60TH PRECINCT
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Cash-for-threats
A good-for-nothing nabbed a whopping $37,000 from a Mermaid Avenue check cashing business on Dec. 11.
An employee told police that the thief pointed a gun through the window inside the business between W. 23rd and W. 24th street at around 10:35 pm, before running off with the money.
Pocket picker
A weasel snagged an 85-year-old woman’s cell phone from her pocket on Brighton First Street on Dec. 11.
The victim told police the highway robber asked her for money near Brightwater Court at around 2:30 pm, before snagging her phone and fleeing.
Hand it over
A crook swiped a sleeping straphanger’s iPhone 11 aboard the southbound D train near Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 13.
The victim told police he woke up on the train in the station at Mermaid and Stillwell avenues at around 5:45 am, and realized his phone had been stolen.
