88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Three men steal woman’s phone at gunpoint
A trio of perps stole a woman’s phone at gunpoint on Oct. 20.
Police said the 23-year-old victim was walking home at 7 p.m. when the men approached her near the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Steuben Street, flashed a gun, and grabbed her iPhone 13. The thieves demanded the girl give them her phone passcode, then fled toward Washington Avenue on foot and on bicycles. The victim told police the thieves had removed the device from Find My iPhone, rendering it untrackable, and had used Apple Pay to make a purchase at a nearby smoke shop.
Man arrested after 7/11 robbery
Police cuffed a man they said robbed a convenience on Oct. 17.
The defendant allegedly got into a verbal argument with an employee inside 7/11 store on Flatbush Avenue Extension just after 8 p.m. After the tiff, the man allegedly grabbed a taquito and a hot dog, and turned to leave without paying — hitting the employee in the face as he passed.
Cops arrived on the scene and arrested the suspect immediately, and said the victim refused medical attention.
Creep steals candy, threatens drugstore employee
A creep threatened a drugstore employee mid-robbery on Oct. 17.
According to police, the perp walked into the CVS at 218 Myrtle Ave. at around 8 a.m. and immediately grabbed several bags of candy. They then turned to the employee, showed that they were carrying a knife, and said “You always call the cops on me, I’m going to wait until you get out.”
The employee immediately called police after the perp walked out of the store, but officers did not find the perp after canvassing the area.
Drive-by thief swipes undelivered packages
A thief stole a host of undelivered packages out of a mail truck on Oct. 15.
Cops said the victim, a UPS delivery driver, parked his truck on Rockwell Place near Lafayette Avenue just after 11 a.m. while he made a delivery one street over. The delivery took just about five minutes, but as he walked back to the truck, the victim saw an unknown person slip inside and grab seven boxes, all with laptops inside. The perp loaded the boxes into a black SUV and sped off down Lafayette Avenue. Police said the stolen computers were worth $10,000 in total.
