A vicious thief broke into a 17th Avenue apartment, tying up the residents and demanding money on June 5.
The suspect entered the building, which is between Cropsey and Bath avenues, through a third-floor fire escape at around 2 am, cops said. He then woke up the sleeping tenants, put tape over their mouths and hands and forced them into a closet, telling them, “This has nothing to do with you. I want the people downstairs.”
True to his word, the thug went downstairs and knocked on the door, falsely identifying himself as a police officer. Once he entered the apartment, he forced the residents into the bedroom, hit one of them over the head with a handgun, and forced the second terrified victim to empty a safe. The perp then fled with more than $400, some electronics and a cellphone.
Teen rob
A hoodlum cornered and robbed a teenager in an 18th Avenue bodega on June 6.
The 16-year-old was at the corner of 86th Street when a man approached him and demanded that he follow him around the corner. When the victim refused, the suspect followed him into the corner grocery store, where he then grabbed the victim’s cellphone before running away.
Bloody b-ball
A confrontation turned violent on a Bay Ridge Parkway basketball court on June 8.
The 33-year-old victim told cops he was shooting hoops in the park near the corner of Bay Parkway at around 7 pm when he got into a dispute with another man.
As the argument escalated, the suspect suddenly grabbed his razor scooter, pulled back and swung it at the victim, hitting him in the head.
Avenue Oy!
A thug robbed and beat a man on Avenue O on June 8.
The 19-year-old victim was walking down the street at about 11:45 pm. As he approached East 23rd Street, a man walked up to him and asked for money. When the victim refused to hand over any cash, the suspect punched him four times in the face before running away.
Cell hell
Three men worked stole cellphones from an 86th Street electronics store on June 5.
The store manager told cops that two of the suspects entered the store, which is between Bay Parkway and 21st Avenue, at around 7 pm. The men began to argue, drawing a large audience of employees and customers.
But it was just a diversion! After about 10 minutes, a third man broke up the argument, and the threesome walked out of the store.
It was then that the manager noticed one of the tricky trio had unplugged the surge protector from the wall, disabling the alarm system, and walked away with 11 cellphones from the counter display.
Purse snatch
Two cunning perps snatched a woman’s pocketbook as she rode the bus down Bay Parkway on June 7.
The 70-year-old woman told cops she was standing on the bus as it approached Bay Ridge Parkway at around 5 pm when two men brushed past her on either side.
When she got off the bus a few stops later, she noticed her purse was unzipped and her pocketbook was gone.
The thieves got away with exactly $7, as well as some debit and credit cards.
