62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Knifed for nothin’
A lunatic stabbed a complete stranger on 78th Street on March 22.
The monster ran up behind a guy between 20th and 21st avenues in Bensonhurst and knifed him in the gut at 12:20 am, police said. A witness called paramedics, who took the victim to Lutheran Medical Center, officials said. A doctor told police the guy was not likely die, a police report states.
Punk plucks purse
A punk snatched a senior’s purse on 71st street on March 22.
The victim and her hubby were between 19th and 20th avenues in Bensonhurst at 12:15 am when the bandit ran up behind them and ripped the bag from the 71-year-old victim’s arm, police said. The brute fled on bicycle toward 15th Avenue, a police report states.
Wage theft
A 21st avenue woman says day laborers made off with her purse from her 68th Street apartment on March 18.
The woman hired workers to fix her home near Bay Ridge Avenue in Bensonhurst, police said. The laborers showed up at 10:30 am, and the woman left her bag unattended on a table while the crew worked, a police report states.
The 89-year-old victim realized the purse was missing the next day, officials said. When she canceled her credit cards, her provider told her someone had made new charges, police said.
Jacket jacked
Three brutes beat and robbed a guy on Bay 35th Street on March 19.
The victim was between Bath and Benson avenues in Bensonhurst at 9:40 pm when the trio came up from behind and started punching and kicking him, cutting his ear and hands, police said.
The goons took the guy’s jacket, which contained his cellphone, and fled down Benson Avenue toward Bay Parkway in a gray Toyota Scion, a police report states.
— Max Jaeger