A man who recently sued the city on allegations that cops had sodomized him with a police radio ended up in the hospital once again following an attack on Willoughby Street.
Officials said that tattoo artist Michael Mineo was outside a Willoughby Street building near Gallatin Place at 2:30 p.m. on July 24 when he got into an argument with 41-year-old George Alejandro.
According to police, Alejandro allegedly pulled a silver pocket knife and charged at Mineo, leaving him with a deep cut to his forearm that required stitches.
Mineo was treated at a local hospital.
According to published reports, Alejandro may have recognized Mineo from the widespread media attention sparked by the alleged police assault and the lawsuit he and his attorneys filed.
Alejandro’s attorney refuted the claims, telling reporters that his client didn’t know Mineo. He also claimed that Mineo was cut with a bottle, not a knife.
The fast and the fiendish A brazen thief is being sought for busting a 2007 Toyota Camry out of a parking garage on Adams Street.
And when we say busting out, we’re not kidding.
A worker at the parking garage, located near York Street, said that he was in the back of the lot just before 1 a.m. on July 26 when an unidentified black male in a white T-shirt and a white baseball cap jumped into the vehicle and gunned the engine. The car had been left in the garage with the keys in the ignition.
The thief then sped out of the lot, taking the Camry right through a lowered metal gate.
The stolen vehicle belonged to a 74-year-old area resident, cops were told.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 84th Precinct at (718) 875-6811. All calls will be kept confidential.
Not-so soft touch Thieves raided the Soft Touch News Stand at 1 Pierrepont Plaza last week, swiping hundreds of dollars in receipts.
Workers said that two men broke a window and forced up the security gate sometime between 4:30 and 5 a.m. on July 22.
Approximately $400 in cash and $200 in quarters were removed, said officials, who added that a good portion of the break-in was caught on video.
Cops were still looking for the thieves as this paper went to press.
Left unsecured A guard at a local parking garage called police last week claiming that someone had swiped a laptop computer from his security booth.
The victim, 25, said that he had left the booth on State Street near Flatbush Avenue for a quick food run at 9:40 p.m. on July 19 when someone took the laptop and a backpack.
The booth had been left unsecured, officials were told.
Touch-y situation Cops are looking for a thief who followed a woman for several blocks before running off with her iPod Touch.
The victim, 21, said that the suspect, who is in his early 20s, had reportedly waited at a stoplight with her and then followed her into a deli before swiping the iTouch off her hip at Willoughby Street and the Flatbush Avenue Extension just after midnight on July 21.
No injuries were reported.
Starting young An awfully young criminal couple, ages 12 and 14, were arrested last week after they were caught swiping clothes from an area Macy’s.
Officials said that the suspects, who were not named because of their ages, were apprehended trying to steal 31 polo shirts from the Fulton Street department store at 6:15 p.m. on July 23, officials said.
What a snake! Where’s G.I. Joe when you need him?
Cops could probably use his assistance in tracking down “Cobra” — a thug responsible for mugging a senior on Bond and Schermerhorn streets last week.
The venomous villain, described as a hulking 50-year-old white male, grabbed a 67-year-old man from behind at 11:30 p.m. on July 14.
Cobra, who the victim knows, threw the senior to the ground and kicked him in the side, leaving a bad bruise.
Cobra and an accomplice, who is also in his fifties, reportedly robbed the victim of his cash, gold chain and cell phone before slithering away.
Cops were still looking for the snake as this paper went to press.
Phone swipe A 52-year-old man was surrounded by a group of youths and robbed of his cell phone following a confrontation on Court Street.
Police were told that the victim was nearing Livingston Street at 11:10 p.m. on July 12 when the youths stopped him.
One of the toughs grabbed the phone out of his hand before all of them ran off into the night.
The victim, a resident of Atlantic Avenue, was not harmed, police said.
