90th Precinct
Southside–Bushwick
Don’t struggle
A robber threatened to punch a woman when she tried to keep a hold of the cellphone he was trying to steal from her on Bushwick Avenue on Aug. 26.
The 57-year-old victim told police she was talking on her phone as she walked out the lobby door of an apartment between Seigel and Boerum streets at 10 am. The robber grabbed her phone and the two struggled for the device until the robber made a fist and threatened to punch the woman in the head. She finally let the phone go and the robber ran away.
Not very neighborly
A violent goon who works in a Broadway apartment building assaulted a man who lives across the street on Aug. 23.
The 53-year-old victim told police he was about to enter his building between Hooper and Hewes streets at 11 pm when the man hit him from behind with a chain, causing cuts and bruises to the victim’s back. The victim said he had seen his attacker working across the street, but he does not know his name.
Revenge theft
Someone stole a guy’s computer and television from the Kent Avenue apartment he had just been kicked out of, and the victim blamed one of his former roommates.
The victim told police that the fire department showed up at his apartment between Grand and N. First streets to tell him and his roommates that their apartment was illegal and they had to leave. The victim left, and when he returned at 11:30 am on Aug. 23, he found the front door to the building open, and the door to his apartment kicked in — and his property gone.
One of his roommates told police that another roommate had suggested they steal the victim’s stuff because they blamed him for getting kicked out of the apartment by the FDNY.
Bike-by thefts
A reckless robber stole cellphones out of the hands of two victims by riding past them on his bike and grabbing the phones out of their hands on Aug. 26.
The first victim told police she was walking on Devoe Street between Graham Avenue and Humboldt Street at 7:40 pm when the guy rode up on his bicycle and almost hit her. Then he turned around and snatched the phone out of her hands and rode away.
About 50 minutes later, there was a similar robbery on S. Fourth Street between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street.
Hit and run
Police arrested a pair of teenagers who they say beat up a 34-year-old man and stole his bicycle on Rodney Street on Aug. 27.
The victim told police that he was at the northwest corner of S. Fifth Street at 10:25 pm when the pair hit him multiple times and took his bicycle. They then tried to take his backpack off of his back, he said.
The teens tried to jump into a livery cab, but police caught up with them a block away. A 16-year-old and 19-year-old, both male, were charged with robbery.
Threatened by waistbang
A guy walking behind a Humboldt Street public housing project was robbed by someone who claimed to have a gun on Aug. 27.
The 25-year-old victim told police that he was between Seigel and Boerum streets at 7:40 pm when a guy stepped in front of him and told him to take everything out of his pockets and put it on the ground.
“Now I’m going to give you 10 seconds to run as fast as you can or I’ll shoot you,” the robber said.
The victim did not see a gun, but ran anyway. The items the robber took from him include a cellphone, a credit card, debit card, $20 in cash, a couple of checks, and a two dollar bill.
— Danielle Furfaro