88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Hop in!
Two louts robbed a man at gunpoint on Park Avenue on Aug. 28, according to a police report.
The victim was near Hall Street under the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway at 8 am when two ne’er-do-wells pulled up in a black sport utility vehicle and asked him for the time, police said.
As the victim walked over to the car, one of the malcontents pulled a gun on him and told him to get in, police say.
The victim told police that the armed lawbreaker put the gun to his head and then relieved the man of his smartphone, laptop, and wallet before kicking him back out onto the street.
Maternal rage
An angry mother punched an old woman at the Atlantic Avenue Q train stop on Aug. 26, cops said.
An elderly woman was attempting to get on the elevator to exit the station near Flatbush Avenue around midnight when she was accosted by a young woman with a stroller who refused to let her in to the elevator, according to a report.
The victim told police that the testy mom wanted the space in the elevator for her and the baby carriage, and when the victim tried to get on, the maternal marauder punched the old woman in the chest and rolled over her foot with the stroller.
Police say the mother then took off on a Manhattan-bound 2 train.
Evil Knievel
Police arrested a daredevil for recklessly riding a dirt bike along Washington Walk on Aug. 30.
Cops say the man was riding at high speed on the sidewalk between N. Portland and Carlton avenues around 10 pm, exhibiting what police described as a “depraved indifference to human lives.”
Police arrived on the scene and ordered the motorized miscreant to stop — but he instead picked up speed and struck the arresting officer, injuring his shoulder, a report said.
Authorities cuffed the man shortly thereafter, police say.
Villainous attack
A brute struck and shot a Fort Greene man on Myrtle Avenue on Aug. 30, police said.
The victim told police he was standing outside of a building between Carlton Avenue and Adelphi Street when a brute hit him over the back of the head with a bottle, and proceeded to fire at him.
Commanding Officer of the 88th Precinct, Peter Fiorillo, responded to the scene, according to the report.
Rash thief
Police arrested a dry-skinned thief at a Myrtle Avenue convenience store on Aug. 25, according to a report.
The security guard at the drug store near Ashland Place told police that he saw a man put multiple bottles of eczema skin cream into his pockets and attempt to leave the store at around 2:40 pm.
The security guard stopped the rash suspect, who tried to flee, fighting with the guard in the process, a report said.
The guard eventually managed to subdue him, and police then arrested the man.
— Harry MacCormack
