iMugged
Thugs stole at least three iPods last week. Here’s a round-up:
• Two punks mugged a young woman as she was walking along Nevins Street to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station on Sept. 29. Just as she was approaching the station at around 4:15 pm, a perp stuck a sharp object into her back and said, “Give me your property or I will stab you.” She handed over her purse, and the two ran off.
• Six hoodlums attacked a teenager just before 8 am as he walked downstairs at the subway station Bergen Street F-train station on Oct. 2. The victim was listening to his iPod when one perp came up to him and reached into his pocket. When the victim yelled for help, an accomplice put him in a chokehold, and a third punk grabbed the iPod.
• Several punks stole a teenager’s iPod as she was rocking out as she waited at the corner of Tillary and Adams street on Sept. 29 around 4:30 pm. One perp told the girl, “Just make it easy and give it up.” The girl politely complied, and the boys continued walking down Tillary Street.
Bad Samaritan
A homeless man stole a Clinton Street woman’s wallet after helping her carry groceries on Oct. 3.
The man first approached the victim, who was walking along Clinton Street near Aitken place, and offered to help carry the bags at around 2:15 am. When the two got to the victim’s house, he asked for a few dollars for subway fare so he could get back to his Manhattan shelter. But as the woman was reaching for the bills, the man grabbed the whole wallet and fled.
Foiled
A would-be bank robber was foiled on Oct. 4 after he tried to rob a Montague Street bank at around 9:35 am and the teller instead activated a silent security alarm.
The man first told the teller, “Give me the money,” but then slid a withdrawal slip and note under the window that read, “I have a gun, give me some money.” When the teller looked up, the man had his hand in his shirt and pointed, as if he had the gun.
But instead, the clerk smiled and pressed the silent bank alarm. The perp quickly caught on, and ran out of the building, which is near the corner of Pierrepont Street, before cops could arrive.
Sick and vicious
A man pretending to be a cop slashed a man’s face and then stole his brand new car on Oct. 3, after ordering his victim to pull over to the side of Atlantic Avenue.
The perp first pulled up next to the victim at a red light at Court Street around 5:30 pm, and started honking and screaming. He motioned for the man to pull over, and flashed a triangular badge, cops said.
When the confused victim pulled over a block later, the two men got out of their vehicles, but the perp quickly drew a knife and slashed the man in the face. The perp then jumped in the victim’s car and raced off.
House arrest
A perp broke into a Livingston Street apartment overnight on Oct. 1, making off with $2,800 worth of electronics. The tenant, who left her apartment just before midnight to go to work, came home to the building, which is near Court Street, at 9:30 am to find her front door lock broken and her laptop and other cameras gone.
Sneak attack
A robber stole a woman’s purse on Sept. 28 as she was walking down Henry Street, near Clark Street, at 11:30 pm. The perp drove up behind the woman, grabbed the bag from her shoulder, and peeled away.
— Sarah Portlock
