62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Shovel swinger
Police arrested two men who they say hit a guy over the head with a shovel on 86th Street on March 16, police said.
The guy was at Bay 17th Street just after 12:30 am when he made eye contact with the two suspects, according to a police report.
One said “What are you looking at?” then hit him in face with the shovel, gashing him near his left eye and sending him to the hospital, police said.
Burning sensation
Some maniac threw some sort of liquid at a woman that burned her face on Bay Parkway in broad daylight on March 16, according to a police report.
The woman was near McDonald Avenue around 2:20 pm when the guy rolled up on a bike, threw the liquid at her face, and pedaled away, police said. She said the liquid caused “pain and a burning sensation,” although she had no visible injures, according to a police report.
Scared off
Two teens tried to snatch a woman’s purse on 79th Street on March 19, authorities said.
The 71-year-old victim was walking home from the 79th Street train station, and was between 16th and 17th avenues around 7:30 pm when the two delinquents ran up and tried to grab her bag from her shoulder, according to a police report.
She screamed and scared the two off before they could hurt her or get the bag, police said.
Deadbolt deterrent
A burglar tried to break into an 18th Avenue restaurant sometime around March 20, but failed, according to police.
The owner of the restaurant near 66th Street discovered around 3:30 pm that day that someone had tried to pry open the deadbolted door at the back of his place. Then he traced a trail of three cut fences that led to a backyard of a home on 66th Street, according to a police report.
Wake up call
A 20th Avenue business owner discovered someone was writing fake checks in his name on March 16, police said.
The guy, who owns a small business near 64th Street, woke up around 8 am to multiple texts and emails from his bank that someone had made up fake checks complete with the name of his business and his account numbers on them.
The fraudster managed to cash $15,000 worth of the phony checks, police said.
— Dennis Lynch
