90th Precinct
Southside–Williamsburg
Knit wits
Two scoundrels stole a pricey sweater from a man at the Hewes Street subway stop on May 14, according to a police report.
The victim first met the pair via a Facebook buy-and-sell page where he made an agreement to sell them his $200 Bape sweater, a report said.
But when he showed up at the station around 1:30 pm and handed the clothing over for inspection, one of the louts told him, “You’re not getting this back,” cops said.
The cads then walked off to the sidewalk, sweater in hand, while the victim followed, saying, “I’m not getting my sweater pack?”
The other reprobate then pulled out a knife and repeated, “No, you’re not getting it back,” before chasing the victim away, police said.
The victim told authorities his wallet was in the sweater’s pocket. There was a debit card inside, but he cancelled it before the pirates could use it used, according to a report.
Burn out
A woman assaulted a man with an unknown caustic substance that burned his face while was walking on Flushing Avenue on May 13.
The victim was strolling near the corner of Broadway at 6:30 pm when the woman yelled at him and threw the mysterious matter at him — scorching his face and eyes, and causing substantial pain and swelling — before running off, police said.
Pistol ripped
A rogue broke into a man’s car after he parked it on Bushwick Place and stole an array of gun paraphernalia on May 12.
The victim said when he returned to the parked car at Johnson Avenue at 4:30 am, where he found the passenger-side window broken and a gun holster, a tourniquet holster, two magazines, 30 rounds of ammunition, a radio, and his cell phone missing, according to a report.
Taxed
A huckster claiming to work for the Internal Revnue Service conned a Boerum Street woman into buying him $500 in iTunes gift cards, a police report said.
The fraudster phoned the victim at her home near Humboldt Street at 2 pm and said she owed the agency nearly $5,000 and that if she did not pay up in the next two hours, she would be arrested, according to the report. The caller told her to go to the nearest store and buy iTunes gift cards to cover the costs, police said.
Workers at the store told the victim customers can only purchase $500 in cards per day, so she bought five $100 cards called the con artist with their serial numbers, according to the report.
Subway swipe
A crook grabbed a woman’s phone, wallet, and headphones while fleeing a G train at Lorimer Street on May 9, police said.
The ne’er-do-well was sitting across from the woman on the subway at around 8:50 am and even told her,“Good morning,” police said, but when the train approached the stop, he stood up, snatched her belongings, and ran off, a report said.
— Tatiana Hernandez
