90th Precinct
Southside Williamsburg—Bushwick
Motorist hits cyclist — with hand
A vicious commuter bashed a cyclist in the head as he was riding down Flushing Avenue.
The victim told police he was riding eastbound on Flushing Avenue between Varick and Porter avenues at 5:40 am on April 18 when the savage leaned out a right rear passenger side window of a car and smacked the rider in the back of the head. The cyclist took himself to the hospital with swelling and bleeding on the back of the head. He told police he could not describe the vehicle.
Wrestling match
A pair of punks injured a woman’s arm when they tried to steal her purse. The victim told police that she was walking on Throop Avenue between Bartlett and Whipple streets at 9:20 am on April 15 when two men started following her. After about a half a block, one of the robbers grabbed the woman’s purse and tried to pull it from of her arm. She held onto it tightly and the men eventually ran off down the street. The woman told police she called 911, but no one responded.
Soda streamed
A couple of thirsty crooks snatched 144 bottles of soda from a delivery driver, police said.
The delivery driver told police he left his car parked on Bushwick Avenue between McKibbin and Boerum streets at 9:30 am on April 15 and when he came back, he saw the cases of soda were gone. A witness told them he watched the crooks run across Bushwick Avenue into a nearby house, but police were not able to track them down.
Family feud
A man was arrested for pushing his mother to the ground and stealing her wallet, keys, and cell phone, police report.
The 51-year-old victim told police that she was arguing with her son on the sidewalk of Bushwick Avenue at 8:46 pm on April 16 when he suddenly pushed her to the ground, causing her to hit her head. He then grabbed all the property she was carrying and ran off with it. The woman’s 20-year-old son was arrested and charged with robbery. Police recovered the woman’s cell phone, keys, and wallet.
Multi-step process
A patient burglar cut the front gate of a bar, broke into the vestibule and then drilled into an ATM to steal $2,340 in cash.
The owner of the bar on Grand Street between Bedford and Driggs avenues told police that the crafty crook broke into the bar and the ATM sometime during the night of April 17. There was a security camera pointed at the bar but police could not identify the suspect.
— Danielle Furfaro
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