77th Precinct
Prospect Heights
Four bullets
A thug shot a man four times on St. Marks Avenue on June 20.
The 48-year-old victim told cops he was near New York Avenue at 12:25 am when he felt a bullet tear through his left shoulder. The shooter then shot him in the right leg three more times.
Envelope swipe
A jerk snatched an envelope of cash from a St. Marks Avenue school on June 20.
The 56-year-old victim told cops she placed an envelope — full of $620 — inside her desk at PS 22 near Classon Avenue at 9:30 am. She opened her desk drawer three hours later and discovered it was gone.
Six bullies
A group of thugs roughed up a teenage girl and stole her cellphone on Dean Street on June 20.
The 17-year-old victim told cops she was near Classon Avenue at 1:45 am when six men cornered her. One pulled out a metal pipe and yelled, “Give me everything!” while another hit her in mouth, causing her lip to bleed.
They then snatched her Blackberry cellphone, a Gucci belt and an iPod before running away.
My cell!
A jerk snatched a cellphone from a woman on Lincoln Place on June 20.
The 34-year-old victim told cops she was approaching her apartment near Washington Avenue at 9:05 pm when a man shouted, “Give me your phone!”
He didn’t wait for her to do so, snatching the Blackberry and running away.
Senior scam
A group of scoundrels conned a senior citizen out of thousands of bucks on Washington Avenue on June 23.
The 72-year-old woman told cops that she was leaving a bank near Lincoln Place at around 11:30 am when two men approached her and flashed a bag full of cash, but then tricked her into withdrawing $9,500 from her own account and handing it over.
Disappearing van
A quick-moving thief stole a van on Underhill Avenue on June 22.
The 51-year-old victim told cops that he parked his 1989 gray Chevy van near Atlantic Avenue, tossed his keys on the dashboard and ran into a store at around 2:45 pm. He came back five minutes later and the van was gone.
Police say that keys do not provide any security when they are left behind.
— Natalie O’Neill
