94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Sibling rivals
An angry man was arrested for attacking his younger brother with a knife while he was sleeping at his Debevoise Avenue apartment on May 29.
The 25-year-old victim told police he was sleeping at his abode between Jackson Street and Skillman Avenue at 2 pm when his brother stabbed his hand with a knife. He woke up to find his brother also holding a pipe and threatening to kill him, police reported.
The victim’s 27-year-old brother was arrested and charged with assault.
Designer attack
Police arrested a 26-year-old man who they say beat a guy and threatened him with a knife before stealing his Gucci belt on Jackson Street on May 26.
The 21-year-old victim told police that he was between Debevoise and Kingsland avenues at 1:56 pm when the suspect, who he knows, punched him in the face and chest and put a knife to him before stealing his $500 Gucci belt.
Police found the suspect with the belt, a hypodermic needle, a bullet and a bottle of drugs. He was charged with robbery, among other charges.
Faster than an eviction
An irate landlady beat a delinquent Kent Street tenant with a chair on May 31 when the tenant refused to pay rent, said police.
The 77-year-old victim told police that she was sitting on a chair inside of her home between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Street at 5 pm, arguing with the landlady, when the angry woman suddendly shoved her off of her chair.
The victim landed on her back and the landlady then picked up the chair and hit her with it, police reported. The victim suffered bruising to her back and the 67-year-old landlady was charged with assault.
Ransacked
A woman returned from a weekend out of town to find her Driggs Avenue apartment ransacked and her jewelry stolen on May 25.
The victim told police she came home to her home between Kingsland Avenue and Sutton Street 6:30 pm to find her home torn apart and her jewelry, including her diamond ring, gone. The woman suspects that someone with the key used it to get in the back door. Please have made no arrests.
Sexual assault
Police are searching for a 19-year-old man who they say sexually assault his ex-girlfriend on N. Fifth Street on May 28.
The victim told police she went to her ex-boyfriend’s house between Kent and Wythe avenues at 2:30 pm to pick up the belongings she left at his house. When she tried to leave he threw her on the bed and assaulted her, leaving bruises on her body, police reported.
Holed up
Someone broke into an Eckford Street construction site and stole more than $11,000 worth of tools and cash on May 29.
The head of the construction company working the site between Calyer Street and Meserole Avenue told police he arrived at 7:45 am to find $6,000 in cash missing, as well as a wet saw, screw gun, hammer, drill, laser cutter, and other tools. The victim believes that the burglar got in via a hole in the back wall.
— Danielle Furfaro
