94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Empty-handed
A gang of toughs tried and failed to rob a teen on Meeker Avenue on March 18 as he was leaving school, cops said.
The 16-year-old victim recalled that he was walking to the train from school and was at the corner of Union Avenue at 3:30 pm when six bullies ran to him from behind, surrounded him, and patted him down. One of them pointed something that looked like a knife, police reported.
“I have a knife, give me your cellphone,” one of the scoundrels supposedly said.
The victim scrammed towards the train without giving the toughs a thing, police said.
S-U-Free
An anti-social auto-phile stole a company Porsche after an employee left it unlocked with the keys in it at a N. Sixth Street parking lot on March 20, cops said.
A company rep reported he left the 2012 Porsche Cayenne in the lot between Wythe and Kent avenues from 11 to 11:55 am. He said it was company policy to leave all vehicles unlocked with the keys in them at all times.
Ex-games
A teen allegedly stole his ex-girlfriend’s cellphone off of the coffee table in her Morgan Avenue home on March 18.
The teenage girl told police that she was at her apartment between Withers Street and Maspeth Avenue at 3:30 pm when her ex-boyfriend grabbed her cellphone off the table without her permission and ran out of the apartment.
Counter-measures
A man was charged with assault after he tried to break up a fight between two sisters on Noble Street on March 18 — by choking one of them.
The victim told police that she was in her apartment between Franklin Street and Manhattan Avenue at 7:58 pm when she got into an argument with her sister. Suddenly, a man who was in the home grabbed her by the throat and pushed her hard, causing her to fall and hit her head, she said.
The victim has a large scratch on her for head and a scratch on her neck, police reported. The 46-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault.
— Danielle Furfaro
