84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Gang beatdown
A gang of nogoodniks robbed a guy in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Nov. 19.
The victim told police that he was sitting on his scooter in the waterfront park at around 1:30 am when the group knocked him to the ground and made off with $200, his keys, and his bank cards.
Bodega bandit
A cat burglar ripped off a bodega on Livingston Street on Nov. 15.
The store owner told police that the culprit broke down the glass door of the store near Flatbush Avenue at around 11:50 pm and made off with $4000 from the register.
Wilding on Willoughby
Cops arrested a man for allegedly robbing a restaurant on Willoughby Street on Nov. 20.
Witnesses told police that the suspect allegedly entered the building near Bridge Street with a screwdriver at 11:45 pm, until officers arrived on the scene to stop the robbery-in-progress at around 11:45 pm.
NYPD officers found the man with $600 stolen from the register, and arrested the 34-year-old on robbery, burglary, and grand larceny charges, according to police reports.
Apple picker
Cops arrested a man for allegedly snatching a woman’s phone near Borough Hall on Nov. 18.
The victim told police that she was using her phone on the 4 train as it pulled into the Borough Hall station on Court Street, when the suspect allegedly grabbed her phone from her hand and ran out of the train.
After a chase, the suspect was apprehended on Court and Joralemon Streets, and police charged the man with felony assault, burglary, and grand larceny, according to police reports.
