88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Held up
A villain pistol-whipped a guy while holding up a Myrtle Avenue store on Dec. 16.
The brute entered the shop by Waverly Avenue at 12:05 am flashing a gun and ordered one customer and five employees to the back office, demanding they get down on their knees one by one, cops said. He then ordered them to open the safe and said he’d shoot them one by one if they didn’t, a report said.
The lout then whacked one of the staffers with his gin, cutting the man’s right eyebrow. He then removed the customer’s cellphone as the injured employee opened the safe and the fiend made off with a petty cash box containing $500, authorities said.
Quadruple-teamed
A cruel crew stole a teen’s phone on Fort Greene Place on Dec. 12.
The 16-year-old victim told police he was waiting near DeKalb Avenue at 3:05 pm when one of the punks approached him and asked the time, before four more filchers came up and asked the same question seconds later, a report said.
The victim pulled out his phone, gave the group the time, and quickly put his cell away, but then one of the baddies hissed, “Give me your phone or I’m gonna jack you,” as he pulled something out of his pocket, simulating a weapon that was covered by a white bandanna, cops said.
They took the kid’s phone and fled, according to a report.
Threat
Cops cuffed a guy who they say threatened to kill a man if he didn’t hand over his money on Fulton Street on Dec. 13.
The victim was walking home from the train station near Classon Avenue at 9:35 pm when the suspect allegedly tried to get his attention. The man then stood in front of the victim, put his hand in his pocket and simulated a gun, growling, “Give me your money or I will kill you” before taking $20 from his victim’s wallet and running off, according to authorities.
Gunning for him
Police are hunting for a man who robbed a guy at gunpoint on St. Edwards Street on Dec. 16.
The victim told police he dropped off clothes at an apartment building near Park Avenue at 9 pm and was on the phone in the fifth-floor hallway when the criminal came down and stole the man’s phone and $566, a report said.
Meal interrupted
A bandit held up a Classon Avenue restaurant by waving a gun around on Dec. 18.
The rogue stormed into the eatery near Lafayette Avenue at 8:05 pm and jumped over the counter while flashing his weapon, then told one woman to put her head down as she called for her father.
Her dad emerged from the back and the bad guy told him to put his head down, too, striking him with an unknown object on the top of his head before removing $900 from the cash register and running off, authorities said.
— Lauren Gill
