84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Power of Thor
Cops arrested a hammer-wielding Canarsie man after the brute allegedly whacked another man in the head with a hammer in the middle of an argument on Bond Street on March 30, a report said.
The two had a verbal spat outside a government career center between Livingston and Fulton streets at 12:34 pm when the suspect took a swing at his victim, cutting his head and causing considerable pain, cops said.
Responding officers collared the alleged attacker and charged him with assault, according to a report.
Lights, cameras, stolen
A sneak swiped a bunch of camera equipment from the office of an education facility on Jay Street sometime overnight on March 30, according to a report.
The burglar entered the office between John and Plymouth streets sometime after the last student to leave locked the door at 1:30 am on March 30. When an employee showed up at the office at 9 am on March 31, $4,250 in camera equipment, including cameras, lenses, and other accessories, were gone, police said.
Respect your elders
An anti-social ruffian savagely attacked a senior on Dean Street on March 24, cops said.
The two men got into an argument at a healthcare facility between Hoyt and Bond streets at 10 am, when the aggressive lummox socked his 72-year-old victim in the face, fracturing his jaw, according to a report.
Cops are on the lookout for the attacker, known only as Marlon, who fled after he brutalized his elderly victim.
Good morning to you
A gun-toting robber stuck up a woman in broad daylight on April 1 as she got off a bus on Livingston Street, cops said.
The marauder flashed a handgun at his victim as she hopped off a Downtown-bound B45 bus at Bond Street at 9:30 am, taunting her with a false greeting, according to a report.
“How are you doing? If you turn around I will shoot you. Empty your pockets,” the bandit said, before relieving his victim of $690 in cash, cops said.
The victim offered cops no description of the stick-up artist.
Blue jeans blues
A pair of ne’er-do-wells bumrushed a Montague Street clothing store on March 29, making off with a load of merchandise a report said.
The two goons walked into the store between Henry and Clinton streets and grabbed 14 pairs of jeans totaling $1,590 and 10 sweaters worth $795 and strode out of the shop before employees or cops could stop them, police said.
— Noah Hurowitz
