62ND PRECINCT
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Stop, hammer time!
Police arrested a man for allegedly swinging a hammer at a supermarket employee on Bay Parkway on Jan. 18.
The employee told police that he approached the suspect after he tried to walk out of the store with a six-pack of beer without paying at the store near Bath Avenue at 1:35 am, but when the employee tried to stop him, the defendant whipped out a hammer and swung at him.
Clean escape
A bandit stole a power washer and a snow blower from a Bay Parkway apartment building on Jan. 16.
The victim told police that the burglar snuck into the basement on the corner of 79th Street at around 1:10 pm and nabbed the power tools, which cost $3,000 combined, before fleeing through the lobby door.
That’s low!
Some good-for-nothing stole a woman’s wallet and electronics while she was sleeping on a bench in Seth Low Park on Jan. 22.
The victim told cops that the thief took her belongings, including $250, from her while she was snoozing on the park bench by the corner of Bay Parkway and Stillwell Avenue.
