6 NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 16, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
POLICE BEAT
COPS SEEK MAN THEY SAY
MASTURBATED ON N TRAIN WHILE
STARING AT 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Cops are looking to identify a man they say masturbated while
aboard a northbound N train in the middle of the day on Friday,
October 27 – all while staring at a 16-year-old girl.
Authorities describe the suspect as a white man, who is approximately
six feet tall, anywhere from 30 to 38 years old and weighing
close to 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black waist-length
jacket and blue jeans, and exiting the train at the 36th Street station
in Sunset Park.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked
to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)
or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit
their tips by logging onto the Crime Stopper swebsite at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then entering TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
—Meaghan McGoldrick
A surveillance image of the suspect.
Compiled by Jaime DeJesus
72ND PRECINCT 62ND PRECINCT
The 72nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, Windsor
Terrace and South Park Slope.
TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING CO-WORKER: Two men were arrested
for beating their 56-year-old male co-worker near McDonald Avenue
and Greenwood Avenue on Tuesday, October 31. Reports say that at around 3:25
a.m., the two co-workers, 44 and 46 years old, approached the victim and told
him to sign certain papers. When he refused, the pair allegedly punched and
kicked him, then hit him with a branch several times once he was on the ground.
CROOK ROBS WOMAN WAITING INSIDE CAR: A 29-year-old woman was
robbed while sitting inside a parked vehicle near Sixth Avenue and 44th Street
on Thursday, November 2. According to reports, at around 6 p.m., the crook
opened the rear passenger door, told the victim not to move, then took her
purse containing $1,205 worth of belongings, including $460 and a $500 gold
bracelet, and ran into the park. No arrests have been made.
ROAD RAGE: A 72-year-old man was attacked in his car by two men at the
northeast corner of 15th Street and the Gowanus Expressway on Saturday,
November 4. Reports say that the perps pulled up next to the victim because
he wouldn’t let them pass. The victim states he pulled down the driver side
window when one of the perps, from his car, reached over and hit him in the
face with a cellphone. The perps fled the scene while the victim was treated for
injuries at NYU Langone-Brooklyn.
SHOPAHOLIC: A car parked outside a chain warehouse store near 37th Street
between Second and Third Avenues was broken into on Monday, November 6.
According to reports, at around 6 p.m., the victim parked his vehicle. Around
an hour and a half later, he returned to discover that his wallet, containing
credit cards, had been taken. According to police, over $800 worth of charges
were posted to the stolen credit cards.
UNHAPPY HALLOWEEN: An unknown burglar broke in an apartment at
Third Avenue and 52nd Street on Tuesday, October 31 at around 11:10 a.m.and
stole over $7,000 worth of property. According to the police, the crook broke
in through the front door, and left with $5,000 and a laptop.No arrests have
been made.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend.
BAT ATTACK: A 23-year-old man was attacked by three men in their mid-20s
who hit him with a baseball bat on Sunday, November 5 near Bay 38th Street
and Shore Parkway. Reports claim that at around 9:44 p.m., the man and his
friend were walking when one of the perps struck the victim from behind with
the weapon. The other two perps then punched him in the face and body. One
of the crooks then grabbed the victim's wallet containing $200 and debit cards
before fleeing the scene. No arrests have been made.
FIVE PERPS NABBED BY COPS FOR GUNPOINT ROBBERY: Five men were
busted for holding a 17-year-old male teen and another male victim at gunpoint
on Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue on Tuesday, October 31. According to
reports, at around 9:51 p.m., the victim was approached by the five alleged perps,
and one of them asked if they could buy marijuana. One of the men allegedly
took out the gun. When the victim tried to walk away, one of the men hit him in
the back with an unknown weapon. The second victim tried to flee the scene but
was caught and assaulted by the men. The alleged perps stole the victim’s phone
and cash and fled the scene. Cops caught the five at 19th Avenue and 19th Lane.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR STABBING BOYFRIEND: A 28-year-old woman
was arrested for stabbing her boyfriend with a knife inside an apartment on
Bay 22nd Street and Cropsey Avenue on Wednesday, November 1. A witness
claims that at around 6 p.m., the woman stabbed the victim in the side of the
abdomen before fleeing the scene.
PURSE SNATCHER: A 32-year-old woman had her purse snatched while shopping
at a department store at Bay 19th Street and 86th Street on Wednesday, November
1. Reports claim that at around 7 p.m., the woman left her bag unattended,
and an unknown crook took it and left the store. No arrests have been made.
MAN BUSTED FOR STICK ATTACK: A 67-year-old man was busted by police
for assaulting a man inside an apartment on 73rd Street between 19th and 20th
Avenues on Friday, November 3. According to reports, at around 8 a.m., the
alleged attacker — who lives in the same complex — approached the man and
hit in him the head with a wooden stick. He fled in an unknown direction before
cops apprehended him.