Followed and stabbed
An altercation that began in a Manhattan club ended in a stabbing in Bay Ridge, cops from the 68th Precinct said this week.
Police were told that a 25-year-old 66th Street man was celebrating at a city night spot sometime after midnight on June 1 with a friend when he bumped into a 26-year-old male, who is believed to be the victim’s cousin.
The two began arguing and were both thrown out of the club, officials said.
When the victim and his friend decided to drive home, they realized that the man they were quarreling with was following them in a silver van.
The pursuit continued all the way to the corner of Fifth and Bay Ridge avenues, when the victim stopped his car to confront the man trailing him.
Police were told that the suspect jumped out of his vehicle with a knife, stabbed his victim in the shoulder and fled.
The victim was taken to Victory Memorial Hospital where he was listed in stable condition after treatment.
Cops were continuing their search for the assailant as this paper went to press.
Party poopers
Police are looking for the con who is probably celebrating after raiding Havin’ A Party, 8414 Fifth Avenue.
Workers at the store said that someone broke into the address sometime after closing at 5 p.m. on May 30.
The thieves came in through a rear door after lopping off the door knob.
They then fled the place with $250 they found in the cash register, officials said.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 68th Precinct at (718) 439-4211. All calls will be kept confidential.
Caught in the act
A thief burglarizing a home on 76th Street jumped out of a second-story window Saturday as he scrambled to escape the homeowner he was robbing, cops from the 68th Precinct said.
The 61-year-old resident told police that she returned home at 10 p.m. May 31 to the sound of her home alarm blaring. Her rear window was wide open, and she heard footsteps upstairs, she told police.
She ran back outside, only to see an unidentified male vaulting himself out of her second-floor window.
A 37-year-old neighbor chased the man down the block, but never got close enough to catch him.
Police said that about $1,440 in property, which included one gold and one pearl and jade necklace, had been taken from her home.
Cops were still looking for the thief as this paper went to press.
A demon in angel’s clothing
A deceitful thief took $575 from an 87-year-old woman after he pretended to be a Good Samaritan, police were told.
The senior told authorities that she had just left a bank and was approaching the corner of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue at 4 p.m. on May 30 when the unidentified thief crept up to her and smeared something on her coat.
The man then switched gears and played the role of a concerned citizen, telling the woman that she had something on her coat, and went to help her wipe her coat clean.
As he did so, he grabbed the woman’s pocketbook, which contained a check book and diamond ring as well as the money.
The search for the thief was continuing as this paper went to press.
Computer taken
About $600 in computer equipment, as well as an iPod and some medication, were removed from a Fourth Avenue home last week, police were told.
The tenant, 39, told police that she left her apartment near 79th Street at 8:30 p.m. on May 30.
She returned at 10 a.m. the following morning only to discover that someone took a pry bar to her front door, officials said.
Slaying still a mystery
Police said that while detectives are actively pursuing the case, no murder charges have been filed against the survivor in the bloody knife fight on 78th Street last week – a slaying that left a would-be good Samaritan dead.
Sources from the 62nd Precinct said that the unidentified 18-year-old who left the corner of 78th Street and 16th Avenue with a stab wound to the stomach on May 23 has been charged for the crime that sparked the entire fight.
Cops said that the 18-year-old was arguing with his girlfriend at the corner at 2:23 p.m. that afternoon when he tried to steal her pocketbook.
That’s when the victim, an unnamed 21-year-old male, intervened, cops said.
When the two men began arguing, the 21-year-old pulled a knife – a move that ultimately led to his death.
Police said that as they fought with the knife, the 21-year-old was stabbed repeatedly. He died from his injuries at Lutheran Medical Center. The 18-year-old, who was also injured, was listed in stable condition after treatment.
While the 18-year-old was charged with the robbery, he hasn’t been charged in the Samaritan’s death, since it appears that he killed the man in self-defense.
The names of the two men in the fight, which took place just a short distance from New Utrecht High School, were not released, since future charges could be filed.
Bank robber sought
Cops are looking for a not-so-masterful master of disguise – a 40-year-old man sporting a fake reddish beard who robbed a bank in Dyker Heights.
Police said that the bearded boob, his eyes covered with dark sunglasses, entered the Capitol One bank at 6501 11th Avenue, and passed a threatening note to a teller.
The thief walked off with an undetermined amount of cash.
The 6’0”, 210-pound thief was wearing a black sweatshirt and black baseball cap at the time of the theft.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Help wipe out graffiti
As the ongoing war against graffiti vandals continues, cops are now offering up to $500 in reward money to anyone who can offer them information that can lead them to anyone who commits graffiti vandalism.
The hefty reward is part of the city’s new push to rid New York of graffiti vandals.
Graffiti is one of the leading quality of life complaints brought to police.
Officials said that cleaning up graffiti is essential to the plan, to show that the community is no longer going to tolerate marred and tagged-up walls and street corners.
According to police there is a perception that if a community will tolerate graffiti, they will tolerate other criminal activities, such as drug dealing and prostitution.
Anyone with information about graffiti vandalism is urged to contact either 311 or 911.
Urination intervention
Two males caught relieving themselves on a Bay Ridge Parkway home were arrested last week when they attacked two residents of the building just moments after they were told to zip up and move on, police alleged.
Police said that the two males, identified as 25-year-old Sam Lopez and 18-year-old Carlos Plata, allegedly attacked their victims with a shovel and a belt during the stream of events at 7:40 p.m. on May 25.
Cops were told that the victims, ages 29 and 23, were inside their home near 16th Avenue when they saw the two men answering nature’s call.
The two were shooed away, but quickly came back armed with a shovel they found nearby, officials alleged.
Cops said that one of the victims was hit with a shovel. The second man was hit with a belt allegedly wielded by one of the two suspects.
Responding officers took the two into custody without incident and charged them with assault.
Manhattan Beach mayhem
Cops are investigating two recent robberies in Manhattan Beach – a neighborhood that is usually considered the quietest part of the 61st Precinct.
Officials said that police were called to Falmouth Street near Hampton Avenue on the night of May 29 after two women were held up at gunpoint right in front of their home.
The women said that they had just returned from Manhattan and had just pulled their car into their driveway at 11:55 a.m. when an unidentified male crept up and pulled a gun on them.
The thief robbed the two of their pocketbooks, cash and jewelry and was last seen fleeing in a red vehicle, officials said.
Cops were called back to Manhattan Beach on Sunday night when a 57-year-old woman was robbed of her handbag as she helped her elderly father into his house on Dover Street.
The woman told police that she was walking her father to the front door at 11:30 p.m. on June 1 when a white male with a bandanna covering his face rolled down the block in a white vehicle.
The thief stopped the car, jumped out, grabbed the woman’s purse, ran back to his car and sped off. Everything happened so fast that the thief never closed the door to his car, cops were told.
Police are asking anyone with information regarding either incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 61st Precinct at (718) 627-6611. All calls will be kept confidential.
Bludgeoned with bottle
Police are looking for the thug who hit another man over the head with a glass bottle as he robbed him of his wallet on Avenue O near Bay Parkway, officials said.
The suspect, described only as a white male, approached his victim as he made his way home at 11:45 p.m. on May 27, and demanded that he fork over his money, officials were told.
When the victim refused, the thief hit him over the head with the bottle and ran off with his wallet.
Cops are investigating the possibility that this incident and the one above it could be related, since they occurred so close to one another.
Anyone with information regarding either of these crimes is urged to contact the 62nd Precinct at (718) 236-2611. All calls will be kept confidential.
Robbed of pocketbook
A 32-year-old woman was robbed of her pocketbook as she headed toward her Sheepshead Bay home, cops were told this week.
The victim said that she was on Bragg Street near Avenue U at 5:40 p.m. on May 30 when an unidentified black male in his twenties grabbed her.
The thief made off with the woman’s handbag after a brief struggle and was last seen fleeing the area in a green mini-van.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 61st Precinct at (718) 627-6611. All calls will be kept confidential.
Gravesend school marred
Vandals broke into a Gravesend school last week, where they smeared graffiti on the building and scratched up the school doors, cops were told this week.
Police said that someone broke the lock to the rear gate of P.S. 177, located at 346 Avenue P, sometime after 7 p.m. on May 29.
The thieves never got into the building and instead spent their time leaving graffiti tags on the building, some of which were etched into the doors.
Cops were still looking for the vandals as this paper went to press.
Plumbing pluck
Cops are searching for the thieves who broke into a Bay 11th Street address, where a Department of Environmental Protection water meter and several copper pipes were taken.
Police were told that someone broke into the home through a basement window sometime after 8:30 p.m. on May 29.
The plumbing supplies were reported missing the following morning, officials said.
Fire fleece
Two thieves pretending to be Con Ed workers are being sought for conning their way into a Gravesend woman’s place after telling her they thought her house was on fire.
The woman said that the duo, described as white males in their thirties, came to her West 10th Street home at 5:45 p.m. on May 24 and told her they thought they smelled smoke coming from her abode.
The two said they wanted to make sure her house wasn’t on fire and barged in.
They reportedly kicked their way into two bedrooms, removing an undisclosed amount of property before leaving, police were told.
Robbed by appointment
Cops are investigating a young man’s claims that he was robbed by a crew of thieves who called him first to find out where he was.
The victim said that he was hanging out at a park near the corner of 86th Street and Avenue W at 3:50 p.m. on May 23 when an acquaintance called him and wanted to find out where he was.
The victim, 26, told him the location, and a short time later two thieves came charging at him with a pipe.
The thieves struck him with the pipe and robbed him of his $150 cell phone, officials said.
Cops were still looking for the thieves as this paper went to press.
