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PARK SLOPE
Helter shelter
Cops arrested two women for attacking
another woman inside an
Eighth Avenue homeless shelter on
May 8.
The victim told police she was
arguing with the suspects over borrowed
money inside a second-fl oor
bathroom inside the refuge between
between 15th and 14th avenues at
10:30 pm, when the women attacked
her, punching her in the face and
scratching her arm.
Both suspects were cuffed
that day on misdemeanor assault
charges, cops said.
Hacked!
Some thief made off with the
computer inside a kiosk at a Nevins
Street public housing complex on
May 2.
A worker for the city’s Housing
Authority told police someone managed
to sneak into the locked kiosk
at the complext between Baltic and
Wyckoff streets at around 4:20 pm,
when they nabbed the $1,000 computer
and fl ed.
No arrests have been made in the
case, which has been closed, according
to police.
Big bully
Cops have given up the hunt for
the creep who followed and then attacked
a 13-year-old boy on Bergen
Street on May 9.
The victim told police the 35-yearold
fi end followed him from school
to his bus stop near Fifth Avenue at
2:35 pm, when he started shouting at
the boy and shoved him.
The boy was not injured, cops
said.
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Smash bro
Cops are hunting for the vandal
who smashed a guy’s car window on
56th Street on May 4.
The victim told police he left
his car parked between Seventh
and Eighth avenues at 7 a.m., and
returned that evening to fi nd his
driver-side window smashed.
Mr. Knife Guy
A knife-wielding crook robbed a
teenager at the 25th Street subway
station on May 5.
The victim, 16, told police the
thief pulled the knife on him inside
a Manhattan-bound R train at 11:45
a.m.
“You know the drill,” the bandit
growled.
The kid forked over his iPhone 7,
Bose headphones, and student MetroCard,
and the baddie fl ed into the
station, according to police.
So-nata
A thief drove off with a woman’s
2011 Hyundai Sonata her daughter
left on 46th Street on May 9.
The victim told police her kid
left the car parked near Fourth Avenue
— key in the glove box — at 8:30
p.m., but discovered her four-door
stolen the next morning.
Lit
Police cuffed a man for allegedly
having an illegal knife on 55th
Street on May 8.
The arresting offi cer claimed he
pulled the suspect over near Fourth
Avenue after spotting him driving
with a busted headlight at 12:50 am,
when he detected a lit joint burning
in the center console.
Upon further inspection, the
cop discovered an open container
of whiskey and a large knife tucked
underneath the armrest of the seat.
The suspect’s Kia Sedona bore
Texas plates, cops said.
COURIER L 8 IFE, MAY 17–23, 2019 PS
— Colin Mixson
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FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Cab crook
A ne’er-do-well attacked and
robbed a cab driver on Flatbush Avenue
on May 6.
The victim told cops that he and
the belligerent bruiser got into a
squabble over cab fare between Fulton
Street and Lafayette Avenue at
5:45 p.m., and that the baddie pulled
his navigation device from his
dashboard and pushed him to the
ground
The lout then took the cab driver’s
car keys and made a run for it,
cops said.
Cyclist tackler
Police arrested a teen who they
say violently robbed a bike courier
on Classon Avenue on May 8.
The 14-year-old suspect allegedly
pushed the 17-year-old victim
off of his bike while he was trying
to deliver food near Fulton Street
just after 10 p.m., snatching the food
and making a run for it, police reported.
Cops then arrested the suspect at
Lafayette Avenue, between Tompkins
and Marcy avenues some 20
minutes later, according to authorities.
Group robbery
Three villains robbed two teens
at the Nevins Street train station on
May 9.
One 14-year-old victim told cops
that he was at the station near Flatbush
Avenue at 4:30 p.m. when the
baddies walked up to them and demanded
that they hand over their
cellphones, with one nogoodnik
threatening he had a knife.
The rogues took the kids’ phones,
MetroCard, and college identifi cation
before fl eeing the scene, offi -
cers reported.
Pervy purloiners
Two dirtbags robbed and sexually
assaulted a woman on Steuben
Street on May 9.
The victim was walking home
from a friend’s house when the dirtbags
walked up to her, asking her
for the door code of a building between
Park and Myrtle avenues at
2:30 a.m., according to police.
When she told them she didn’t
know, the reprobates snatched her
bag and grabbed her by her vagina
before making a run for it towards
Park Avenue, cops said.
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Umbrella assault
Police arrested a man who they
suspect of allegedly hitting another
man with an umbrella on Livingston
Street on May 8.
The victim sustained lacerations
on his arm and knees, as well as a
bruise on his ear, after the two got
into an argument on the train, at
the corner of Bond Street, around
6:30 a.m., according to police.
Police arrested the suspect and
paramedics rushed the victim to
Cobble Hill hospital, said cops.
Teenage bruisers
Two teens assaulted a subway
conductor at a Jay Street subway
station on May 10.
The two 13-year-old boys asked
the conductor for directions while
he was in the train at Willoughby
Street around 4:30 p.m., according
to police.
When the victim turned his head,
one of the delinquents punched him
in the face, before they both fl ed up
the stairs and out of sight, according
to cops.
Fraudster shopper
A charlatan stole $3,500 from
a woman with a fraudulent credit
card at Schermerhorn Street between
April 29 and May 8.
The hoaxer opened up a credit
card in the victim’s name and went
on a shopping spree at an Atlantic
Avenue department store between
Clinton and Court Streets sometime
between 6 p.m. on April 29 and
2 p.m. about a week later.
Locker buster
A thief stole a man’s valuables at
an Atlantic Avenue gym on May 8.
The victim told cops that he left
his phone, bank cards, and Metro-
Card in his locked locker at the fi tness
center between Court Street
and Boerum Place at 10 a.m. But
when he returned at 2 p.m., he discovered
someone had taken his
stuff, he told police.
Handbag thief
A punk stole a woman’s handbag
she forgot at a Jay Street subway
station on May 9.
The victim told cops she was forgot
her bag on a bench at the station
near Willoughby Street when she
boarded the train at 10:40 p.m.
She realized that she’d forgotten
it, and got off at the next stop to
go back to the station, police said.
When she got there about 20 minutes
later, someone had taken it, according
to cops. — Kevin Duggan
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Package steal
A nogoodnik stole a package
with clothes inside from a Huntington
Street stoop on May 11.
The theft occurred between Clinton
and Court streets at some point
between 2:50 and 5:30 p.m., police reported.
Biked away
A punk stole a bike parked on
Clinton Street at some point between
May 5 and 6.
The theft occurred between Clinton
and Court streets at some point
between 4 p.m. on May 5 and 8 a.m.
the next day, police said, adding
that the crook left behind the bike
lock and wheel.
Pocket theft
A crook stole a President Street
man’s wallet with seven debit and
credit cards inside from his pants
pocket on May 10, police said.
The theft occurred at some point
between 9:30 and 10 a.m., when the
man returned to his home between
Smith and Hoyt streets and realized
the wallet was missing, according
to the report. — Julianne McShane