94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
With pepperoni
A man was charged with robbery after he allegedly went behind the counter at a Norman Avenue pizzeria and stole all the cash from the register on Aug. 26.
The clerk at the pizza shop between Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street told police that the robber stormed in at 4:40 pm and jumped behind the counter.
“If you call the police, I will kill you,” the robber allegedly threatened.
He grabbed the money out of the register and then ran out of the store, said cops, who caught up with him at the corner of Norman Avenue and Manhattan Avenue.
Snatch and run
A bike bandit grabbed a woman’s phone out of her hand on Bedford Avenue on Aug. 25.
The 25-year-old victim told police that she was between N. 12th and Lorimer streets at 5:15 pm when a guy on a bike pulled the phone out of her hand and fled southbound on Lorimer Street.
The victim tried to chase the robber down but she lost sight of him.
Not a good idea
Someone took off with a purse accidentally left on a Norman Avenue bench on Aug. 31.
The woman told police that she was sitting on the bench at the corner Leonard Street at 2:45 pm. She stepped away for five minutes and when she came back she found her purse, which contained all of her credit cards, missing.
— Danielle Furfaro
