8 FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP 68TH PRECINCT The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. POT PURCHASE GONE BAD: A 23-year-old man who attempted to buy marijuana from an acquaintance was attacked and robbed of around $2,000 by his acquaintance and another perp on Sunday, February 19 at around 1:50 p.m. Cops say that, while the victim was attempting to buy the weed from the 21-year-old man inside an apartment on 70th Street between Narrows Avenue and Colonial Road, a second perp, 20, entered the apartment, pointed a gun at him and asked to give him everything. According to the victim, the seller left the apartment while the second perp emptied a laundry basket and told him to load it with money. The victim put around $2,000 inside the basket as well as three pairs of sneakers and perfume. The crooks then fled the scene. Photos courtesy of DCPI The vehicle being sought and a surveillance image of a suspect. 72ND PRECINCT 62ND PRECINCT The 72nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, Windsor Terrace and South Park Slope. MAN HIT WITH GUN ON WAY HOME: A 39-year-old man was held at gunpoint when leaving Sunset Park on Monday, February 20 at around 10:30 p.m. According to reports, the man, who was intoxicated, was walking along the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 45th Street when a 28-year-old man in a black hat and jacket and riding on a bike approached him from behind and struck him several times with the gun. Once the victim was on the ground, the crook took around $380 from his pants pocket and fled eastbound on 45th Street towards Eighth Avenue. The man sustained lacerations to the left side of his head and the right side of his upper lip and was transported to NYU Lutheran Medical Center. MIC DROP: A 34-year-old woman was hit over the head with a microphone by a man at a night club on Tuesday, February 14 at around 11:25 p.m. According to police, the woman was having a verbal dispute with the man at the Seventh Avenue and 61st Street club when he took the mic and conked her in the head around five times, cutting her. The perp fled while the victim was taken to NYU Lutheran Medical Center. The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. BOYFRIEND STABS GIRLFRIEND IN HER SLEEP: Cops busted a 34-year-old man for stabbing his 51-yearold girlfriend on Thursday, February 9 at around 1 a.m. According to police reports, the man stabbed the victim several times with two knives while she was sleeping at an apartment on 19th Avenue and 84th Street. The woman claims that he was drunk and yelled about relationship issues. The woman was hospitalized and the man was arrested. FOR GOODNESS PLATES: A 60-yearold wife was busted by cops for attacking her husband with dishes in their apartment near 71st Street and 17th Avenue on Monday, February 13 at around 4 a.m. According to reports, the man told cops that she was acting crazy and broke a dish over his head, punching him several times. When cops arrived, she was not on the scene but she was later arrested on assault charges. POLICE BEAT Compiled by Jaime DeJesus ATTEMPTED BATH BEACH CARJACKING HAS COPS LINKING INCIDENT TO TWO PRIOR CRIMES BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK [email protected] The duo police are looking for in connection with a mid-January robbery and carjacking at Senator Street and Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, as well as an earlier incident on the border of Victorian Flatbush, might have just struck again with help from a third perp. According to police, at around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, February 6, one of the men approached a 31-year-old man as he walked to a van parked in front of 1844 Bath Avenue, placed him in a rear choke-hold and threw him to the ground. The perp then took the victim's cell phone, wallet and a bag that contained close to $20,000 in cash and checks. A second perp then approached a 22-year-old man who'd been sitting in the driver's seat of the parked van and attempted to pull him out of the vehicle, at which time a third individual pulled up in front of the parked van in a black four door sedan, blocking it from moving. The two other perps eventually joined the driver inside the sedan and all three fled eastbound on Bath Avenue. The first perp is described as a black man, in his 30s, who is bald and has facial hair. The second is said to be a black man with a black skull cap and a dark colored jacket. No description was given for the driver. The trio's getaway car was described as a black four door Nissan Maxima with paint fading from its hood and the top of the vehicle. This incident has been labeled the third of its kind by cops, who have linked the two other robberies, one in Bay Ridge and another on the border of Victorian Flatbush. The Bay Ridge incident occurred on Monday, January 16, when a 62-year-old local businessman was victimized after a pair of vans blocked his 2013 Chevy in at about 9:15 a.m. According to the police, first a person in a light colored minivan drove in front of the victim’s car to stop him from passing. Then, a second white van pulled up behind the victim’s car. At that point, cops say, the victim was forcibly removed from his car by a person who came up to his vehicle on foot, and who threw him to the ground before taking off in the victim’s car, accompanied by the two vehicles that had blocked the victim’s way. While the victim’s car was recovered 12 blocks away, $9,000 in checks and more than $12,000 in cash were missing. Cops said at the time that the incident did not appear to be a random act as the victim had also been robbed about two months earlier. In the incident that took place at Coney Island Avenue and Slocum Place, in the 70th Precinct, on Monday, November 28 at about 6:05 a.m., the 62-year-old victim was held up by two men as he was about to get into his car. Cops say that one of the assailants held a gun to the victim’s head and demanded his money, while the other took keys, a cell phone, $5,000 in cash and $40,000 in checks from the victim’s van. The duo then got into an SUV being driven by a third person and took off. In those incidents, one of the assailants was described as a black man between 25 and 35 years of age, and the second, a Hispanic man, approximately 5’6” tall, in his 20s. A light colored Honda Odyssey and a white Ford Passenger van were being sought for those incidents. Anyone with information 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 Crimestoppers website at Crimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. Additional reporting contributed by Helen Klein
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