62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Don’t tase me, bro
Police arrested a man for using a Taser on a man’ leg on Avenue O on Dec. 20, officials said.
The victim told police that he was crossing Avenue O at W. Eighth Street at 6 pm when a man approached him from behind. The man pulled out a Taser and shocked him on the leg, according to a police report.
Police on the scene arrested the man, said authorities.
Egged on
A goon blugeoned a man with a bat on 17th Avenue on Dec. 26 after mistakenly believing that he egged his car, authorities said.
The victim told police that he was near 17th Court at 9:50 pm when he saw kids throwing eggs at a car. A man exited the vehicle and approached the victim asking, “Why you throwing eggs?” said police.
The ruffian grabbed a bat from his car and struck the victim in the head, before fleeing in his car, authorities said.
Police bandits
Two burglars busted into a W. 12 Street man’s apartment on Dec. 26 claiming to be police, said authorities.
The man told police that the two men pried the front door of his apartment between Avenue P and Kings Highway open with a tool and entered at 8 pm while he was there. When he asked the men what they wanted, they said they were police but then fled on foot, officials said.
Sneak thief
A thief snuck into a 24-hour gym on 86th Street and swiped $70 from the register on Dec. 22, said police.
The owner told police that after reviewing security footage, he discovered that the man snuck into the gym between 19th and 20th avenues at 4 am through a fire exit door and grabbed the cash.
The crook fled on foot on 86th Street, authorities said.
— Caroline Spivack
