90th Precinct
Southside–Williamsburg
Slasher
A brute slashed a man with a razor blade at the corner of Grand and Catherine Streets on the night of Jan. 2.
The victim was drinking alcohol at the intersection at 10:20 pm when he got into an argument with a passing stranger, according to a police report. The lout then pulled a razor blade and sliced the guy across the stomach, cops said.
Day blow
A couple of goons snatched a lady’s purse at knifepoint on Montrose Avenue in broad daylight on Jan. 3.
The victim was near Humboldt Street at 3:50 pm when the scoundrels approached from behind, and one of them pulled a knife when the lady turned around, police said.
The knife-wielder grabbed the victim’s bag and she let him take it, cops said. The perps fled down Humboldt Street towards Johnson Avenue, according to a police report.
Wild night
Cops cuffed a group of teens who they say tried to run over someone in a car at high speed, then brutally beat another victim on Boerum Street in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.
The arresting officer saw the suspects barrel into the sidewalk of a city housing building near Humboldt Street at 3:45 am, police said. The victim told cops the alleged assailants tried to run him over with the car, then punched him in the face, according to a police report.
A second victim told cops the suspects beat him up by kicking and punching, then throwing him to the ground, leaving him bruised and bleeding, authorities said.
Police arrested five teens for the crime, and believe the suspects are affiliated with a gang, according to a police report.
Mug way
A punk held up a Bushwick Avenue sandwich shop at gunpoint on Dec. 29 and ran off with a wad of cash.
The low-life barged into the shop near Grand Street at 9 pm and pointed a gun at an employee, demanding all the money in the register, according to a police report.
The store employee forked over $350 from the register and the baddie fled down Bushwick Avenue towards Maujer Street, authorities said.
Auto crime
Some scalawag broke into a guy’s car at the corner of Grand Street and Driggs Avenue and snatched up some pricey electronics and clothes on Dec. 29.
The victim left his parked car at 10 am, then returned at 1:50 pm to find his driver’s-side door damaged and a bunch of camera equipment and clothing removed, police said.
— Allegra Hobbs
