84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Subway slasher
A blade-wielding rogue slashed a
man’s face aboard a subway at High
Street station on Nov. 21.
The victim told police that the
malefactor slit his face with a boxcutter
on the Manhattan-bound
train near Cadman Plaza E. at
around 11:50 am, before running
out of the station.
Atlantic Ambush
A group of good-for-nothings ambushed
a guy on Atlantic Avenue in
the early hours of Nov. 17.
The victim told police that one of
the goons jumped him from behind,
choked him, and demanded his
phone between Clinton and Court
streets at around 1:35 am, before the
victim got loose and tripped on a
curb, causing him to smash his face
on the pavement.
Fists a-fl yin’
Police arrested a man for allegedly
attempting to rob a man’s backpack
and punching a cop at Metro-
Tech Center on Nov. 18.
The victim told police that the
suspect allegedly slugged him several
times and tried to take his
bag between Bridge and Lawrence
streets at 8:45 pm, but when police
arrived, the suspect allegedly
punched an offi cer in the jaw.
Cops cuffed the man on felony
robbery and assault charges, according
to police reports.
Bodega beat down
Some scumbag sucker-punched
a woman and mugged her at a
Schermerhorn Street bodega on
Nov. 29.
The victim told police that the
brute socked her to the ground near
Bond Street at 10:10 pm, before grabbing
$15 and running off.
Elder abuse
A posse of pillagers pounded a
senior citizen at a Montague Street
candy store on Nov. 18.
The 66-year-old victim told police
that the band of brigands punched
him in the face several times between
Henry and Clinton streets
just after 2:10 pm.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Adderall ambush
A group of brutes assaulted a
man and stole his medication outside
a Myrtle Avenue pharmacy on
Nov. 20.
The victim told police that the
three thieves punched him in the
COURIER L 8 IFE, NOV. 27-DEC. 3, 2020
Man, 31, killed in high speed
crash on Belt Parkway
An offi cer investigates the scene of the fatal crash. Photo by Todd Maisel
face at Washington Park at 9:40 am,
before stealing his Adderall and
fl eeing toward Fort Greene Park.
Head banger
Some tough hospitalized a man
after hitting him with a blunt object
on Dekalb Avenue on Nov. 22.
The victim told police that he nogoodnik
smacked him in the right
ear by Rockwell Place just after 1
pm, causing cuts to his head.
The victim went to Brooklyn
Hospital for treatment of his injuries,
according to police reports.
Burglary bust
Police arrested a man for allegedly
trying to break into a Hanson
Place condo building on the night of
Nov. 16.
The victims told police that the
suspect allegedly forced his way
into a commercial part of the building
at Ashland Place around 11 pm.
Cops arrived at the scene and
arrested him on felony burglary
charges just before 12:30 am, according
to police reports.
Overnight loot
A raider looted a Myrtle Avenue
diner in the early hours of Nov. 18.
Surveillance footage shows the
bandit throwing a brick through
the front-door window of the eatery
between Washington and Waverly
avenues just after 4 am, before grabbing
the cash register with $840 and
fl eeing toward Hall Street, according
to police reports.
Crime ring
Burglars ransacked a Myrtle
Avenue donut chain on the night of
Nov. 21.
The store owners told police that
the invaders broke into the store at
Grand Avenue overnight, and stole
$700 in cash and a computer tablet.
— Kevin Duggan
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Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Roommate rage
A woman attacked her roommate
with a knife on Bay Ridge Avenue
on Nov. 19.
The victim told police that the enraged
roommate cut him in the neck
and fi ngers with a pocket knife after
an argument inside their apartment
between 15th and 16th avenues
at 2:40 am.
Paramedics took the victim to a
nearby hospital, where he received
stitches for his injuries, according
to police reports.
Fiery attack
A baddie smacked a man in the
head with a fi re extinguisher and
nabbed his phone on Cropsey Avenue
on Nov. 17.
The victim told police that the
attacker pulled him out of his
parked car, punched him in the
chest, and hit him with a fi re extinguisher
between Bay 40th and
Bay 41st streets at 9 pm, before
running off with the victim’s Nike
shoes and cellphone.
— Rose Adams
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Modern muggin’
A pillager robbed a man for
$2,000 on Cash App along W. 31st
Street on Nov. 18.
The victim told police that the
rapscallion choked him and held
him up between Mermaid and Surf
avenues, while forcing the helpless
victim to transfer the funds via a
smartphone app.
Sucker punch
Cops arrested a suspect for allegedly
punching a police offi cer in the
mouth on W. 21st Street on Nov. 15.
The offi cer told his fellow boys in
blue that they’d approached the suspect
for parking in a no standing
zone between Mermaid and Surf avenues,
when he allegedly hit the offi
cer in the face.
— Jessica Parks
BY TODD MAISEL
A 31-year-old man is dead after
losing control of his car on the Belt
Parkway early Sunday and crashing
into a tree.
The crash occurred at around
12:21 am on Nov. 22, when the driver
of a recent model Infi niti traveling
westbound at a high speed veered
off the parkway just past Exit 9 at
Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay
and struck a large tree — tearing
his car into pieces.
The vehicle was ripped in two,
leaving the engine block near the
tree and the rest of the car sitting
on the grass about 30 feet away.
Authorities said the car’s catalytic
converter fl ew out of the wrecked
sedan and struck a vehicle parked
about 100 feet away.
Emergency crews rushed to
the scene and extricated the severely
injured driver from what
was left of his vehicle. Paramedics
rushed him to Coney Island Hospital
where he was pronounced dead
on arrival.
Police later identifi ed the driver
as Jason Rivera, 31, of Shore Parkway
in Canarsie.
The Belt Parkway’s westbound
lanes were shut for several hours
as members of the NYPD Collision
Investigation Squad combed
through the wreckage.
This particular part of the
Belt Parkway, the sharp curve
just past the Knapp Street overpass,
has seen its fair share of past
crashes. Speeding vehicles have
been known to overturn, crash, or
collide with other vehicles due to
the high speed at which some drivers
traverse the area.
Highway Patrol offi cers have
also been known to stop drivers at
this point for speeding.