62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Smoke break
Two goons mugged a man and made off with his cash on 21st Avenue on Oct. 1, said authorities.
The victim told police that he was outside smoking a cigarette near 68th Street at 7:30 pm when two men called him over to a silver Nissan Altima, and when he approached them, they began punching him in the chest. One of the brutes swiped $50 from the victim’s left pocket and then fled in the car, said police.
Goon squad
Four brutes attacked a man on a Bronx-bound D train on Sept. 27, said police.
The victim told police that he boarded the train at the Bay Parkway station and the four baddies entered at the 20th Avenue spot. A verbal dispute ensued at 11 pm, resulting in the victim being struck in the head with a baseball bat. The louts fled the train at the 79th Street station, said police.
Vicious beating
Police arrested four men who they say viciously beat a man on the corner of Dahill Road on Oct. 1, said police.
The victim told police that while walking home near 65th Street at 3:53 am he was approached by four men and was struck over the head with a blunt instrument. One of the men brandished a knife and proceeded to knock the man down and kick him all over his body, said police.
Swing and run
A baddie struck a man in the chest and arm with a baseball bat on New Utrecht Avenue and 71st Street on Oct. 3, said police.
A witness told police that at around midnight a brute struck the victim with the bat and then fled on foot in an unknown direction.
Senior assault
Police arrested a woman who they say beat an 88-year-old man on 67th Street on Sept. 26, said police.
The elderly victim told police that he was arguing with the lady between 17th and 18th avenues at 8:30 pm when she punched him multiple times in the face, causing him to fall to the ground. She continued to kick the senior while he was down, police said.
Police arrested the woman at the scene, authorities said.
Big score
A bandit raided a woman’s 82nd Street apartment on Sept. 29, said police.
The victim told police that a thief entered her apartment between 19th and 20th avenues at 7:30 pm by pushing her bedroom window air conditioner aside, and made off with jewelry, electronics, and $1,290. The burglar left the same way he entered, said police.
— Caroline Spivack
