94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Automatic taker machine
A pair of tough guys forced a man to take money out of a Bedford Avenue cash machine and give it to them on July 1 — then followed him home and made him do it again, cops stated.
The 25-year-old victim said he was hanging around outside of a bar between N. Seventh and N. Eighth streets at 3:45 am when he got into an argument with the two lowlifes. One of the fiends demanded that he withdraw cash from a nearby machine, according to the authorities.
“Take out the money,” the villain supposedly hissed. “If you don’t, I’m going to f— you up.”
The victim took out $200 and forked it over, then got into a cab and went home, per a report. When he arrived, he found the scoundrels waiting for him, officers stated.
The dastardly duo once again demanded that he extract cash, and the victim once again complied, law enforcement officials said.
Bad romance
A woman shot at her husband on Eagle Street on July 6 after the man moved out of their home and didn’t tell her where he went, cops reported.
The 37-year-old victim said that he moved out and went to live at a shelter without a word. His wife tracked him down to Eagle Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue using the navigation system on his cellphone and came after him at 10:24 am with three large toughs in tow, cops reported.
He told police he heard one of the men say, “Go ahead. Do it,” before his wife shot in his direction, according to the police report.
Catch a break-in
A prowler tried to break into a woman’s Lorimer Street home on June 30, but ran off when she attempted to catch him in the act.
The woman recounted that she was at her house between Bayard and Richardson streets at 1 pm when she heard the lowlife trying to break in through the front door.
She approached the door and heard the would-be robber run away, she said. She walked outside and found the door and door frame both damaged by what might have been a screwdriver, according to a police report.
Coffee crime
Two vandals were caught on camera trying to break into a N. Sixth Street coffee shop on June 30, according to the authorities
The two tried to smash in the front window of the cafe between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue at 1:35 am, cops said.
The treacherous twosome swung a blunt object at the portal, but failed to break it, then scrammed, police reported.
Uninvited guest
A villain broke into a Beadel Street home on July 5 and stole computer equipment, officers stated.
The victim said he left his house between Morgan and Vandeervoort avenues between 2 and 3 pm, and when he came back, he found all of his electronics — including his MacBook Air, laptop computer, and iPad — gone. There were no signs of forced entry, according to a police report.
Invited guest
A rapscallion who went home with a woman he met at a bar on June 29 stole from Leonard Street apartment while she slept, cops said.
The woman said she met the con artist at a watering hole in Manhattan and brought him back to her apartment between Metropolitan Avenue and Conselyea Street at 11:30 pm, at which time she promptly fell asleep.
She awoke at 2 am to find the scalawag gone and her iPhone, debit card, keys, and phone charger all missing.
— Danielle Furfaro
