68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
The tax man cometh
A scammer tricked a Dyker Heights resident into handing over thousands of dollars in pre-paid debit cards on March 10, according to police.
Someone claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service called the victim around 10 am and stated the victim owed the government $1,887, according to a police report. The caller said the mark had 20 minutes to pony up before the feds came knocking and, sensing a sweet deal, the chiseler upped the ante to $4,000, police stated.
The victim complied, buying eight “Green Dot” pre-paid debit cards and mailing them to the perp’s out-of-state address, officials said.
Behind re-bars
Cops collared a pair who they say stole $400 worth of building materials from a construction site on Shore Road on March 8.
A contractor reported he saw the duo snooping around the site around 9 am and called the cops. When a patrol car found the suspects nearby, they were carting away pilfered rebar and pipe clamps, cops said. The complainant identified the two, and police booked the alleged bandits.
Charge ’em
Two guys got a lot more than they bargained for after cops collared them for shopping with bogus credit cards on Fifth Avenue on March 5.
The duo went on an afternoon shopping spree at the department store, but when they went to swipe their card, the cashier saw the fraud and called police, officials said.
Officers found several fake cards on the suspects and charged them with grand larceny, according to police.
Belted
A vicious goon whipped a man’s face with a belt buckle during an argument in front of a Fourth Avenue deli on March 2, police reported.
The victim said he got into it with two guys at the deli between 86 and 87th streets around 5 am and, when the gloves came off, so did a belt. The victim was so whipped, he did not give a description of his attacker, cops said.
First responders took the victim to Lutheran Medical Center for wounds requiring 14 stitches. Police are asking anyone with information about the belt beating to call the 68th Precinct at (718) 439–4211.
— Max Jaeger
