68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Pipe beating
Police arrested a man for striking a man with a metal pipe on Wakeman Place and Third Avenue on Aug. 31, said police.
The victim told police that at 6:54 pm the two men got into a verbal dispute that escalated to the suspect striking the victim across the back with the metal pipe, said police. The victim suffered swelling and bruising to his back and neck, said police.
Shot fired
A criminal shot a man on Bay Ridge Avenue on Sept. 3, said police.
The victim told police that while walking near Fort Hamilton Parkway at 10:19 pm an unknown man shot at him and struck him in the arm. The victim was taken to Maimonides Medical Center.
Strangled over a sweater
A ruffian strangled and punched a man on Poly Place on Sept. 1 after the two argued about a sweater, said police.
The two men got into a verbal dispute near 14th Avenue at 5:52 pm concerning the sale of a sweater. The baddie grabbed the victim and placed him into a chokehold while repeatedly punching his face, causing bruising and swelling.
The brute fled on foot and made off with $220 from the victim, said police.
— Caroline Spivack