Four people were wounded in Cropsey Park this past weekend when a late-night soccer game ended in a shooting spree.
Officials said that the victims, all between the ages of 16 and 21, were playing in the park at 1 a.m. on September 26 when two unidentified gunmen ran up to them and opened fire.
All four victims were hit by bullets, but none of the injuries was considered life-threatening, officials said. The youngest victim suffered a graze wound to the head.
When cops arrived at the scene, two of the victims were found in the park and taken to Lutheran Medical Center for treatment.
The remaining two victims showed up at Coney Island Hospital a short time later, according to investigators.
Police believe that the shooting may have been gang-related in some way, according to published reports.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
A 45-year-old Coney Island man was arrested on drunken driving charges Thursday after he nearly ended the life of a 22-year-old woman in Sheepshead Bay, police said.
Zachary Kitt, a resident of West 32nd Street, was taken into custody shortly after he struck the young woman, who was still in critical condition at Lutheran Medical Center as this paper went to press.
Witnesses said that the woman was crossing Nostrand Avenue near Avenue Z at 6:20 p.m. on September 24 when Kitt’s 1997 Ford Van struck her.
Police said that Kitt stayed at the scene and was charged with vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated when they found that his blood-alcohol content was allegedly well above the legal limit.
There’s supply and demand. Then there are supplies, demands and guns.
That’s the MO of a well-dressed thief responsible for hitting two area Staples supply stores recently.
Police allege that the thief has been raiding Staples stores since June 16, when he robbed a Sheepshead Bay location on Ocean Avenue near Avenue Y.
Police said that the thief entered the store at 7:20 a.m. that morning, approached staff members as if he was a customer and then pulled a gun.
The thief then took the employees to the manager’s office, where he ordered them to open the safe, police said.
The thief reportedly “stayed off the grid” until August 26, when he hit the Staples store on Coney Island Avenue between Avenues O and P in Midwood.
The thief, described as a black male in his 30s or 40s, between 5’11” and 6’1” and between 170 to 200 pounds, is also responsible for raiding a Staples in Queens, cops said.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
A 52-year-old man was attacked and robbed of his cash after he walked out of a Sheepshead Bay bar last week.
The victim said that he had just left the local watering hole and was approaching the corner of Avenue Z and East 22nd Street at 7 p.m. on September 23 when an unidentified number of suspects jumped him.
The thugs punched and kicked him as they rifled through his pockets. They ultimately made off with $160, officials said.
Responding paramedics took the victim to Lutheran Medical Center to be treated for the smattering of bruises and cuts the victim was left with.
Some devilish horseplay ended with a brief hospital stay for a 26-year-old that a bunch of hooligans allegedly hosed in Sheepshead Bay.
Police were told that the victim was sleeping in his apartment on East 23rd Street between Jerome Avenue and Voorhies Avenue at 4:45 a.m. on September 23 when suspects Steve Bouzas, 22, and Stas Stavitsky, 19, allegedly aimed a water hose at his bedroom window and turned on the pressure, dousing the victim and his girlfriend.
When the victim ran outside to confront the two men, Bouzas and Stavitsky allegedly laughed and cursed at him. They then threw a bottle at the 26-year-old as he turned to walk away, striking the man in the back of the head, police alleged.
Police alleged that Stavitsky and Bouzas chased the victim back to his house, where he called 911.
Responding officers apprehended the two men without incident and charged them with assault.
Four alleged teenage thieves from East Flatbush who like to use their choppers as well as their fists and feet were arrested for leaving their marks %u2013 bite marks, that is %u2013 on a 13-year-old boy during a recent robbery.
The victim said that he was nearing Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Z in Sheepshead Bay just before 2 p.m. on September 23 when the thieves allegedly snatched the cell phone out of his hand.
They then punched, kicked and bit their victim, alleged police, who added that the victim was sporting bite marks to his right side of his back and his face when they arrived at the scene.
His alleged attackers, identified as 16-year-olds Stanley Similien, Oshane Rose, Jelani Bennett and 17-year-old Clifford Brown, were all rounded up after a brief search and charged with robbery, officials said.
Police are looking for the thief who bashed his way into the Prime Meat Market at 2496 Gerritsen Avenue last week.
Police said that the deli was closed for business at 3:20 a.m. September 25 when someone smashed through the front glass door.
Investigators believe that the thief was going to step inside the store, but was frightened off by the burglar alarm.
Nothing was taken from the store as a result, officials said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 61st Precinct at (718) 627-6611. All calls will be kept confidential.
Police are searching for a gun-toting goon who made a raid at a Bensonhurst Game Stop look like child’s play.
Workers at the store, located on 18th Avenue near 67th Street, said that the thief came in at 7:45 p.m. on September 17, pulled a gun and ordered them to put their belongings in a plastic garbage bag he had brought with him.
The thief then duct-taped the two employees, threatening to harm them if they didn’t wait 20 minutes before getting up.
Police said that the suspect ran off with the employee’s cash and credit cards, as well as the video surveillance footage of the entire incident.
It was unclear if the receipts were taken as this paper went to press.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 62nd Precinct at (718) 236-2611. All calls will be kept confidential.
A 13-year-old boy bartered his way out of a bruising when a thug stormed up to him and demanded his money last week.
Police said that the victim was on 85th Street nearing 23rd Avenue at 7:30 a.m. on September 18 when a 20-year-old white male stopped him and ordered him to fork over his cash.
The teen said he didn’t have any money, so the thief asked for the next best thing.
“What kind of phone do you have?” the thug asked.
As the victim withdrew the SideKick cell phone from his pocket, the thief ripped it out of his hands and ran off, leaving the teen unharmed.
Over $5,000 in cash and a Hong King passport were among the items swiped from a Bensonhurst home as a 69-year-old homeowner slept, police from the 62nd Precinct said.
The victim, who lives on 83rd Street near 18th Avenue, said that when she finally awoke at 8 p.m. on September 17 her money and identification were gone.
She later learned that someone crept into the home through an unlocked bedroom window.
The thief managed to scour the place for valuables as the senior slept, officials believe.
