88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Trigger happy
Police arrested a guy who they say threatened to shoot a man if he didn’t hand over his money and phone on N. Elliott Walk on Sept. 22.
The victim told police he was walking with his friend near Park Avenue at 4:45 pm when the suspect walked up to him and said, “Give me your money or I’ll shoot you,” while simulating a gun in his waistband.
The victim then reached into his backpack and pulled out $1, and in the process revealing his cellphone to the suspect. The guy then hissed, “Give me your cellphone or I’ll shoot,” and began to count down from five, according to a report.
Botched
A goon slashed a man on the forehead in a mugging gone wrong on Lafayette Avenue on Sept. 24.
The victim was near Cumberland Avenue at 12:45 am when the punk approached him and asked him to give whatever he had on him. The victim then walked away from the baddie and the jerk tried to attack him from behind, said cops.
But the victim began to fight back, and the lout puled out a sharp object and slashed him in the middle of the forehead, then fled, according to a report.
Passed out
Someone robbed a drunk guy while he was passed out on DeKalb Avenue on Sept. 18.
The heavy-swigging victim told police he fell alseep near Ashland Place at 5 am. At some point, he was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, and when he came to, noticed his wallet was missing from his pants, said authorities.
He checked his bank account and noticed some thief had made three unauthorized charges on his credit card.
Purse snatching
A snake snatched a woman’s purse as she was walking on Willoughby Street on Sept. 19.
Authorities said the woman was strolling home near St. Edwards Street at 9 pm when a nogoodnik walked up and grabbed her pocketbook — containing her phone, keys, cigarettes, and debit card — out of her hand and fled, according to a report.
Gone missing
A sneak stole a man’s wallet while he was riding the B55 bus on Myrtle Avenue on Sept. 24.
The victim told cops he got on the bus near Steuben Street at 3:15 pm with his wallet on him, but when he got off, he discovered that it was missing.
— Lauren Gill