90th Precinct
Southside–Bushwick
With a pellet
A unknown BB gunman shot a mail man in the hand on S. Second Street on April 4.
The victim told police he was delivering mail on between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street at 2:15 pm when he heard a loud bang from across the street and felt something strike his hand.
Witnesses in the area said they believe that it was shot from a BB gun, but there were no cameras and police could not find a suspect.
Courteous crooks
A pair of thugs beat and robbed a delivery man after letting him into a S. First Street apartment building on April 7.
The victim told police that he was delivering a large quantity of food to an apartment between Marcy Avenue and Havemeyer Street at 2:15 am when a pair of man opened the door to let him into the lobby, and then attacked him from behind.
The victim said the robbers hit him three or four times in the back in the head and he fell to the floor. The robbers then put their hands in his back pockets and took $80 in cash, along with the food.
Broken promise
A con tricked a man out of $1,333.50 in exchange for keys to a Brooklyn apartment on April 5.
The 33-year-old victim, who lives on Manhattan Avenue between McKibben and Seigel streets, told police that he replied to an ad on Craigslist at 11:30 am, and the real estate agent told him to send the money Western Union to a man name David in Nigeria in exchange for keys. He sent the money, but surprisingly, the keys never came.
Midnight robbery
A woman stuck a gun in another woman’s back and stole her to cellphones and other property on Marcy Avenue on April 7.
The victim told police she was near S. Fourth Street at midnight when the woman, who was wearing a blue bandanna over her face, stuck a gun in her back and took her iPhone, BlackBerry, driver’s license, work identification, credit card, airport identification, and $40 cash.
Dancing danger
Someone took the contents of a man’s jacket at a Hooper Street bar on April 5 while he was busy dancing.
The victim told police that left his jacket on a hook in the corner while he danced at the watering hole between S. Fifth Street and Broadway. When he grabbed his jacket at 11 pm, his credit card, MetroCard, French identification, building badge, and $600 missing.
— Danielle Furfaro
