60th Precinct
Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate
Unnecessary roughness
A ruthless bandit manhandled and robbed a 63-year-old woman inside the elevator of a W. 33rd Street apartment building on Nov. 9.
The victim told police that the brute followed her into the elevator of the building between Mermaid and Surf avenues at 1:03 pm, tied a mask over his face, and attacked.
The man put his grimy hands over the lady’s mouth and hurled her against the wall of the lift numerous times, suffocating her and giving her a few bruises. The fiend then dragged the poor woman into a stairwell, where he left her after taking her purse, which contained a grand total of $9, cops said.
No sweat
Two gunmen robbed a 15-year-old boy of his cash and sweatshirt on Neptune Avenue on Nov. 9.
The victim told police that he was near Ocean Parkway at 3:35 pm when the crook pulled a gun on him and demanded his valuables. The other ruffian yanked the sweatshirt of his back and grabbed about $40 off him, before the duo fled, cops said.
Bad deal
Two crooks robbed a man on his way to buy pot inside a W. 33rd Street apartment building on Nov. 11.
The victim told police he was on his way to a weed deal at the building between Bayview and Neptune avenues at 7 pm, when the two marauders jumped him.
The thieves pushed the man to the ground and pulled a gun on him, before taking $400, jewelry, and the man’s car keys, cops said.
Bad ‘cop’
A bandit posing as a cop beat and robbed a man on Brighton Fifth Street on Nov. 12.
The victim told police that he was near Brighton Beach Avenue 10:35 pm when a man approached him and declared himself as a police officer. When he got close, however, the “cop” sucker-punched him the face and grabbed his cellphone and $40, according to actual police.
Smoke break
Cops cuffed a man who they say stole cigarillos from a Neptune Avenue bodega on Nov. 13 — for the second time.
The victim told police he was behind the register at the deli between W. 36th and W. 27th streets at 2:40 am, when the suspect, who he recognized from an alleged prior robbery, approached and demanded the smokes. The victim refused, so the suspect pulled out a box-cutter and uttered a threat, police reported.
“If you don’t give me what I want, I’ll cut you,” he allegedly snarled.
The victim then turned over the small cigars, and the man was later picked up by the cops, according to police.
Ticket punched
Two punks robbed a 13-year-old kid at the Bay 50th Street Subway Station on Nov. 15, taking his iPhone 5.
The victim told police he was at the station near Stillwell Avenue on a Coney Island-bound D train platform at 7:10 pm when the two 17-year-old crooks sat beside him.
One of them acted as a look out, while the other did the old gun-in-the-pocket trick with his hands, and took the kid’s phone, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
