78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Off the rail
A determined thief broke through
a rail-guard to steal a woman’s bike
on Dean Street on Nov. 7.
The victim told police she used
a heavy-duty Kryptonite lock to secure
her bicycle to the rail-guarding
surrounding a tree between Caton
and Vanderbilt avenues at 1:30
pm, but returned a few hours later
to discover the railing she’d tethered
her ride to was busted and her
bike stolen.
No arrests have been made in the
case, which has been closed, cops
said.
Mr. Knife Guy
Cops cuffed a man who allegedly
slashed another guy with a knife on
13th Street on Nov. 6.
The victim told police the suspect
attacked him between Hamilton
Place and Second Avenue at 8:10
am, opening up severe gashes on his
right thumb and left leg.
Paramedics rushed the man
to Cobble Hill Hospital for treatment,
while a police nabbed the suspect
following a search of the area,
charging him with felony assault,
cops said.
Pedaled away
An opportunistic crook rode off
with a man’s bicycle he left unsecured
outside a Butler Street building
on Nov. 7.
The victim told police he left his
two-wheeler outside the property
between Third and Fourth avenues
at 12:05 pm, and returned fi ve minutes
later, just in time to witness
a man wearing a green military
cap and black coat ride off with his
Huffy bicycle.
What the cell!
A shoplifter absconded with
phone cases and a power bank from
a Seventh Avenue cellphone store
on Nov. 1.
An employee told police he spotted
the suspect make off with the
phone paraphernalia from the store
between Carroll Street and Garfi eld
Place at 2:30 pm.
No arrests have been made in the
case, which has been closed, cops
said.
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Slashed
Three knife-wielding goons
slashed a man on 54th Street on
Nov. 16.
The victim told police the
crooks jumped him between Second
and Third avenues at 7 pm,
giving him a gash that ran down
the left side of his face.
The attackers fl ed following their
assault, and paramedics rushed the
victim to a nearby hospital for treatment,
cops said.
Packing heat
Cops busted a man for allegedly
carrying an illegal fi rearm on Prospect
Avenue on Nov. 16.
The arresting offi cer claims he
spotted the suspect acting suspiciously
between Greenwood Avenue
and Ocean Parkway at 10:40 pm, and
that he was wearing a black mask
while loitering in the street, blocking
traffi c.
When the offi cer went to stop the
man, he took off running, but the
patrolman managed to chase him
down, and found him in possession
of a black 9-millimeter Beretta, cops
said.
Bad call
Three crooks robbed a man on
Fifth Avenue on Nov. 17, taking his
phone.
The victim told police the trio approached
him near 50th Street at 11
pm, and one of the thieves grabbed
his arm and demanded his stuff.
The man made a run for it and escaped
the robbers, but he haplessly
dropped his Samsung smartphone
in the process, which the thieves
duly scooped up, cops said.
Change to spare
A burglar ransacked a 52nd
Street mini mart on Nov. 14, taking
three large buckets of change.
The thief entered the store between
Fifth and Sixth avenues by
lifting up the security gate and
smashing through a window at 2:20
am, and he proceeded to try and pry
open the register, with no luck, cops
said.
Not wanting to leave emptyhanded,
the man snatched $150 located
behind the counter, and then
grabbed three large buckets of assorted
change adding up to roughly
$800, according to police.
COURIER L 8 IFE, NOV. 23–29, 2018 DT
— Colin Mixson
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Cookie monsters
A pair of baddies struck a Flatbush
Avenue Extension bodega
twice, stealing snacks and injuring
employees, police said.
The crooks ran out of the store
near Fulton Street on Nov. 14 with
Lays chips and Oreo cookies a little
before 4 am, and when an employee
tried to stop them, one of them
punched him in the face, according
to authorities.
The louts grabbed a Slurpee and
Pop Tart from the deli on Nov. 16 at
6:30 pm, cops said.
One of the crooks then spat in an
employee’s face and a few minutes
later, came back to punch him, giving
him a black eye, according to authorities.
Boxed in
Some malefactor threatened a
guy with a boxcutter on a Manhattan
bound train near Flatbush Avenue
on Nov. 14, police said.
The victim told cops he was on a
2 train near Fulton Street looking at
a subway map when the villain said,
“What are you looking at? Get out of
my face!”
The two started arguing, and the
snake pulled out a boxcutter, but the
victim was able to grab it and fl ee
the train unscathed, according to
authorities.
Data dash
Some cur swiped a guy’s laptop
from a Saint James Place building
on Nov. 12, police said.
The victim told cops he was doing
work on his computer inside the
building near Clifton Place a little
before 7 pm when he stepped out for
about 20 minutes, leaving his laptop
unattended, and when he got back,
it was gone.
Not caught on camera
Some sneak broke into a teen’s
Willoughby Avenue apartment on
Nov. 9 and stole his camera equipment,
police said.
The 18-year-old victim told cops
he left his building near Steuben
Street at about 9 am, and when he
returned three hours later, his
Canon cameras, lens, fi lm, and
other equipment were gone, according
to authorities.
The victim said he left his apartment
unlocked, cops said.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Cigarette grab
Police arrested a man who allegedly
stole a pack of cigarettes from a
newsstand on Jay Street on Nov. 12
and assaulted an employee, causing
a deep fl esh wound.
The newsstand employee allegedly
saw the suspect take the pack
from the stand near Fulton Street at
12:25 pm and he began to chase him,
when the suspect took out a wooden
stick, striking the victim in the
face, and injured him, according to
police.
Taser robbery
Two nogoodniks used a Taser on
a man and robbed him, causing minor
lacerations to his face, on Gallatin
Place on Nov. 12.
The victim told police the bandits
approached him from behind,
Tased him on the side of his body,
and stole his LG black phone, saddle
bag, and other items, near Livingston
Street at 9:48 pm.
Bond bandit
A dirtbag robbed a man holding
a baby on Bond Street on Nov. 13.
The man was holding his baby
near Schermerhorn Street at 11:30
am when the pillager approached
and threatened him with a gun, demanding
cash, according to police.
Cops said the victim, fearing for
his child’s life, gave the man his
wallet and the bandit fl ed toward
State Street.
Broken ribs
A brute broke a man’s ribs in a
housing complex building on Sands
Street on Sept. 30.
The savage forced his way into
the victim’s apartment near Navy
Street at 6 pm and assaulted him,
breaking his ribs and causing substantial
pain, according to cops.
Police said the victim knows his
attacker, who lives in the building.
Generator goon
A looter stole a Honda generator
from a construction site on Livingston
Street on Nov. 12.
The thief cut the fenced gate at
the site near Smith Street at 3 pm
and stole the generator, according
to police.
Uninvited guest
Police arrested a man who allegedly
broke and entered into a Jay
Street clothing store on Nov. 15.
The suspect was allegedly seen
on video footage at the store near
John Street at 12:16 am without permission,
according to cops.
Toilet-paper prowler
A prowler stole two boxes of toilet
paper and sneakers from a Wyckoff
Street apartment on Nov. 17.
Police said the bandit used a
credit card to open the metal gate
and two doors and steal the materials
from the hallway of the building
near Hoyt Street at 2:55 am.
— Julianne Cuba