94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Don’t McCarren
A pair of marauders attacked and robbed a man in McCarren Park on Jan. 12, cops said.
The victim said he was walking through the park at 8:56 pm when two guys wearing hoodies and black scarves over their faces came up behind him.
One of the toughs told the victim to hand over his stuff and the other guy threw him to the ground, officers said. The victim handed over his cash, cellphone, wallet, debit card, and MetroCard, and the robbers fled, according to the authorities.
Tough job
Two fiends attacked and robbed a construction worker of his and his coworkers’ salary on N. Ninth Street on Jan. 16, law enforcement officials said.
The victim said that his boss handed him an envelope with $1,500 in it at their place of work near Berry Street at 11:30 am. He went into a tool storage room, took his pay from the envelope, and went up the stairs to distribute the rest to his coworkers.
Before he could reach the top of the flight of stairs, a man wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and black jeans stopped him and bear-hugged him from behind, cops said. The victim struggled and the two of them fell down the stairs, at which point another brute showed up with a gun, police reported.
“Give me the money or I will blow your f—— head off,” the gunman allegedly said.
The victim gave up the fight and the robbers grabbed the money and scrammed, according to the authorities.
Park it
A pair of tough guys threatened a man in McCarren Park on Jan. 16 and tried to steal his property, cops said.
The victim said he was in the park at 12:30 am when the two goons wearing ski-masks approached, one pointed at him and said he would kill him if he didn’t give him all of his stuff, and he fled.
Preying on a senior
Police arrested a man who they say attacked an elderly woman from behind and grabbed her purse on Leonard Street on Jan. 16.
The 78-year-old victim said she was near Manhattan Avenue at 5:30 pm when the accused put her in a chokehold and grabbed her purse, which contained her cash, electronic benefit transfer card, and sunglasses.
The woman called police and officers found the man in possession of her property and charged him with robbery, they said.
— Danielle Furfaro
