60th Precinct
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Purse perp
A gun-wielding villain robbed a woman on W. 28th Street on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that she was cashing a check at her bank between Mermaid and Surf avenues at 8:40 pm when the crook drew a pistol on her and demanded her bag.
Without waiting for her, the thief snatched her purse from off her shoulder and fled on foot, cops said.
Trouble at home
Cops busted a man who they say beat a woman inside a W. 23rd Street apartment on Dec. 18.
The victim told police she was inside the abode between Neptune and Mermaid avenues at 11 pm, where she was arguing with a man she described to police as a stranger. The dispute climaxed when the suspect punched her in the face, before grabbing her around the neck, cops said.
The victim suffered a swollen cheek and nose, and scratches around her throat, according to police.
Tool time
A crook looted tools from a commercial truck left in the parking lot of a Cropsey Avenue hardware store on Dec. 14.
The victim told police that he parked his work vehicle at the store near Bay 53rd Street at 2:45 pm, and returned later to find the tools he left on his back seat were missing.
Take out
A thief ransacked a Coney Island Avenue eatery on Dec. 14, taking cash.
The victim told police that he locked up his store between Kathleen Place and Avenue Z at 11 pm, and returned later to find a rear window had been opened and $300 nabbed.
Un-Impressa
A carjacker sped off with a man’s 2006 Subaru Impressa he left parked on Avenue Z on Dec. 16.
The victim told police that he parked his Impressa between Shell Road and W. Third Street at 11 am, and returned later to find an empty spot where his vehicle had been.
— Colin Mixson