
Hit and run
A goon attacked a man in his
West 25 Street home on Oct. 4.
The victim told police that he
opened the front door of his home on
Surf Avenue around 10:10 pm when
the perp hit him with an unknown
object and fl ed the scene.
Brick brothers
A villain hit his brother with a
brick on Cypress Avenue on Oct. 1.
The victim told police that he was
arguing with his brother when the
bruiser tossed a brick at him near
Seagate Avenue around 10:00 am.
Car looter
A fi lcher looted a parked car on
Shore Parkway on Oct. 5.
The victim told police that she
parked her car near Bay 44 Street
around 2:20 pm, when the raider
shattered the glass window and
stole her purse by the time she returned
an hour later.
Bank fraud
A purloiner attempted to cash a
$2,771 fraudulent check at a bank on
Brighton Beach Avenue on Oct. 2.
An employee confronted the con
artist for using a fake identifi cation
while at the bank near Coney Island
Avenue around 3:50 pm, before the
swindler fl ed the scene.
— Joe Hiti
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Delivery hijacker
A pirate hijacked a delivery person’s
car on Avenue T on Sept. 30.
The victim told police they were
making a delivery near Nostrand
Avenue at around 11 pm, when the
reprobate punched them in the head
and threw them to the ground, before
driving off in the stolen car.
Police later located the vehicle
within the confi nes of the 68th Precinct,
according to police reports.
Gang of goons
Cops cuffed a suspect for an alleged
robbery on Avenue W on Sept.
30.
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The victim told police that four
people approached near Bedford
Avenue around 10 pm and claimed
to have a gun, before allegedly hitting
the victim and grabbing their
cell phone.
Police later arrested one of the
suspects, who had possession of
the stolen phone, on felony robbery
charges, according to police reports.
Maced in the face!
A bandit ambushed a driver and
stole their car on W. 11th Street on
Sept. 30.
The victim told police they
parked near Lake Place when the
scumbag ran up and pepper-sprayed
them and stole $400 from the victim,
before speeding off in the ill-gotten
car.
Double doofus
Police arrested a suspect for allegedly
attempting to rob an Avenue
X bank twice on Oct. 1.
An employee told police that the
suspect allegedly walked into the
bank near W. Second Street around
5:40 pm and demanded money, but
then feld without any cash.
The perp allegedly gave it another
go, coming into the building
shouting, “This is a robbery, keep
your head down,” before again leaving
without any bounty, according
to police.
Cops later arrested the man on
felony robbery charges, according
to police.
Home invader
A fi lcher looted an Avenue Z
home on Oct. 6.
The victim told police they returned
to their dwelling near E. 26th
Street at around 4 pm and found that
someone had stolen their jewelry.
— Kevin Duggan
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Teenage thiefs
Police cuffed two teenagers for
allegedly robbing another teen with
a knife on 86th Street on Oct. 3.
The victim told police that three
teens approached between 18th and
19th avenues 3:19 pm, and allegedly
threatened him with multiple
knives, before grabbing the victim’s
cell phone and cash.
Police arrested two of the teenage
suspects, while another remains
at large.
Food fi ght
Cops cuffed a man for allegedly
throwing a glass bottle at a woman
in a Bay Parkway restaurant on
Oct. 1.
The defendant said he threw the
bottle and struck the victim in the
arm after a heated argument in the
eatery by 67th street at around 10:30
pm.
Check it out
A scammer paid for a sofa using
a fake check on 82nd Street on Oct.
2.
The victim received a $2,600
check in the mail at her home between
14th and 15th avenues at
around 4 pm for her sofa, but she
later discovered the check was a
fraud.
Bottled up rage
A punk chucked a beer bottle at
his cousin on 18th Avenue on Oct. 4.
The victim told police that his
criminal cousin hit him in the face
with the glass bottle after an argument
inside the apartment between
Bay Ridge Parkway and 76th Street
at around 4 am, causing a laceration
to the victim’s forehead.
Kids these days
A woman suspects that her
granddaughter stole $4,500 from
her apartment on Bay 7th Street on
Oct. 5.
The 79-year-old victim told cops
that she saw her 19-year-old granddaughter
run out of the house between
Benson Avenue and 86th
Street at 1:20 pm, and later discovered
a small box with the cash was
missing from her kitchen.
— Rose Adams
78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Sideswipe
A jerk in a Uhaul truck sideswiped
a women’s car on Union
Street on Oct. 1.
The victim told police that she
was parked near Seventh Avenue
around 2:35 pm, when the lout hit
car and drove off without stopping.
Target theft
Police arrested a man for allegedly
attempting to steal from a Flatbush
Avenue department store on
Oct. 1.
Surveillance video allegedly
caught the suspect attempting to
make off with $1,346 worth of merchandise
from the store near Atlantic
Avenue around 4:20 pm, cops
said.
The police arrested the man the
same day and slapped him with felony
grand larceny charges, according
to police reports.
Bike theft
A bandit stole a bike near Atlantic
Avenue on Oct. 1.
The victim told police that she
left her bike near Fort Greene Place,
but the thief had rode off by the time
she returned at around 7:25 pm.
Baby book
A fi end stole an undelivered
package from a Park Place building
on Sept. 30.
The victim told police that the
package was left outside to their
apartment near Vanderbilt Avenue
when the thief stole the box and ran
off.
— Joe Hiti
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Intoxicating robbery
Three bruisers robbed an intoxicated
man on 48th Street on Oct. 5.
The victim told police that he
was walking between Third and
Fourth avenues at around 4 am
when the savages approached and
punched him multiple times in the
head, before grabbing $240 cash and
a cellphone.
Backpack burglar
A thief stole a backpack from
a 24th Street homeless shelter on
Sept. 15.
The victim told police he left the
bag in the shelter between Third
and Fourth avenues at 2 pm, but
a bandit stole it by the time he returned
at 6 pm.
Restaurant raider
A burglar stole cash from a vacant
Seventh Avenue restaurant on
Oct. 5.
The owner told police that the
raider smashed the glass door of the
restaurant between 16th Street and
Windsor Place at around 11 pm, and
made off with $400 from the cash
register.
Brutal beating
Two bruisers robbed a man on
Fifth Avenue on Oct. 6.
The victim told police he was
walking near 50th Street a 5 am,
when the brutes approached and
pushed him to the ground and
punched him repeatedly, before
stealing his wallet and cellphone.
— Aidan Graham