94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Gym grab
A young fiend swiped a woman’s iPhone out of her hand as she was leaving a N. Ninth Street gym on Oct. 15.
The woman told cops she had just left the gym near Driggs Avenue at 2 pm when a teenage boy wearing head-to-toe black grabbed her iPhone and managed to pry it from her hand after a brief struggle. The teen did not harm the victim, who flagged down a cop after the incident, according to a police report.
Shoe haul
A shrewd scalawag ran off with six pairs of sneakers on N. 14th Street after duping the salesman he was supposed to pay several grand on Oct. 12.
The shoe slinger told cops he met a guy who had agreed to pay four grand for six pairs near Berry Street around 11:45 am. The sneak handed the guy an envelope that turned out to have only 20 bucks inside, then grabbed the bounty of sneakers and hoofed it.
The crook ran down Berry Street and turned on N. 13th Street, where he jumped into a car that sped down Franklin Avenue toward N. 15th street, cops said.
Rear revenge
A miscreant shot a guy in the butt on Withers Street in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, when he refused to fork over his belongings.
The victim told cops he was near Manhattan Avenue at 4:30 am when a dark sedan pulled up beside him and the punk got out and approached him, saying “Give me what you have.”
When the guy responded with “F— off,” the perp pulled a gun and fired a round in the air before shooting the victim in the left butt cheek, according to a police report. The victim went to a nearby hospital for treatment, said cops.
Rude awakening
Some scoundrels broke into a Withers Street apartment and ran off with a laptop early on Oct. 18.
The victim told cops she and her boyfriend were asleep in their home near Manhattan Avenue around 4 am when they were awoken by a loud banging noise.
They got up to investigate and saw two intruders hoof it out of their apartment and cross the street, cops said. The victim then noticed a silver MacBook air was missing from the apartment, according to a police report.
— Allegra Hobbs
