60TH PRECINCT
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Playing dead
A bruiser choked a maintenance employee at a Cropsey Avenue building on Feb. 8.
The victim told police that he entered the building between Bay 43rd and Bay 44th streets to find the man laying on the ground just before midnight and asked him to leave, but the suspect became irate and attacked him.
Doggy door
An employee arrived at his company trailer on W. 23rd Street to find his company-issued laptop and backpack missing on Feb. 4.
The victim told police that the door of the trailer between Mermaid and Surf avenues was pulled out at the bottom to allow the thief inside, and when the victim arrived, he found his items missing.
Ignition (remix)
A duo of carjackers stole a vehicle that was left parked on Brighton Fourth Terrace with the keys in the ignition on Feb. 7.
The victim told police that the two highwaymen jumped into the parked car between Brighton Fourth and Brighton Sixth streets and drove away, after he left it there at around 8 pm.