62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Saved by the cell
A knife-wielding wacko nearly stabbed a man in an 82nd Street robbery on Nov. 14, but the blade was miraculously deflected by the victim’s cellphone.
The victim told police that he and a lady friend had just exited a cab near 23rd Avenue at 3 am when the goon approached them from behind and drew his weapon.
“Give me your backpack,” the crook growled.
But the victim wasn’t giving it up without a fight, and the thief closed in with the knife, cops said. The knife-man initially tried to cut the bag from the man’s shoulder, but, when that didn’t work, he took a stab at his leg. Fortunately, the blade struck the man’s cellphone instead, leaving a small nick in his leg in lieu of a massive gash, according to police.
It was around this time that the victim decided his backpack wasn’t worth a leg and handed his property, police said. The thief then snatched a purse the woman was carrying, and fled into the night down 23rd Avenue, according to cops.
No service
Two punks beat and robbed a 17-year-old boy on W. Fourth Street on Nov. 13.
The victim told police that he was near Avenue P at 4:50 pm when the crooks appeared and demanded his phone. One of the ruffians then held his hands behind his back, while the other laid into his face, according to police.
After softening him up, the crooks tossed the victim to the ground, snatched his phone, and took off running, cops said.
A hop, skip, and a jump
Three bandits jumped two men on Bay 22nd Street on Nov. 11, before grabbing their cash and phones.
The victims told police they were between 86th Street and Benson Aveunue at 11 pm, when the pack of cretins ambushed them. Both victims suffered a few blows to their faces, and lost their cellphones and some cash in the process, cops said.
What goes up
Some sneaks stole a whopping $27,000 worth of scaffolding from a Cropsey Avenue construction site on Nov. 16.
The foreman told police he locked up the yard between 23rd Street and Bay 34th Street at 3:30 pm, and returned later to find his stock of metal scaffolding materials severely depleted.
The foreman complained that this wasn’t the first time that site had been burglarized, and that someone had ripped him off on Oct. 17, according to police.
Trailer trash
Some nogoodniks snuck into a burgled a trailer at a 62nd Street construction site on Nov. 13.
The victim told police that he locked up the trailer near New Utrecth Avenue at 5:30 pm, and returned later to find a window grill had been kicked in and two computers nabbed.
Wide open
A thief let himself into a 21st Avenue apartment on Nov. 13, taking electronics.
The victim told police that the trespasser let himself into his home between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue at 1:15 pm, slipping inside through a unlocked first-floor window.
— Colin Mixson
