84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Group work
A horde of masked louts bashed a guy as he was walking home from school on Dean Street on April 21.
The victim told cops he was strolling with a friend near Bond Street at 3:30 pm when a group of 10 teenage troublemakers wearing hoodies and masks approached them from every direction hissing, “Give me all your money.”
The victims told them they didn’t have any money and the nogoodniks attacked one of the pair, punching him in the face repeatedly, causing redness and swelling, according to a report.
Hard cell
A quartet of goons attacked a teenager and broke his phone as he was walking home on Love Lane on April 24.
Police said the youngster was strolling by College Place at 1:20 am when he walked past the four baddies. They turned around and followed him, grabbing him from behind and telling him, “Run your pockets, you know what this is,” cops said.
One of the cretins then reached into the victim’s pocket and tried to remove his phone, according to a report. The victim refused to give up his phone as he was being punched and thrown to the ground, cutting and bruising his face and knees — but the phone fell to the ground and shattered anyway, police said.
Once the victim got to his feet, he picked up his phone and ran to his apartment building, police said.
Swindled
A fraudster cheated an Adams Street woman out of thousands of dollars on March 31 by telling her she had won a huge cash prize.
The victim told authorities she was told she had won $1.6 million from the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and had to pay $95,000 in taxes. She sent off the money thinking she would receive her prize, but scored only a fake check, police said.
Through the bedroom window
A thief snuck in through an open Atlantic Avenue bedroom window on April 22 and looted the apartment.
Cops said the weasel entered through the window by Third Avenue sometime between 8:30 am and 11:30 pm and took three MacBook Pros, one fancy camera, and jewelry.
Cab grab
Some crook robbed a guy as he was asleep in a cab on the way to his Washington Street apartment on April 14.
Police said the man fell asleep while taking a taxi from Manhattan to his apartment near Plymouth Street and when he awoke at 1:35 am, he noticed his credit cards and watch were missing.
— Lauren Gill
