94th Precinct
Greenpoint—Northside Williamsburg
Case of the caring crook
A brazen night time mugger shook down a 34-year-old man walking through McCarren Park, but then returned most of the booty.
The victim told police he was in the park near the corner of Manhattan and Driggs avenues at 6:30 pm on April 19 when the robber approached him menacingly.
“Give me everything your pockets,” the ruffian said.
The victim refused and tried to walk away, but the robber then made the demand again and acted like he was going to pull a weapon out of his back pocket, so the victim handed over his cell phone, wallet and keys.
The robber took $20 out of the wallet and then handed the victim back the rest of his property before running away. The victim was so scared that he didn’t call police until 30 minutes after the incident.
Down a dark staircase
A woman was attacked and robbed by two toughs who were hanging around the staircase of the Nassau stop of the G train.
The victim told police that she saw the two guys standing on the steps to the train as she was walking down at 5:15 pm on April 20. She started down anyway and one of them grabbed her by the hair as she tried to pass them.
“Don’t scream,” the man told her.
He then took an iPhone, cash and her MetroCard out of her pocket and the pair ran away. The victim told police that one of the men had a scar under his eye. Police found a video of the men at a deli across the street and are now searching for them.
Gang assault
A 15-year-old girl was attacked by a gang of five teenagers on a Greenpoint streetcorner.
The girl’s mother told police that her daughter was at the corner of Meeker and Manhattan avenues at 3:30 pm on April 15 when the gang attacked. The ring leader pulled her to the ground and the other four kicked her. The main bully also swung a liquor bottle at her but whiffed it, hitting only her hair.
Attempted break-in
A pair of burglars climbed a ladder with a sledgehammer in an attempt to break into a media office.
Police said the burglars climbed the fire escape ladder outside the offices on North Tenth Street between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue at 2:15 am on April 16. A security guard told police that he saw the pair climb up a ladder and then break off the security camera. When they realized the security guard could see them, they ran away, leaving the sledghammer behind.
Subway robbery
A wiley robber stole a wallet from a woman’s pocket as she was waiting for the L train at the Bedford Avenue station.
The victim told police that she was waiting on the Manhattan-bound platform when she felt somebody push her very hard from behind. When she checked her pocket a few minutes later, she realized that her wallet was missing. The robber got away with her credit card, checks, MetroCard, and driver’s license.
— Danielle Furfaro
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