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Two thugs, one gun

By Allison Bosworth
The Brooklyn Paper

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Bush whacked

Two thugs — one toting a nifty little sidearm — jumped a man as he was walking down Prospect Place towards Grand Army Plaza on Aug. 16.

At around 2 pm, a man jumped from the bushes and pinned the victim to the ground, shouting, “Where’s the money? Get on the ground.”

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The man with the silver pistol went through the victim’s pockets and got away with an iPod shuffle, country club membership card and the wallet itself.

Men-acing behavior

A man brutalized a Park Sloper’s car while he was stopped at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Prospect Place on Aug. 17.

According to police, the driver was approached at around 3 am by a stranger, who asked him to lower his car radio. When the driver did not comply fast enough, the man began to strike the car with a heavy force.

He then threw his lit cigarette through the open window, and left.

— Allison Bosworth

©2008 The Brooklyn Paper

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