84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Drive-by slashers
A posse of villains slashed a guy and beat him up on Furman Street on May 2.
The victim told police that, near Brooklyn Bridge Park at Doughty Street just before 6:30 pm, the criminal crew rolled up in a car and started harassing him.
They punched him several times and one of the knaves pulled out a blade and cut his hand, before the reprobates fled toward Atlantic Avenue, according to police repots.
No love lost
A menacing jerk ambushed his ex-girlfriend on Nassau Street on April 27.
The victim told cops that, near Gold Street at 6 pm, her former beau punched her in the face and dragged her by her purse, before taking $210 in cash and her smart watch, breaking her phone, and fleeing in a ride-hail car to Crown Heights.
Free mobile
A pickpocket snatched a woman’s phone on the F train near Bergen Street on April 27.
The victim told police that, on the Coney Island-bound train just after 1:30 pm, the sneak reached down and filched her cellphone and fled into the station near Smith Street.
High premium
A scammer defrauded a Jay Street senior out of more than $10,000 by pretending to work for Amazon on April 26.
The victim, 67, told police that the charlatan called her at her home near Front Street claiming to work for the e-tail giant, and convinced her to download an app allowing the shyster to remotely access her computer.
He then took $10,512 from her checking account, which she froze afterward, according to police reports.