62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Invaders hit home
Two brutes beat and robbed a man who walked in while they were burglarizing his 77th Street home on Nov. 20, cops said.
The victim returned to his apartment between 21st Avenue and Bay Parkway in Gravesend at 9:28 pm and noticed the front door was pried open, police reported. The man went in anyway and found the pair of prowlers, who made him lie stomach-down on a bed, then bashed him in the head with clubs, a police report states.
The two lowlifes went through the guy’s pockets and took $575, law enforcement officials said. They also took two new electronic tablets before fleeing, police said. Witnesses saw the burglars head north on 21st Avenue in a silver Chevrolet Suburban, according to the authorities. The 34-year-old victim went to Lutheran Medical Center for treatment, per officers.
Men at lurk
Three fiends posing as construction workers mugged a guy on W. Fourth Street on Dec. 1, cops recounted.
Someone called the victim promising an estimate for construction work, and the man agreed to meet the caller between 65th Street and Avenue O in Gravesend, police said.
The man was waiting at the spot at 7:20 pm when three galoots jumped him, a police report states. The trio punched the man in the face and took his car keys, cellphone, and wallet, which contained $1,500 and credit cards, according to the NYPD.
Punched drunk
Two punks rolled a drunk guy at 86th street and Bay 23rd in Gravesend on Nov. 27, the authorities reported.
The victim was walking home from a bodega when the pair jumped him, police said. One guy punched the victim in the face and the other took $200 from his pocket, report states.
The victim said he was intoxicated at the time of the attack and wasn’t sure exactly where the incident happened.
Phone store stickup
A gun-toting lout stole $3,800 and cellphones from a mobile phone store on W. Eighth Street on Nov. 29, cops said.
The desperado dashed in as the clerk was closing up shop at the store between Bay Parkway and Avenue O, police said. He flashed the piece, then grabbed the cash and two new iPhones, and fled down W. Eighth Street toward Avenue O, according to a report.
Wheel-y bad deal
Someone stole the wheels off of a vehicle at an 86th Street car dealership and left the ride on cinder blocks on Nov. 30, police said.
An employee on the lot between 16th Avenue and Bay 13th Street in Bensonhurst came in to work on Dec. 1 and noticed one of the cars was on blocks, officers stated. The theft happened at 9 pm, per the NYPD.
— Max Jaeger
