88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Riding dirty
Two swindlers stole a cab after feigning a heart attack and ended their joyride by crashing the vehicle on Fulton Street on April 16.
The cab driver told police he picked up two strangers as he was traveling on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway towards Staten Island at 1:55 am, and as he was driving, one of the transients told him his friend was going into cardiac arrest.
But while the driver was dialing 911, one of the baddies grabbed him by the shirt and ripped him out of the vehicle, then both drove off in the car, police said.
Police were able to track down the vehicle to Fulton Street and Hale Avenue, where two officers apprehended the men.
But when authorities attempted to cuff them, the jerks tried to run over one of the officers and crashed the vehicle into an unmarked squad car. Cops say the punks had removed the EZpass, global positioning system, and phone charger from the vehicle and had ripped through roof panels, meter, and credit card machine wires.
Off the chain
A lout stole a guy’s necklaces by holding him up at gunpoint on Fulton Street on April 16.
The victim told authorities he was near Gates Avenue at 11:10 pm when the punk approached him and pulled out a gun, barking “Give me that.” The jerk then forcibly removed two gold chains from the victim’s neck and fled, according to a report.
Squeeze and steal
Some weasel stole a woman’s wallet from her bag as they were aboard a crowded train near Flatbush Avenue on April 12.
The woman told authorities she boarded a crowded Prospect Heights-bound caboose at Nevins Street station at 8:30 am and posted up nearest the door, but as the train was holding in the station, the thief pushed his way onboard, positioning himself behind her.
At that point, she began to feel the louse squeeze her from behind and tug on her clothing and purse, causing her to become uncomfortable, so she stepped off the train with her husband before the doors closed and the jerk stayed onboard, police said.
The victim and her spouse boarded the next train, but when she got to her office, she discovered her wallet was gone from her purse, according to a report.
She contacted her credit card companies to cancel her cards and discovered the knave had already made several unauthorized purchases, police said.
— Lauren Gill
