61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
With friends like these
Cops seized two men who they said beat up and robbed their friend in his apartment on Avenue U on June 25 after he asked them not to smoke marijuana in his house.
The victim told police his so-called friends kicked him in the head and punched him repeatedly in the stomach in his home near E. 14th Street at 2:30 pm, then took $1,900 from his dresser.
The victim, who cops reported was left with visible injuries, told police that one of the men had been staying with him for a while.
Knife to see you
Police apprehended a knife-wielding knave who held his weapon to a man’s neck on E. 16th Street on June 26 and demanded money.
The victim told police the suspect, a friend of his, put the blade to his neck near Avenue Z at 5:30 pm and extracted $50 at 5:30 pm.
Interior ransacker
An intruder ransacked the top floor of an E. 26th Street woman’s home on June 26, moved her furniture, and broke her dresser while she was away visiting her son.
The invader entered the house on Avenue W through a bathroom window that had been left open, according to police sources. The 66-year-old victim told the cops that the bathroom window screen had been removed.
Fire escape foul
An unknown fiend entered an Ocean Avenue apartment on June 25 through the fire escape window and stole jewelry from the bedroom drawers, officials said.
The victim told police that he arrived at the home near Avenue W and found the window open and the accessories gone.
— Eric Faynberg
