8 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP • DECEMBER 68th Precinct Between Saturday, December 2 and Thursday, December 10, the 68th Precinct received reports of three grand larcenies and one act of animal cruelty. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. SHOP OF HORRORS A 68-year-old Hispanic man’s evening of shopping turned bad when an unknown thief stole his wallet at a deli near 70th Street and Third Avenue on Tuesday,December 8 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP • DECEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 24, 2015 6 SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 20, 2014 • BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP 9 AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 20, 2014 • BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 20, 2014 • BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP police police beat beat Compiled By Meaghan McGoldrick 68th 68th Precinct Police officer charged with AUGUST 14 - AUGUST 20, 2014 • BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP police beat Compiled Police Compiled By Meaghan McGoldrick a police beat nd Heather Chin 68th Precinct The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. TEEN GIRL ATTACKED AND ROBBED A 13-year-old girl was assaulted and robbed while walking at the northeast corner of Ridge Boulevard and 67th Street on Sunday August 28, at around 7:20 p.m. Cops say her 49-year-old father witnessed an unknown man come up from behind her, grabbed her phone and push her to the ground while she resisted, trying to hold onto the phone. The girl suffered cuts to her wrists. The perp fl ed with the phone in an unknown direction. VICTIM SMACKED WITH METAL PIPE A 23-year-old man was assaulted while walking near the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 86th Street on Saturday, August 27 at around 12:30 a.m. The victim told police that two men, 29 and 30 years old, approached and struck him with a metal pipe, causing bruises to the right side of his face. Police recovered the weapon and arrested two suspects on assault charges TWO OUT OF THREE A man was attacked by three people, a 31-year-old woman, a 51-yearold man and an unknown male, while walking on the northwest corner of Third Avenue and 91st Street on Friday, August 26 sometime between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. According to police reports, the victim was punched several times in the face and body while one of the perps stole a cell phone from his pocket. The victim sustained bruises and cuts to the face and body and was transported to NYU Lutheran Medical Center for treatment. Two suspects were arrested by cops. The unknown male perp remains at large. 72nd Precinct The 72nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, Windsor Terrace and South Park Slope. SUCKER PUNCH A 20-year-old woman was punched in the face twice when walking towards 23rd Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues on Tuesday, August 23 at around 9:30 p.m. A suspect, a 21-year-old man, was later arrested on assault charges. TWO AGAINST ONE A 27-year-old man was attacked by two men in their early 30s on Wednesday, August 24 at around 6 p.m. on the northeast corner of 44th Street and Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. The victim was punched in the head and face, resulting in several cuts. Cops later arrested two suspects. SPECIAL DELIVERY A 67-year-old woman living on Ocean Parkway found herself the victim of credit card fraud after a crook broke into her mailbox on Wednesday, August 10 at around 7 p.m. and stole a credit card. Cops say the perp opened an account in the victim’s name and made several purchases. 62nd Precinct The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. SLICE AND A SWING After leaving an 18th Avenue pizzeria at around 1:20 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, a 39-year-old man was assaulted by a stranger, 42, with a baseball bat. According to police, the 42-year-old male perp approached the victim and hit him in the left arm and left leg with the bat. The 39-yearold received medical attention at the scene and the assailant was apprehended by police. AMBUSHED A 51-year-old Hispanic man was assaulted and robbed by several perps on Thursday, August 25 at around 2 a.m. According to police, the 51-year-old was walking home along New Utrecht Avenue when a group of men ambushed him and pushed him to the ground. The perps proceeded to kick the man while he was on the ground and fl ed with $130 of the man’s money and his ID. VIOLENT MORNING A 32-year-old woman told police that on Saturday, August 27, while she was walking to work at around 4:40 a.m., an unknown man of Middle Eastern descent approached her, punched her in the face and stole her purse near 20th and Benson Avenues. According to police, at the time of the attack, the man was wearing a black baseball cap with a white logo on it, a black t-shirt and blue denim shorts, and was approximately 5’7” tall. The perp hit the 32-year-old multiple times on the left side of her face and made off with her purse containing credit/ debit cards and her ID. 68th Precinct Between Saturday, December 2 and Thursday, December 10, the 68th Precinct received reports of three grand larcenies and one act of animal cruelty. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. SHOP OF HORRORS A 68-year-old Hispanic man’s evening of shopping turned bad when an unknown thief stole his wallet at a deli near 70th Street and Third Avenue on Tuesday, December 8. The shopper had taken the wallet, which contained a credit card and $20, out to make his purchases and placed it on the counter when a perp snatched it and fled the scene. BAD FOOD Cops report that the poisoning of animals appears to be continuing in Bay Ridge as a 52-year-old female claims an unknown perp placed rat poison onto a food container near the southeast corner of Ridge Boulevard and 92nd Street on Thursday, December 10. She stated that she did not know the perp. NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT Twenty-seven boxes of allergy relief medicine, teeth white strips and batteries were swiped from a pharmacy near 93rd Street and Third Avenue on Sunday, December 6 at approximately 9:52 p.m. According to cops, an unknown male and female are the suspects in the incident. The value of the stolen merchandise was approximately $1,470. CAR PROPERTY STOLEN A 24-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man discovered that approximately $835 worth of property had been stolen from their Jeep, which was parked near the southwest corner of Cropsey Avenue and Bay 8th Street when they returned to the vehicle at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 2. Missing were an iPhone, a black purse, Coach eyeglasses, credit cards and a wallet. There was no sign of forcible entry. 72nd Precinct Between Friday, December 4 and Monday, December 14, the 72nd Precinct received reports of two attempted robberies and three burglaries. The 72nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope. DEATH THREAT A 14-year-old Hispanic male teenager was walking near Fifth Avenue and 45th Street on Saturday, December 5 at approximately 8:05 p.m. when an 18-year-old Hispanic man confronted him and tried to steal his cell phone. After a struggle, the perp hit the teen in the face, causing the phone to drop. When the victim recovered the phone, the perp said, “Give me the phone or you’re going to die.” Police arrived and apprehended the perp, who resisted arrest. BAR BASH Cops report that a 22-yearold Asian man had his iPhone snatched on Tuesday, December 8 at approximately 12:55 a.m. The victim was near a bar at Seventh Avenue and 61st Street when he was attacked by two perps, both 27-year-old Asian males, who punched him in the face several times before nabbing his phone. The two perps were later arrested. DOUBLE TROUBLE Misfortune struck twice for a 44-year-old Hispanic man whose home was burglarized twice in the space of 10 days, according to cops. The first incident came to light when the victim returned to his apartment building near Sixth Avenue and 46th Street on Thursday, November 24 at approximately 7:30 p.m. At that time, he discovered that his place had been ransacked yet nothing had been stolen. Then, on Friday, December 4, while the victim was sleeping in the apartment, it was again broken into. When the victim woke up, he realized that an intruder had been in his home, and that his passport and immigration papers had been stolen. No arrests have been made. ALL FOR NOTHING A 32-year-old woman returned home from a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, December 13, to discover that an unknown perp had broken into her apartment near 61st Street and Fifth Avenue through the kitchen window near the fire escape. While the apartment had been ransacked, no property was stolen. LORD OF THE RINGS A jewelry thief broke into a home near Fifth Avenue and 62nd Street and stole several rings totaling approximately $4,960 on Monday, December 14. The break-in occurred sometime after 8:30 a.m.when the 62-yearold Hispanic woman living there left her place to go to work. When she returned, she saw her bedroom had been ransacked. Her dresser was open and the rings, including a diamond wedding ring set and a college ring, were missing. No arrests have been made. The air conditioning apartment at 64th Street Avenue was removed a burglar to gain access $300 in cash plus electronics cell phone early Wednesday August 6, said police. The day before, on resident on 63rd Street Avenue also came home house, stolen electronics jewelry, and an air-conditioner had been removed and Compiled Compiled by Jaime DeJesus & Anna Spivak Sunset Park residents for info on anti-Muslim Missing Sunset Park residents offer reward 68TH PRECINCT STRUCk ON THIRD,FOUR for info on anti-Muslim fliers mEN SLASHED New Utrecht Avenue shooting leaves 36-year-old dead FOUR mEN SLASHED OUTSIDE LOCAL BAR One Sunset Park couple, unnerved by a string of recent anti- Muslim hate crimes, including that which occurred on Saturday, July 26 when a flier containing anti-Muslim messages was found by a 65-year-old woman living in a Bensonhurst apartment complex, have announced that they are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of those responsible for the alleged hate crime. The flier was one of 10 found by cops in one of the two Shore Haven buildings that read: “Islamists. Go to your own country. USA hates you. You are terrorists and bastards. You are the second Holocaust.” Tony Giordano, a founder of Sunset Park Restoration, a group dedicated to preserving the community’s OUTSIDE LOCAL BROOKLYN BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photo by Mark Mellone Investigators at the scene. The scene outside the Leif Bar on The scene of a crash that sent two 68th Precinct with non-serious injuries. The scene outside the Leif Bar on Saturday, December 12. architecture, said he and his wife Renee, the executive director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement District (BID), were Image courtesy of Tony Giordano The reward flier. shocked and saddened by the incident, and say they will dish out the money themselves. Anyone with information is urged to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. The reward, if not claimed, will be donated to a protolerance BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photo by Reliant BY ANNA campaign SPIVAK in the Sunset [email protected] A 25-year-old man was arrested Park community. Police officer charged with soliciting sex 68th Precinct Between Monday, August 4 and Monday, August 11, the 68th Precinct received reports of one grand larceny, one robbery and two burglaries. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. BLING RING An unknown male entered a jewelry store near 86th Street and Fourth Avenue on Monday, August 4 around 4:20 p.m. and asked to look at some items. Employees told cops that the victim ran out of the store with a diamond bridal ring, valued at approximately $6,669. BACK WINDOW BANDIT A woman living near Third Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway told cops that a perp, known to the department, entered her apartment building through the fire escape window on Thursday, August 7 between 11:58 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. The suspect allegedly snatched the victim’s Apple MacBook but was then approached by the victim and fled through the back window. He was subsequently apprehended by the precinct’s anti-crime team. JEWEL THIEF On Friday, August 11 between 3 and 8 p.m. an unknown person allegedly entered a residence near 91st Street and Ridge Boulevard without permission through the front window fire escape and removed approximately $2,750 worth of miscellaneous jewelry. KNIFE TO THE NECK On Thursday, August 7 around 9:20 p.m., a man was riding his bike at the corner of Third Avenue and 68th Street when three unknown males approached him. According to cops, the first perp placed a knife to the victim’s neck from behind while the second allegedly reached into his pocket from behind and removed his iPhone 4 and wallet. All suspects fled in a four-door sedan. 62nd Precinct Between Tuesday, August 5 and Monday, August 11, the 62nd Precinct received reports of three robberies, nine burglaries, five felony assaults, seven grand larcenies and two auto thefts. The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. LICENSE TO STEAL Police arrested a 24-year-old man and 26-year-old woman for allegedly ripping two gold necklaces off the necks of a couple who intervened when they saw them attempting to steal the license plate off of their friend’s car at 86th Street and Bay 17th Street on Sunday night, August 10. The victims also sustained injuries to their eyes, head and chest during the alleged assault. BOILING MAD Police are searching for a man who is believed to have scammed a 66-year-old West 13th Street resident out of $7,000 intended as payment for supplies to fix the victim’s boiler. The suspect allegedly claimed to work for Grand D Sewer and Plumbing—a non-existent company. STOLEN RIDES A gray 2011 Dodge was stolen from an auto repair shop on 18th Avenue near 86th Street some time between August 5 and 8, said police, who were contacted after the 32-year-old female owner was told by shop workers that they didn’t know who took it. Police are searching for the man who was caught on camera driving off with a 2008 Honda motorcycle that didn’t belong to him at around 2:56 a.m. on Thursday, August 7. The suspect allegedly scouted out the motorcycle twice before returning with a helmet to the spot on 81st Street near Bay Parkway where the motorcycle was parked, and stealing it. BOTTLE BASH Police are searching for a white male who allegedly hit a 16-yearold Asian teen in the face with a glass bottle at a mutual acquaintance’s barbecue on 83rd Street near 16th Avenue at around 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, leaving the teen with a cut to his left cheek. A/C ENTRY The air conditioning unit of an apartment at 64th Street near 16th Avenue was removed in order for a burglar to gain access and steal $300 in cash plus electronics and a cell phone early Wednesday morning, August 6, said police. The day before, on August 5, a resident on 63rd Street near 17th Avenue also came home to a ransacked house, stolen electronics and jewelry, and an air-conditioner that had been removed and replaced. and taken into custody by police following an early Saturday Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson announced on Wednesday, August 6 the arrest of 34-year-old Delfin Lantigua, a New York City police officer indicted on charges that he contacted a woman with a pending application morning assault outside of The Leif Bar, 6725 Fifth Avenue. According to cops, Bay Ridge for a post in the New York City Police Department and offered to expedite the hiring process in return for sex. “This defendant shamefully violated his duty to uphold the law by demanding sex from a woman who simply wanted to become a police officer,” said Thompson. “He will now be prosecuted for his outrageous conduct.” Lantigua, of East Fourth morning on 68TH charges of PRECINCT Street in Kensington,PATROL was arraigned CAR Wednesday third-degree bribe receiving, second-degree coercion and official misconduct before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun STRUCk in Brooklyn Supreme Court. According to the investigation,ON THIRD, the defendant OFFICERS – an NYPD officer Ok since 2005, assigned to the Brooklyn North Task Force – allegedly contacted the applicant via Facebook on February 9 of this year and told her he could get her hired. Thompson said that the woman then contacted the Police Department and consented to wear a wire when she met Lantigua at a Dunkin Donuts in Brooklyn on March 11. In that meeting, according to the investigation, Lantigua allegedly demanded multiple instances of sex from the woman, as well as $1,000 and Police other conditions. seek man who The woman agreed to meet the officer at a Brooklyn motel on March 13 and, when he arrived, Internal Affairs Bureau officers arrested him. If convicted, Lantigua faces up to seven years in prison. assaulted woman in Bay Ridge Avenue train station Missing Person Renee LaManna Missing Since: January 8,1994 Age 35 Classification: Endangered Missing Date of Birth: May 2, 1958 Height and Weight: 5'2" 100-125 lbs Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Social: Catholic-Muslim. Medical Condition: Depression. Residence: Queens, NY 107 PCT. Last seen Chambers Street lower Manhattan December 1995. Other unconfirmed sightings.Multilingual. Masters degree. Renee may be using a different name. Renee LaManna Age 45 resident pulled at December All injuries NYU Facebook: Renee LaManna • Twitter:NY-NCIC: M-702778368 • NamUs:Contact: Detective Marshall Cradock NYPD Missing Persons: REWARD Family 561-Age Facebook: Renee LaManna • Twitter: @MissingRenee Photo courtesy of Lauren Petrosino NY-NCIC: M-702778368 • NamUs: MP#1232 The scene of a crash that sent two 68th Precinct police officers to the hospital Contact: Detective Marshall Cradock • Direct: 609-463-5170 NYPD Missing Persons: 212-694-7781 REWARD Family 561-339-2266 Age 35 68th Precinct Between Monday, August 4 and Monday, August 11, the 68th Precinct received reports of one grand larceny, one robbery and two burglaries. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. BLING RING An unknown male entered a jewelry store near 86th Street and Fourth Avenue on Monday, August 4 around 4:20 p.m. and asked to look at some items. Employees told cops that the victim ran out of the store with a diamond bridal ring, valued at approximately $6,669. BACK WINDOW BANDIT A woman living near Third Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway told cops that a perp, known to the department, entered her apartment building through the fire escape window on Thursday, August 7 between 11:58 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. The suspect allegedly snatched the victim’s Apple MacBook but was then approached by the victim and fled through the back window. He was subsequently apprehended by the precinct’s anti-crime team. JEWEL THIEF On Friday, August 11 between 3 and 8 p.m. an unknown person allegedly entered a residence near 91st Street and Ridge Boulevard without permission through the front window fire escape and removed approximately $2,750 worth of miscellaneous jewelry. KNIFE TO THE NECK On Thursday, August 7 around 9:20 p.m., a man was riding his bike at the corner of Third Avenue and 68th Street when three unknown males approached him. According to cops, the first perp placed a knife to the victim’s neck from behind while the second allegedly reached into his pocket from behind and removed his iPhone 4 and wallet. All suspects fled in a four-door sedan. 62nd Precinct Between Tuesday, August 5 and Monday, August 11, the 62nd Precinct received reports of three robberies, nine burglaries, five felony assaults, seven grand larcenies and two auto thefts. The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. LICENSE TO STEAL Police arrested a 24-year-old man and 26-year-old woman for allegedly ripping two gold necklaces off the necks of a couple who intervened when they saw them attempting to steal the license plate off of their friend’s car at 86th Street and Bay 17th Street on Sunday night, August 10. The victims also sustained injuries to their eyes, head and chest during the alleged assault. BOILING MAD Police are searching for a man who is believed to have scammed a 66-year-old West 13th Street resident out of $7,000 intended as payment for supplies to fix the victim’s boiler. The suspect allegedly claimed to work for Grand D Sewer and Plumbing—a non-existent company. STOLEN RIDES A gray 2011 Dodge was stolen from an auto repair shop on 18th Avenue near 86th Street some time between August 5 and 8, said police, who were contacted after the 32-year-old female owner was told by shop workers that they didn’t know who took it. Police are searching for the man who was caught on camera driving off with a 2008 Honda motorcycle that didn’t belong to him at around 2:56 a.m. on Thursday, August 7. The suspect allegedly scouted out the motorcycle twice before returning with a helmet to the spot on 81st Street near Bay Parkway where the motorcycle was parked, and stealing it. BOTTLE BASH Police are searching for a white male who allegedly hit a 16-yearold Asian teen in the face with a glass bottle at a mutual acquaintance’s barbecue on 83rd Street near 16th Avenue at around 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, leaving the teen with a cut to his left cheek. A/C ENTRY The air conditioning unit of an apartment at 64th Street near 16th Avenue was removed in order for a burglar to gain access and steal $300 in cash plus electronics and a cell phone early Wednesday morning, August 6, said police. The day before, on August 5, a resident on 63rd Street near 17th Avenue also came home to a ransacked house, stolen electronics and jewelry, and an air-conditioner that had been removed and replaced. If One unnerved Muslim that July anti-by a Bensonhurst have offering with the the The cops buildings Go hates bastards.Holocaust.” Tony Sunset dedicated his Improvement Kings August officer expedite “This demanding said Lantigua,morning and Chun According 2005,applicant her Thompson and in Brooklyn Lantigua well The and,Age Contact:Compiled by Jaime DeJesus BY ANNA SPIVAK [email protected] A 25-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody by police following an early Saturday morning assault outside of The Leif Bar, 6725 Fifth Avenue. According to cops, Bay Ridge resident Jaba Molashkhia, pulled a knife on three 22-yearold patrons and one 27-year-old at around 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, December 12, after the local watering hole had closed. All four men suffered minor injuries and were transported to NYU Lutheran Medical Center. Two 68th Precinct police officers are okay after their patrol car was “t-boned” by another vehicle near the corner of Third Avenue and 89th Street, right outside O’Sullivan’s Bar & Grill, at around 4:30 p.m. Monday, December 14. According to a police source, the two officers were responding to an assault in progress when their car was hit on the passenger side near the busy Bay Ridge corner. The FDNY responded to the scene. The officers were transported to NYU Lutheran Medical Center, and have since been released from the hospital with no serious injuries. “They’re sore,” said the source, “but no, nothing serious.” The driver who struck the officers’ vehicle was issued a summons for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and refused medical attention at the scene. --Meaghan McGoldrick with non-serious injuries. 8. The shopper had taken the wallet, which contained a credit card and $20, out to make his purchases and placed it on the counter when a perp snatched it and fled the scene. BAD FOOD Cops report that the poisoning of animals appears to be continuing in Bay Ridge as a 52-year-old female claims an unknown perp placed rat poison onto a food container near the southeast corner of Ridge Boulevard and 92nd Street on Thursday, December 10. She stated that she did not know the perp. NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT Twenty-seven boxes of allergy relief medicine, teeth white strips and batteries were swiped from a pharmacy near 93rd Street and Third Avenue on Sunday, December 6 at approximately 9:52 p.m. According to cops, an unknown male and female are the suspects in the incident. The value of the stolen merchandise was approximately $1,470. CAR PROPERTY STOLEN A 24-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man discovered that approximately $835 worth of property had been stolen from their Jeep, which was parked near the southwest corner of Cropsey Avenue and Bay 8th Street when they returned to the vehicle at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 2. Missing were an iPhone, a black purse, Coach eyeglasses, credit cards and a wallet. There was no sign of forcible entry. 72nd Precinct Between Friday, December 4 and Monday, December 14, the 72nd Precinct received reports of two attempted robberies and three burglaries. The 72nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope. DEATH THREAT A 14-year-old Hispanic male teenager was walking near Fifth Avenue and 45th Street on Saturday, December 5 at approximately 8:05 p.m. when an 18-year-old Hispanic man confronted him and tried to steal his cell phone. After a struggle, the perp hit the teen in the face, causing the phone to drop. When the victim recovered the phone, the perp said, “Give me the phone or you’re going to die.” Police arrived and apprehended the perp, who resisted arrest. BAR BASH Cops report that a 22-yearold Asian man had his iPhone snatched on Tuesday, December 8 at approximately 12:55 a.m. The victim was near a bar at Seventh Avenue and 61st Street when he was attacked by two perps, both 27-year-old Asian males, who punched him in the face several times before nabbing his phone. The two perps were later arrested. DOUBLE TROUBLE Misfortune struck twice for a 44-year-old Hispanic man whose home was burglarized twice in the space of 10 days, according to cops. The first incident came to light when the victim returned to his apartment building near Sixth Avenue and 46th Street on Thursday, November 24 at approximately 7:30 p.m. At that time, he discovered that his place had been ransacked yet nothing had been stolen. Then, on Friday, December 4, while the victim was sleeping in the apartment, it was again broken into. When the victim woke up, he realized that an intruder had been in his home, and that his passport and immigration papers had been stolen. No arrests have been made. ALL FOR NOTHING A 32-year-old woman returned home from a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, December 13, to discover that an unknown perp had broken into her apartment near 61st Street and Fifth Avenue through the kitchen window near the fire escape. While the apartment had been ransacked, no property was stolen. LORD OF THE RINGS A jewelry thief broke into a home near Fifth Avenue and 62nd Street and stole several rings totaling approximately $4,960 on Monday, December 14. The break-in occurred sometime after 8:30 a.m.when the 62-yearold Hispanic woman living there left her place to go to work. When she returned, she saw her bedroom had been ransacked. Her dresser was open and the rings, including a diamond wedding ring set and a college ring, were missing. No arrests have been made. Precinct Between Monday, August 4 and Monday, August 11, the 68th Precinct received reports of one grand larceny, one robbery and two burglaries. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. BLING RING An unknown male entered a jewelry store near 86th Street and Fourth Avenue on Monday, August 4 around 4:20 p.m. and asked to look at some items. Employees told cops that the victim ran out of the store with a diamond bridal ring, valued at approximately $6,669. BACK WINDOW BANDIT A woman living near Third Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway told cops that a perp, known to the department, entered her apartment building through the fire escape window on Thursday, August 7 between 11:58 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. The suspect allegedly snatched the victim’s Apple MacBook but was then approached by the victim and fled through the back window. He was subsequently apprehended by the precinct’s anti-crime team. JEWEL THIEF On Friday, August 11 between 3 and 8 p.m. an unknown person allegedly entered a residence near 91st Street and Ridge Boulevard without permission through the front window fire escape and removed approximately $2,750 worth of miscellaneous jewelry. KNIFE TO THE NECK On Thursday, August 7 around 9:20 p.m., a man was riding his bike at the corner of Third Avenue and 68th Street when three unknown males approached him. According to cops, the first perp placed a knife to the victim’s neck from behind while the second allegedly reached into his pocket from behind and removed his iPhone 4 and wallet. All suspects fled in a four-door sedan. 62nd Precinct Between Tuesday, August 5 and Monday, August 11, the 62nd Precinct received reports of three robberies, nine burglaries, five felony assaults, seven grand larcenies and two auto thefts. The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. LICENSE TO STEAL Police arrested a 24-year-old man and 26-year-old woman for allegedly ripping two gold necklaces off the necks of a couple who intervened when they saw them attempting to steal the license plate off of their friend’s car at 86th Street and Bay 17th Street on Sunday night, August 10. The victims also sustained injuries to their eyes, head and chest during the alleged assault. BOILING MAD Police are searching for a man who is believed to have scammed a 66-year-old West 13th Street resident out of $7,000 intended as payment for supplies to fix the victim’s boiler. The suspect allegedly claimed to work for Grand D Sewer and Plumbing—a non-existent company. STOLEN RIDES A gray 2011 Dodge was stolen from an auto repair shop on 18th Avenue near 86th Street some time between August 5 and 8, said police, who were contacted after the 32-year-old female owner was told by shop workers that they didn’t know who took it. Police are searching for the man who was caught on camera driving off with a 2008 Honda motorcycle that didn’t belong to him at around 2:56 a.m. on Thursday, August 7. The suspect allegedly scouted out the motorcycle twice before returning with a helmet to the spot on 81st Street near Bay Parkway where the motorcycle was parked, and stealing it. BOTTLE BASH Police are searching for a white male who allegedly hit a 16-yearold Asian teen in the face with a glass bottle at a mutual acquaintance’s barbecue on 83rd Street near 16th Avenue at around 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, leaving the teen with a cut to his left cheek. A/C ENTRY The air conditioning unit of an apartment at 64th Street near 16th Avenue was removed in order for a burglar to gain access and steal $300 in cash plus electronics and a cell phone early Wednesday morning, August 6, said police. The day before, on August 5, a resident on 63rd Street near 17th Avenue also came home to a ransacked house, stolen electronics and jewelry, and an air-conditioner that had been removed and replaced. One Sunset Park couple, Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson August 6 the arrest of 34-year-old Delfin Lantigua,officer indicted on charges that he contacted for a post in the New York City Police expedite the hiring process in return for sex. “This defendant shamefully violated his demanding sex from a woman who simply wanted said Thompson. “He will now be prosecuted Lantigua, of East Fourth Street in Kensington,morning on charges of third-degree bribe receiving,and official misconduct before Brooklyn Supreme Chun in Brooklyn Supreme Court. According to the investigation, the defendant 2005, assigned to the Brooklyn North Task applicant via Facebook on February 9 of this her hired. Thompson said that the woman then contacted and consented to wear a wire when she met in Brooklyn on March 11. In that meeting,Lantigua allegedly demanded multiple instances well as $1,000 and other conditions. The woman agreed to meet the officer at and, when he arrived, Internal Affairs Bureau If convicted, Lantigua faces up to seven years unnerved by a string of recent anti- Muslim hate crimes, including that which occurred on Saturday, July 26 when a flier containing anti-Muslim messages was found by a 65-year-old woman living in a Bensonhurst apartment complex, have announced that they are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of those responsible for the alleged hate crime. The flier was one of 10 found by cops in one of the two Shore Haven buildings that read: “Islamists. Go to your own country. USA hates you. You are terrorists and bastards. You are the second Holocaust.” Tony Giordano, a founder of Sunset Park Restoration, a group dedicated to preserving the community’s architecture, said he and his wife Renee, the executive director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement District (BID), were shocked money Anyone urged 1-800-claimed,Park Classification:Date of Birth:Height and Distinguishing female. Dark Social: Catholic-Medical Residence:Last seen Manhattan unconfirmed degree. Renee Missing Person Age 45 35 Between Monday, August 4 and Monday, August 11, the 68th Precinct received reports of one grand larceny, one robbery and two burglaries. The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. BLING RING An unknown male entered a jewelry store near 86th Street and Fourth Avenue on Monday, August 4 around 4:20 p.m. and asked to look at some items. Employees told cops that the victim ran out of the store with a diamond bridal ring, valued at approximately $6,669. BACK WINDOW BANDIT A woman living near Third Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway told cops that a perp, known to the department, entered her apartment building through the fire escape window on Thursday, August 7 between 11:58 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. The suspect allegedly snatched the victim’s Apple MacBook but was then approached by the victim and fled through the back window. He was subsequently apprehended by the precinct’s anti-crime team. JEWEL THIEF On Friday, August 11 between 3 and 8 p.m. an unknown person allegedly entered a residence near 91st Street and Ridge Boulevard without permission through the front window fire escape and removed approximately $2,750 worth of miscellaneous jewelry. KNIFE TO THE NECK On Thursday, August 7 around 9:20 p.m., a man was riding his bike at the corner of Third Avenue and 68th Street when three unknown males approached him. According to cops, the first perp placed a knife to the victim’s neck from behind while the second allegedly reached into his pocket from behind and removed his iPhone 4 and wallet. All suspects fled in a four-door sedan. 62nd Precinct Between Tuesday, August 5 and Monday, August 11, the 62nd Precinct received reports of three robberies, nine burglaries, five felony assaults, seven grand larcenies and two auto thefts. The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. LICENSE TO STEAL Police arrested a 24-and 26-year-old woman ripping two gold necklaces necks of a couple who when they saw them to steal the license their friend’s car at and Bay 17th Street night, August 10. The sustained injuries to head and chest during assault. BOILING MAD Police are searching who is believed to have a 66-year-old West resident out of $7,000 payment for supplies boiler. The suspect claimed to work for Grand and Plumbing—a non- STOLEN RIDES A gray 2011 Dodge from an auto repair Avenue near 86th time between August police, who were contacted 32-year-old female owner by shop workers that know who took it. Police are searching who was caught on camera off with a 2008 Honda that didn’t belong to him 2:56 a.m. on Thursday,The suspect allegedly the motorcycle twice with a helmet to the Street near Bay Parkway motorcycle was parked,it. BOTTLE BASH Police are searching male who allegedly hit Asian teen in the glass bottle at a mutual barbecue on near 16th Avenue at p.m. on Saturday, August the teen with a cut to A/C ENTRY Two 68th Precinct police officers are was “t-boned” by another vehicle near and 89th Street, right outside O’Sullivan’s 4:30 p.m. Monday, December 14. According to a police source, the two an assault in progress when their car near the busy Bay Ridge corner. The FDNY The officers were transported to NYU and have since been released from the injuries. “They’re sore,” said the source, “but The driver who struck the officers’ vehicle for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle attention at the scene. For more blotter items, visit brooklynreporter.com A man was shot dead just passed noon on Monday, August 29 at the intersection of 46th Street and New Utrecht Avenue in Borough Park. According to police, a call to 911 was made at approximately 12:20 p.m., after which offi cers arrived on the scene to discover a 36-yearold man with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Emergency Medical Services arrived shortly after and transported the victim -- whose identity is being withheld pending proper family notifi cation -- to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. According to reports, cops have been on the lookout for two black men that were seen fl eeing the scene and heading towards Eighth Avenue. One was wearing a black t-shirt, the other, a purple t-shirt. Police were also said to be looking for a 2015 red Nissan Rogue. There are no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing. --Meaghan McGoldrick A man is wanted by police for assaulting a woman at the Bay Ridge Avenue station. According to cops, on Friday, August 19 at around 10:55 p.m., the victim was on the R train’s northbound platform when she was pushed and slapped by the perp, described by cops as being 5’3” to 5’4” in height and weighing 135 pounds. The unknown man was last seen wearing a white, long sleeve, button-up dress shirt, black pants and black shoes. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then entering TIP577. --Jaime DeJesus Photo courtesy of the NYPD A surveillance image of the suspect.
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