78th Precinct
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Reefer madness
Patrolmen at the 78th Precinct busted two men for allegedly smoking pot on separate occasions late last month.
One officer was near Prospect Place and Carlton Avenue at 1 am on Nov. 20, when he spotted a man smoking a joint on the street, cops said.
Police pinched another alleged pot smoker on Wykoff Street between Nevins Street and Third Avenue at 9:25 am on Nov. 25, after a patrolmen spotted him with a joint in his hand, according to police
Both men were arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana, cops said.
Teen terror
Cops busted a 16-year-old boy suspected of stealing a man’s phone inside a Hanson Place shopping center on Nov. 22, and then threatening to shoot him when he demanded its return.
The victim, 60, told police he stopped inside the mall between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue to charge his cell at 3:50 am, when the suspect approached him and started up a conversation.
As the pair spoke, the alleged crook slyly unplugged the man’s phone from the charger and slid it into his pocket, but he wasn’t slick enough and the older fellow called him out on it, cops said.
Not willing to hand over his illicit catch, the suspect reached into his waistband and the told victim he’d shoot him, according to police.
He didn’t get far after that, and New York’s Finest booked him that night on a robbery charge, cops said.
Pie guys
Police arrested two men, ages 45 and 53, accused of busting into a Fifth Avenue pizza joint on Nov. 22.
The suspects allegedly made numerous attempts to force their way into the pie spot between 10th and 11th streets at around 3:45 am, before finally breaking open the front door and letting themselves inside, cops said.
The pair hung around for a few minutes, but didn’t take anything and soon fled, according to police.
Someone from the restaurant reported the break in at around 2 pm, and investigators made short work of tracking down the suspects, who were arrested on attempted burglary charges later that day, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
