60th Precinct
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Temper tantrum
An irate baddie sent a Neptune Avenue deli employee to the hospital and destroyed the bodega’s front door when an altercation turned violent on June 23, according to a police report.
An employee told police that the argument started in the deli near Brighton Third Street around 1:15 am and quickly escalated into a physical confrontation. First, the brute grabbed a broom and hit the employee over the head, then he went outside, grabbed a garbage pail, and tossed it through the glass door in the direction of the employee inside.
The door shattered and the garbage bin hit the employee in the face, cutting him badly. Emergency responders rushed him to Coney Island Hospital.
Boardwalk brawl
Some clod hit a guy over the head with a bottle during a fight on the Boardwalk on June 25, according to a police report.
The guy was trying to break up a fight near W. 10th Street around 9:30 pm when one of the belligerent beachgoers whacked him with the bottle, police said.
Hamilton heist
A reprobate slapped a guy across the face on E. Seventh Street for a $10 spot on June 25, according to police.
The vitctim was near Kathleen Place around 3 pm when the guy approached and told him to run his pockets. He then hit the victim across the face and took $10 out of his pockets, police said.
Five-finger discount
A shoplifter ran off with an Apple iPad from a Brighton Beach Avenue electronics store on June 25, police said.
The sneak walked into the store near Brighton Sixth Street around 6:50 pm like any other customer and asked an employee to see one of the tablets, authorities said.
The employee handed him one, but then turned his back. The purloiner took the opportunity and dashed out the front door with his new $1,100 iPad in hand.
Rude awakening
A thief stole a guy’s backpack while he was sleeping on the Boardwalk on June 25, police said.
The guy dozed off near W. 16th Street around 6:50 pm with his backpack next to him. He woke up to find it was gone, along with $60, his credit cards, cellphone, and identification cards, according to a police report.
— Dennis Lynch