62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Bad shot
A lowlife pulled out a gun and fired 10 rounds at a man on New Utrecht Avenue on Sept. 10, said police.
A witness told police that three ruffians approached the man between 16th and 17th avenues at 12:35 am and one of the men pulled out a gun and shot at the victim. Only one bullet pierced the left side of the man’s stomach, said police.
Emergency responders treated the victim on the scene before taking him to Maimonides Medical Center, said department officials.
Beat by brutes
Brutes beat a man and mugged him on 56th Street on Sept. 7, said police.
The victim told police he was near 18th Avenue at 2 am when two men approached him from behind and repeatedly punched him in the back of the head. One of the bruisers reached into the victim’s pocket and removed $1,000 and the duo fled on foot, said police.
Knife marauder
Officers arrested a man who they say pulled a knife on a guy and stole his backpack on 86th Street on Sept. 7, said police.
The suspect approached the victim near 25th Avenue at 11:25 am, flashed the knife, and removed the victim’s gray backpack and fled on foot to the 25th Avenue D train station, police allege. Officers stopped the man because he matched the description broadcast by authorities, said police.
A witness positively identified the man and police recovered the stolen bag and a knife, said department officials.
Car burgled
A pilferer raided a man’s car while he slept in it on W. Eight Street on Sept. 8, said police.
The victim told police he was sleeping in his vehicle near Bay Parkway at 5 am when he woke up to a man rummaging through his car. The thief fled with $400, credit cards, a Social Security card, and a camera, cops reported.
The victim chased after the burglar and caught him on 68th Street between 21st Avenue and Bay Parkway, and after a brief struggle recovered his property, said police.
Kinky thieves
Prowlers punched a man in the face, tried to cuff him with fake handcuffs, and robbed him on Bay Ridge Avenue on Sept. 11, said police.
The victim told police he was near 15th Avenue for a walk at 4:45 am when the nogoodniks approached him and punched him in the face, causing his nose to bleed, said police. The thieves tried to cuff the man but the victim fought them off, according to authorities.
The jerks did manage to steal the man’s cellphone and MetroCard during the struggle, said police.
With friends like these
Police cuffed two men who they say viciously beat and slashed their so-called “friend” with a knife on 16th Avenue on Sept. 11, said police.
The victim told police that he was between 65th and 66th Streets at 9:45 pm with his friends when one man pulled a knife on him while the other repeatedly punched and kicked him as he tore his clothes off, said police. The man sustained cuts and swelling on various parts of his body, cops noted.
The victim told police the men fled on an orange bike and a green bike with a rear gold rim. The victim called his father, who upon seeing the two bruisers nearby, confronted them and got his son’s property back, said department officials.
Determined thief
A looter climbed over a Bay Ridge Avenue driveway gate and stole a man’s bike on Sept. 9, said police.
The thief scaled the gate between 19th and 20th avenues at 4:05 am, threw the bike over the fence, and fled on the stole two-wheeler, said police.
Coffee fiends
Police arrested two men who robbed a 65th Street coffee store on Sept. 8, said police.
The two men broke into the coffee house near 18th Avenue through the front door at 3 am and swiped $200 from the cash register, said police. One man stood outside as lookout while the other man raided the chain java store, department officials said.
— Caroline Spivack
