62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Boozy bandit
Cops cuffed a man who they say robbed a teenager after he refused to buy him beer at the intersection of 19th Avenue and 67th Street on Nov. 25.
The man approached the 13-year-old on the street at 2:35 pm and demanded he purchase beer, but when the teen refused the man threatened him and grabbed cash from his pockets, officers said.
Police pursued the man as he fled on foot and apprehended him around the corner, stated police.
Highway robber
Police arrested a man for mugging a guy on Kings Highway on Nov. 23.
The victim told police that the man grabbed him between W. Seventh and W. Eighth streets at 10 pm and demanded his cellphone and wallet. The man threatened to harm him if he didn’t hand over the goods, reported officials.
Police on the scene arrested the man, authorities said.
Sweater weather
A knife-wielding thief swiped a bundle of sweaters from a Bay Parkway sporting goods store on Nov. 27 and threatened a security guard, said police.
A witness told officers that the rascal tried to run out of the store near Shore Parkway with an arm full of sweaters at 6 pm. A security guard chased after him but was forced to back off when the weasel brandished the blade, police reported.
Out on a limb
Police arrested a mother who they say beat her 19-year-old daughter with a tree branch on 67th Street on Nov. 27.
The teen told cops that she and her 56-year-old mother were between 15th and 16th avenues at 5 pm when her mom struck her in the head with a tree branch.
The blow caused pain and bruising to the girl’s head, officials said.
With friends like these …
A bozo beat her friend with a shoe on 25th Avenue on Nov. 27, said police.
The two women got into a verbal dispute between Benson and Bath avenues at 7 pm that soon turned physical, officials reported. The ruffian took off her shoe and struck her friend multiple times in the head, said police.
The nogoodnik also kicked her friend in the left knee causing bruising, authorities stated.
— Caroline Spivack
