August 19, 2009 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Williamsburg

Bat man on the loose

By Jared Foretek

The Brooklyn Paper

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Bat man

A bat-wielding madman assaulted a Williamsburg man on Montrose Avenue on Aug. 17.

The Ruthian thief approached his 29-year-old victim on the corner of Humboldt Street at 10 pm, then struck the defenseless man in the face and took $100 from him. The victim was treated at Bellevue Hospital in another borough.

Broadway beat-down

A crazed and violent man mercilessly beat a Williamsburg straphanger at the Lorimer Street subway station Aug. 18.

The enraged man approached the 22-year-old woman in the station’s mezzanine — which is at Broadway — at 9 pm. The thug proceeded to punch the victim in the face, drag her to the ground and bang her head against an iron gate, all the while saying and demanding nothing.

The violence didn’t stop there. When police arrived, the 42-year-old punched an officer in the face before being apprehended, cops said.

iRobbed

A swift-moving criminal made off with a woman’s iPhone on S. Fourth Street on Aug. 17.

The 32-year-old victim was sending an e-mail as she walked between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue at around 11:30 pm when the perp came from behind and snatched the fancy Apple device right out of her hands.

Woe Canada!

A trio of clumsy crooks got away with a Williamsburg woman’s pocketbook — which held, among other things, her Canadian passport — on Aug. 16.

The perps approached the 24-year-old woman at 12:50 am as she was making her way into her McKibbin Street building, which is between Siegel Court and White Street. One thug took her purse — which contained her iPhone, the Canuck travel document, $50, credit and debit cards, driver’s license and Hofstra school ID — but then tripped on the sidewalk.

The victim followed the perp, but was pushed to the ground by another man.

Break-ins!

Burglars were running wild in Williamsburg last week. Here are the shocking details:

• A stealthy villain ransacked a Lynch Street house on Aug. 18. The crook made off with jewelry, $4,000, a camera, a silver wine bottle and a silver candle holder from the house, which is between Harrison and Marcy Avenues.

• A crook burgled a Gratton Avenue apartment on Aug. 12, taking a laptop. The 32-year-old victim said he was not in the apartment — which is between Knickerbocker and Porter Avenues — until 5 pm.

• A couple’s weekend getaway was ruined when they returned to their Marcy Avenue home on Aug. 15 to find it had been burgled. The lovers returned to their abode — between S. Second and S. Third streets — at 3 pm and found that their laptops and hard drive were missing.

— Jared Foretek

©2009 Community Newspaper Group