88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Trigger finger
A goon shot a guy in a mugging gone wrong on Fulton Street on Dec. 11.
The victim said he was exiting the train station near Washington Avenue at 10:30 pm when a guy approached him and tried to take his money. The miscreant pulled out a gun, a struggle ensued, and he fired a shot, breaking the victim’s thumb on his left hand.
Overnight job
A heister broke into a Lafayette Avenue eatery and stole money from the cash register overnight between Dec. 9 and 10.
The victim told police his partner left the closed restaurant near Fulton Street at around 7:30 pm on Dec. 9. When a worker arrived at 4 am on Dec. 10, he found the back door was open and the lock broken.
Police say $300 was missing from the register and the automated teller machine had been plundered.
Bus bandit
A pickpocket stole cash from a woman’s backpack on a bus on Fulton Street on Dec. 3.
The victim told police she withdrew money from an automated teller machine and boarded a Downtown-bound B25 bus near Nostrand Avenue at 9 am. When she got off the bus, she discovered her backpack was open and $680 was gone, said police.
Dropped call
An unsportsmanlike sneak snatched a phone from a mom as she watched her kid play in a Willoughby Avenue park on Dec. 13.
The woman told police she was watching her son’s game in Washington Hall Park at noon when she took out her phone to call her husband. Before she could make the call, a nogoodnik ran past her, grabbed the phone from her hand, and fled.
— Lauren Gill
