84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
No pain no cane
Cops arrested two women and a man who they say roughed up and robbed a man on Livingston Street on May 4, beating him with a cane and running off with cash, according to a report.
Five rogues cornered the 48-year-old victim outside a store between Nevins Street and Hanover Place at 7:15 pm, punching, kicking, and whacking him with a cane before smashing his head into a plate glass window, police said. The marauders then ran off with an unknown amount of cash from the victim’s pocket, a report said.
Cops managed to track down three, collaring a 20-year-old Bronx woman, a 29-year-old Flatbush man, and a 22-year-old woman, according to a report.
Bike strike
Police nabbed a teen on Livingston Street on May 5 for allegedly stealing a Citi Bike, according to a report.
Officers saw the 15-year-old boy cruising on a Citi Bike near Gallatin Place and stopped him for questioning, although it was not clear from the report why police suspected the boy of stealing the bike.
A check with Citi Bike revealed that the wheels had last been legally docked on May 1, and cops busted the kid for being in possession of stolen property, a report said.
Wrong side of the tracks
A knife-wielding lout slashed a teen at the Hoyt Street subway station on May 8 for being from the wrong neighborhood, cops said.
The victim was on the platform at the 2 and 3 train stop at 2:50 pm when the brute, accompanied by a group of youths and without provocation, said, “You from Cobble? I’m from Gowanus,” before pulling a blade and slashing his 17-year-old victim on the scalp, hand and wrist, according to a report.
The ruffian and his cohorts then fled the scene, leaving the teen bleeding badly enough to require 15 stitches and six staples to suture his wounds.
Nab and grab
Police arrested a teen who they say swiped more than $1,000 in merchandise from a Fulton Street store on May 8, a report said.
Employees at the store between Lawrence and Bridge streets noticed the 15-year-old girl loading up on shirts, pants, and other clothing items totaling $1,646 in loot, and notified cops, who managed to apprehend the teen and recover the goods, a report said.
Swiped card swipe
A man was busted for trying to buy merchandise with a stolen debit card at a Fulton Street store on May 9, according to a report.
Employees at the establishment between Lawrence and Bridge streets notified cops after the 30-year-old Queens man tried to buy stuff with a debit card that had already been reported lost, police said.
When an officer responded he saw the man charge at an employee with pepper spray in his hand, but the cop was able to break up the confrontation and collar the suspect, who said he had the pepper spray for self defense.
Sweating the loss
Someone swiped more than $1,000 in sweatshirts from a Front Street shop on May 10, according to a report.
Unknown miscreants snuck into the store between Main and Washington streets sometime between 1:28 am and 6:29 pm on May 10 and walked out with nine blue hoodies worth $666 and seven orange hoodies valued at $476, police said.
— Noah Hurowitz
