70th Precinct
Flatbush—Midwood
Ambushed
A 20-year-old man was arrested for beating and robbing a Chinese food delivery guy on Linden Boulevard on Jan 12.
The victim told police that he was between Bedford and Flatbush avenues at 11:30 pm when the suspect crept up from behind and began assailing him with a flurry of vicious blows, before pilfering the victim’s pockets and fleeing.
Fear of needles
Cops arrested a 33-year-old man who they say threatened another man with a syringe on E. 16th Street on Jan. 10.
The victim told police that he was near Beverly Road at 10:45 pm when the suspect approached him wielding the medical instrument and demanded his iPhone.
— Colin Mixson
