61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Slap unhappy
A knife-wielding nut slapped a 20-year-old man in the face on Avenue W on Aug. 14.
The victim told cops he was walking westbound toward E. 16th Street when he realized he was being followed. His follower eventually stopped him on the corner, said “drag the phone,” took out a knife, and then slapped the victim on the right side of the face several times with an open palm before fleeing southbound on E. 16th Street, a police report said.
Bedroom window bandit
An unknown thief broke into a West Street house and made off with more than $15,000 in cash on Aug. 14.
The victim told police she came back to her home near Avenue Y to find a back window open and a screen broken. The crook stole $15,200 from an envelope inside of a computer bag in the victim’s bedroom closet, police said. The victim had left the window slightly open and unlocked, according to officials.
Door boar
A door-kicking derelict broke into one Coney Island Avenue apartment and tried to get into another on Aug. 11.
A witness told police he saw the maniac kick in his neghbor’s door at 11:30 am near Avenue S, go inside the apartment, and take some of the victim’s belongings.
The man then tried to kick in the witness’s door, but the witness would not allow him to enter the apartment, police said. The door-kicker fled down the stairs, said police.
Cycle swindle
Cops cuffed a man who allegedly broke into a W. First Street shed and stole a mountain bike on Aug. 13.
The man allegedly entered the closed shed near Village Road South at 12:55 pm and made off with the specialized yellow bicycle, which police later recovered on Cobeck Court, authorities reported.
— Eric Faynberg
