Gun hoe!
Ridgites beware. Gun toting thugs have been wreaking havoc through the neighborhood. Here’s a round-up:
• A pistol-wielding thug busted up one man’s haircut at Elite Barber Shop on June 26.
The victim told police that his hair was being sheared away at around midnight when a masked thief entered the shop, which is on 87th Street near Fourth Avenue, and demanded money. After forcing the victim, 31, to the ground, he ran off on foot.
• A Bonnie and Clyde duo stopped two people outside a 95th Street deli at around midnight on June 24.
The duo grabbed the two victims — a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman — and forced them against a wall near Third Avenue.
The male thug grabbed one victim, forced a knife to his throat, and said, “Give me your money or I’ll kill you.”
The other victim was punched and kicked by the female perp and robbed of her bag.
Both thugs fled, but when one of the victims gave chase, one of the hooligans pulled out a gun, which ended the pursuit.
Up in smokes
A thief broke into a truck parked on 74th Street on June 26 by pushing the back window open at around noon.
Apparently nicotine crazed, the fiend took not only $2,400, but more than 50 cartons of cigarettes, worth around $4,000, from the truck, which had been left near Third Avenue.
Front door men
Burglars broke through the front window of a house on 66th Street while the owner was out on June 25.
The resident told cops that he was not there between 9 am and 3 pm, enough time for a thief or thieves to enter, take $5,000, and then casually walk out the front door, police reports say.
