78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
What knife kids
Cops arrested three teens for
robbing a man at knifepoint on
Sixth Avenue on Nov. 20.
The victim told police the teens
ambushed him near Third Street
at 1:35 am, when one of the suspects
brandished a knife, while
another demanded his wallet and
phone, and the third acted as a
lookout.
The kids fl ed with the victim’s
stuff, but police stopped the suspects
near Carroll Street following
a search of the surrounding
area, and, after the victim identifi
ed them as his robbers, they were
found in possession of the guy’s
valuables, cops said.
Bike bandit
A thief rode off with a man’s bicycle
he left on the front yard of his
Seventh Street home on Nov. 14.
The victim told police he parked
his Trek bike outside his home between
Third and Fourth avenues
at 4 pm, but discovered it was stolen
four days later.
No arrests have been made in
the case, which has been closed,
cops said.
Quick on his feet
Some crook made off with a
man’s shoes he left in the hallway
outside his Park Place apartment
on Nov. 18.
The victim told police he left
his Adidas kicks outside the front
door to his apartment in the building
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
at 2:10 pm, only to fi nd out
some creep had made off with
them when he poked his head out
the next day.
Wrong key
Some jerk keyed a man’s 2015
Buick he parked on Prospect Park
West on Nov. 17.
The victim, 60, told police he
parked his sedan between Seventh
and Eighth streets at 8 am,
and returned at the same time the
next day to fi nd a few nasty gashes
carved into his four door.
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Check please
Some brute robbed a worker
inside a Fourth Avenue diner on
Nov. 26, taking jewelry and more
than $4,000.
The victim told police he was
cleaning up inside the eatery between
54th and 55th streets at 3:35
am, when someone whacked him
hard on the head and he passed
out.
The man awoke outside the restaurant
some time later, his gold
chain and cash missing, and unsure
of exactly who attacked him,
according to police.
Bling burglar
A thief ransacked a man’s 41st
Street home on Nov. 26, taking
$6,000 and jewelry.
The victim told police he left his
home between Seventh and Eighth
avenues at 4 pm, and returned a
few hours later to fi nd his cash —
along with a gold chain and bejeweled
cross — had been swiped.
Hell for a cell
Cops are hunting two crooks
who robbed a man on 57th Street
on Dec. 3, taking his phone and
$300.
The victim told police the
thieves jumped him between Fifth
and Sixth avenues at 2:35 am, slugging
him twice in the face, as one
of them barked, “If you move, I
will punch you again.”
The crooks nabbed his iPhone
6S and cash, before fl eeing, cops
said.
Nail biter
A burglar looted a 52nd Street
nail salon on Nov. 26, taking $200.
An employee told police the
thief slunk into the beauty parlor
between Seventh and Eighth avenues
at 6:30 pm, looting the register
before fl eeing with his ill-gotten
cash. — Colin Mixson
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Came for the money
Police cuffed a guy for stabbing
two victims and threatening to
shoot them inside a Gates Avenue
apartment on Dec. 1, police said.
The 50-year-old victim told cops
the suspect showed up at the front
door of the building near St. James
Place at about 11:30 am and said “I
came here because you owe (someone)
money,” while brandishing a
gun he pointed at the victim, according
to authorities.
The victim tried to take the
gun but the 27-year-old suspect
grabbed a large kitchen knife and
stabbed one victim in the hand and
another in the leg, cops said.
COURIER L 8 IFE, DEC. 7–13, 2018 DT
Masked marauders
A pair of punks threatened a
guy with a gun and stole his wad of
cash on Steuben Street on Nov. 28,
police said.
The victim told cops he was
making a delivery near Park Avenue
at about 7 pm when the two
louts wearing ski masks took out
two guns and grabbed $200 from
him, according to authorities.
Packing backpacks
Some villains stole a guy’s backpack
inside a Willoughby Street
park on Nov. 29, police said.
The victim was walking in the
green space near Saint Edwards
Street at about 9:15 pm when the
rogues threatened him with a
knife, punched him in the face,
and demanded he hand over his
bag, according to authorities.
The punks ran off with the victim’s
bag with his passport and
credit cards inside it, cops said.
Bad job
A bruiser slammed a guy’s head
against the wall at a Hall Street
construction site on Nov. 30, police
said.
The 20-year-old victim told police
the villain, who is his employer,
grabbed his throat and repeatedly
pushed his head against
the wall near Park Avenue at about
3:30 pm, cops said.
Stuck it to him
Some good-for-nothing hit a
guy with a broomstick outside his
apartment on Putnam Avenue on
Dec. 1, police said.
The victim told cops he had gone
over to his neighbor’s house near
Irving Place to talk to him about
an annoyance, and when the jerk
opened the door, he struck the victim
in the face with a broomstick,
according to authorities.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Gunpoint robbery
Two baddies stole a guy’s phone
and wallet on Bridge Street on
Nov. 25, police said.
The victim told cops one of the
nogoodniks threatened him with a
black gun with a wooden handle at
the corner of Water Street a little
before midnight and grabbed his
iPhone, car keys, belt, wallet, and
cash.
The good-for-nothing then
tossed it to all to another snake
and both fl ed on Bridge Street towards
Plymouth Street where they
hopped on bikes and took off towards
John Street, according to
authorities.
Subway scoundrel
A bunch of reprobates assaulted
a guy and then swiped his phone
and headphones in a Joralemon
Street subway station on Nov. 26,
police said.
The victim told cops four of
the baddies who were dancing inside
the station near Court Street
asked him for money at about 7:30
pm when he refused and they assaulted
him, and then another
malefactor grabbed his cellphone
and headphones, according to authorities.
The snakes got off the train at
Borough Hall, and the victim was
left with injuries to his head and
face, cops said.
Beat it
A knave threatened to shoot a
teen and then stole his headphones
while in a Schermerhorn Street
subway station on Nov. 29, police
said.
The 14-year-old victim told cops
he was heading to school on the
subway near Hoyt Street at about
10:40 am when the cur came up to
him on the platform from behind,
told him he had a gun and not to
call the police, and then grabbed
his Beats headphones off his head,
offi cials said.
The lout fl ed towards Bond
Street, according to authorities.
Three against one
Cops cuffed three teens for
threatening a guy and stealing his
cellphone on Joralemon Street on
Dec. 2, police said.
The 24-year-old victim told cops
he was near Hicks Street at about
9:30 pm when the trio surrounded
him and shoved an unknown hard
object against the back of his
head.
The suspects grabbed his iPhone
and fl ed on Henry Street towards
Hunts Lane, according to
authorities.
No tip
A weasel stole a woman’s purse
from her car parked on Bridge
Street on Dec. 1, police said.
The victim told cops she left her
four-wheeler unlocked while making
a delivery near Willoughby
Street at about 1 pm, and when she
returned about 10 minutes later,
noticed some sneak had taken her
bag with cash and a credit card inside
it, according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba