88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Mouth breather
Police arrested a man who allegedly snuck into a woman’s Park Avenue apartment while wearing a snorkel on Dec. 6 and threatened to kill her.
The victim told police she left her door slightly open while she was asleep in bed in her residence by N. Portland Avenue around 5:30 am and the suspect entered her room wearing the aquatic breathing aid and struck her in the head with an object that appeared to be a gun, while grabbing her by the hair and threatening to kill her, according to a report.
He fled without taking anything from the woman, police said.
Medal missing
A burglar crept into a man’s St. James Place apartment and stole his Eagle Scout medal and other goods on Dec. 2.
The victim told police he thinks he left his keys attached to the door and the bad guy entered the residence near Fulton Street overnight and stole his medal, laptop, mug, and knife.
Game over
A trio of troublemakers bashed a guy and stole his video games on a Grand Avenue sidewalk on Dec. 7.
The victim was walking near Flushing Avenue at 11:30 pm when the baddies snuck up from behind and punched him in the side of the face, knocking him to the ground, cops said.
Then the worms started punching and kicking the victim as he was down, trying to grab his backpack. One of the bruisers hissed, “Give me your stuff,” and ripped open the bag, taking his Playstation, video games, and movies, according to a report.
Sped off
A pair of punks tried unsuccessfully to steal a delivery man’s bike as he rode on Flushing Avenue on Dec. 5.
The victim was riding back from a dropping off an order near Carlton Avenue at 11:09 pm when the two knaves ran towards him and tried to swipe his two-wheeler, but the rider scuffled with the weasels and they fled empty-handed, authorities said.
Pushed
A jerk pushed a guy off his bike and stole his cellphone on Flushing Avenue on Dec. 8.
The rider was traveling by N. Portland Avenue at 10:45 pm when the snake shoved him off his two-wheeler and snatched his phone, cops said.
— Lauren Gill