62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Minivan gangsters
Some vile gunslingers shot a man in the stomach on Benson Avenue in the early morning hours of June 28, before fleeing in a minivan.
The victim told cops he was walking to a bar to pick up his girlfriend from work around 4 am when two men approached him near 24th Avenue and asked, “What gang are you in?” The victim said one of the men drew a long gun and shot him in the stomach before he could answer and fled in an unknown direction, police say.
A witness told cops he saw the two men exit a tan minivan with Pennsylvania license plates, and that after the shooting they ran into a waiting minivan driven by a third perp.
Bottle rocket
Cops arrested a man at an 86th Street bar for allegedly attacking two people with beer bottles early in the morning on June 27.
One victim told cops the troublemaker hit him several times with a glass beer bottle across his head and face, causing lacerations and a broken nose. Another victim told cops the same man threw a glass bottle at her forehead, causing swelling and pain. The alleged bottle-basher was arrested, cops say.
Beck and call
A slimy criminal scammed an 88-year-old woman out of nearly two grand on June 24 by calling her Kings Highway apartment on June 24 and falsely stating her grandson was being held in a Mexican jail.
The grandmother told cops she received a phone call at her home near W. Seventh Street at 8:30 am from a man calling himself Mr. Beck from the U.S. Embassy, who said her grandson was arrested in Mexico and needed $950 for a bond payment.
The scammer then called back saying he needed another $950 for a lawyer and told the grandmother to send the money from a Western Union on Utrecth Avenue. The victim sent the fake a total of $1,900 to a man in Mexico City, according to police.
Cash grab
A crook broke into a 79 Street and 17th Avenue home and swiped a wad of cash and some jewelry on June 26.
The victim told cops his son returned home around 2 pm and found the front door lock wasn’t working correctly. The man’s wife returned home two hours later and noticed someone had broken into a rear bedroom door and had stolen a large amount of cash and some jewelry.
— Allegra Hobbs
