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Cops: Robber steals grub at gunpoint

88th Precinct

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill

Free munchies

A hungry brigand held up a delivery driver at gunpoint, stealing his phone and food, police said.

The victim told authorities he was delivering food on Lefferts Place between Grand Avenue and St. James Place at 10:15 am on April 18 when a guy put a gun in his face and demanded money. The robber then put his hands into the delivery driver’s pockets and stole two of his phones and his food, according to a report.

Phantom bullet

An unknown bully shot a teenager in the leg, a report said.

The 19-year-old victim told authorities he was walking at the corner of Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street at 4 pm on April 13 when he suddenly felt pain from a gunshot in his lower left leg, police said.

Stick up

A man had to defend himself with a stick when another guy allegedly pulled a knife on him inside a storage facility, authorities said.

The victim said he was in a storage facility on Flatbush Avenue between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue at 5 pm on April 15 when another guy started arguing with him and then put a knife in his face, cops said. The victim picked up a stick and tried to fend him off, but the brute grabbed the stick out of his hand and hit him with it.

Police arrested the alleged attacker and charged him with assault.

— Danielle Furfaro

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