60th Precinct
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Shots at dawn
A pistol-wielding brute shot a man on W. 16th Street in the early morning hours of June 5, police said.
The victim told cops he was between Mermaid and Neptune avenues around 4:30 am when the baddie pulled out his piece and fired several shots in the victim’s direction. One hit the victim in the lower back and emergency responders transported him to the hospital in stable condition, according to police.
Not amusing
A pickpocket snatched a woman’s wallet from her mother’s pocketbook while she caught some thrills a Surf Avenue amusement park on May 29, police said.
The victim placed her wallet in her mother’s purse when she hopped on a ride in the park near W. 10th Street around 4 pm. The mother then hung the bag from her baby stroller, which she stood next to during the duration of the ride.
When the daughter came back from the ride, her wallet was long gone, though the mother said she did not see anyone grab the wallet, according to a police report.
She did call 911
A foul fiend took a woman’s cellphone right out of her hand on Ocean Parkway on May 31, according to a police report.
She was between Ocean View and W. Brighton Avenue around 2 am when the thief walked up, grabbed her phone, and said, “B—- you’re not gonna call 911,” and walked away, police said.
Register raid
A heavy-handed burglar stole a cash register from a Neptune Avenue fast food joint on June 3, according to a police report.
The thief broke open a lock on a side door of the eatery between Brighton Eighth Street and Coney Island Avenue around 12:45 am. He hauled out the register and the $80 in it through the same side door and fled, police said.
— Dennis Lynch
