January 5, 2008 / News / Police Blotter / Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Fatal stabbing in Bay Ridge

By Joe Jordan

for The Brooklyn Paper

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A 39-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his 29-year-old roommate on Dec. 26 in their Fifth Avenue apartment building, cops said.

Neighbors said they watched in horror as the victim was repeatedly stabbed at 11:10 pm in the lobby of the building, which is between 87th and 88th streets.

The suspect, whose sister had been dating the victim, was caught in bed by police shortly after the attack, cops said.

2 banks robbed

Two Fifth Avenue banks were robbed last month — and in the most-recent case, the bandit got away with more than $4,000.

The latest crime occurred on Dec. 23, when a man entered the Commerce Bank at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street at around 2:45 pm and claimed to be wearing explosives.

Given such a warning, tellers handed over $4,164, police said.

Two days earlier, a ski-mask-wearing bandit stormed into the new Alma Bank on Fifth Avenue at 6:40 pm and made off with $392.

That bank is at the corner of 85th Street.

Barman stabbed

A Fifth Avenue bartender was jumped and stabbed in the back for simply doing his job on Dec. 22.

The attack occurred at 2:10 am, when four ruffians — who had been thrown out of the establishment for being too rowdy — returned for vengeance.

The thugs smashed beer bottles over the 22-year-old victim’s head and repeatedly stabbed the barkeep, whose gin joint is near 94th Street.

Beaten not shot

Two thugs brutally beat a man after he had parked his car on Dec. 21.

Cops said the 59-year-old victim had left his car on Ridge Boulevard near 75th Street at 10:30 pm when his attackers menaced him with a gun, beat him and fled.

It is unclear if they got any money.

Jewel heist

Thieves got away with more than $20,000 in jewels from a Fifth Avenue apartment on Dec. 21.

Cops say that the 36-year-old tenant returned to the apartment, which is between 81st and 82nd streets, at around 5:15 pm to find that someone had stolen $22,000 worth of jewelry and a camera.

No shopper safe

A 33-year-old man was pummeled over the head with a beer bottle by a deranged man in a Fifth Avenue grocery store on Dec. 23, police said.

The victim told police that the 3:20 am attack in the bodega, which is between 83rd and 84th streets, came out of nowhere. He suffered lacerations.

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