61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Delivery gone wrong
Three worms threatened a delivery worker and stole his phone and wallet on E. 14th Street on Dec. 18, police said.
The 21-year-old worker told police he was making a food delivery near Avenue V at about 9:45 pm when the crooks came up to him and one said, “Is that the delivery?” while a second one grabbed him from behind and the others went through his phone, wallet, food, and identification, according to authorities.
One of the jerks said, “If you move, we will f— you up,” officials said. They swiped the guy’s Samsung cellphone, wallet, a Guatemalan identification card, cash, and the food, and then fled towards Gravesend Neck Road, according to authorities.
Two against one
Two miscreants punched a kid in the face after he wouldn’t cough up any cash outside his Avenue R home on Dec. 20, police said.
The 14-year-old boy was walking home from high school at about 3:30 pm when he arrived at his home near E. 12th Street and the two punks approached him and asked him for money, officials said.
The teen said no and the malefactors punched him in the face, causing swelling to his left eye, nose, and upper lip, according to authorities. The nogoodniks fled, and the teen told police a third guy who lives in his apartment building was involved, according to authorities.
Back to the doctor
Two baddies threatened a teen and stole his MetroCard as he was walking home on Ocean Avenue on Dec. 20.
The 16-year-old told police he was walking home from the doctor’s office with his grandmother when the good-for-nothings bumped into him near Avenue V at about 5:15 pm and one said “Run your pockets.” The second lout taunted, “What you gonna do about it, p—-?” while his pal went through the teen’s left pocket and swiped his student fare card, according to authorities.
The scoundrel tried to get into the victim’s right pocket, but when he shooed him away, one of the brutes tackled him to the ground and they both punched him in the face and kicked him, officials said. The villains fled on Avenue V, according to authorities.
Happy holidays
A bandit swiped cash from a Harkness Avenue store’s employee tip jar on Dec. 24 and then pushed an employee out of the store, officials said.
The victim was working in the store near Plumb Third Street at about 9:45 pm when the two got into an argument. The rascal took $10 out of the tip jar and tried to leave, but when the victim confronted him, the jerk pushed the worker out of the door, police said.
The baddie fled towards Knapp Street in a green Honda Civic, according to authorities.
Last-minute gifts
A criminal swiped four phones from an Avenue U store on Dec. 25, police said.
An employee was speaking with another customer in the store near E. 21st Street at about 1 pm when the shoplifter grabbed four iPhones from a display, police said. When the worker approached him, the weasel took out a knife and then fled, according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
