84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Subway clash
Police slapped cuffs on a man who they say fought cops after he tried to get a free subway ride in a station near Joralemon Street on April 14.
An officer saw the man walking through an emergency gate in a station near Court Street at 4:35 pm and approached the guy, asking him to show his identification, but he allegedly refused, yelling “Y’all n—– ain’t doing nothing,” according to a report.
The cop attempted to handcuff the man, but he allegedly started to throw punches, causing the policeman to fall to the ground and hurt his right knee, authorities said. The guy allegedly continued to fight the officer while he was on the ground until a stranger tackled the man, cops said.
The suspect ran away, but police found his personal documents and tracked him down, a report said.
Dropped call
A lawbreaker snatched a woman’s phone as she was walking up the stairs of Borough Hall station on Court Street on April 11.
Authorities said the woman was trudging up the stairs near Court Street at 3:40 pm when the scoundrel bumped her and took her iPhone 6 plus from her hands.
Relayed
Cops collared two guys who they say stole a woman’s phone in a subway station on Pacific Street on April 11.
The victim claims the man grabbed her Samsung Galaxy Edge from her hands in the station near Fourth Avenue at 3:20 pm. She ran after the guy and he fell down, allegedly passing the phone off to another guy, cops said. A witness eventually stopped the man and police slapped cuffs on the pair, according to a report.
Cone head
Police arrested a man who they say threw a traffic cone at a cop on Henry Street on April 12.
Authorities said a policeman was issuing a parking summons to the man near Orange Street at 2 pm when the guy allegedly hurled the orange plastic cone at him, injuring his right hand. The cop went to the hospital for treatment, according to a report.
Withdrawn
A pair of goons forced a woman to take out $756 from an automated teller machine on Flatbush Avenue on April 12 and then made off with her cash.
The victim told cops the punks walked her to the bank near Atlantic Avenue at 2:14 pm and made her take out hundreds of dollars. When she grabbed the cash out of the machine, the two cads took the money and ran off, police said.
— Lauren Gill