62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Upstate cutthroats
Police say two brutes from Kingston, New York, are blind-siding people and stealing their cellphones in Gravesend.
• The pugilistic pair grabbed a phone from a guy on 18th Avenue on Dec. 8, according to a report.
The two came up behind their victim between 84th and 85th streets in Bensonhurst at 10:50 pm and pushed him to the ground, officers said. The two took the victim’s phone and fled in a car registered to a guy living in Kingston, cops reported.
• The dastardly duo did the same thing to a guy on 86th Street between Bay 14th Street and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst at 2:30 pm on Dec. 9, police said.
Both victims had bruised faces after the attacks, official accounts state.
Copper and robbers
Someone broke into an 18th Avenue apartment and stole copper pipes from all three floors of the building on Dec. 11, officers said.
The burglar entered the residence between 81st and 82nd streets in Bensonhurst at 10 am through a basement storm door and kicked in the interior door to gain access to the first, second, and third floors, according to the authorities.
The victim said he just bought the building and he believes someone who had a basement key was responsible for the break-in.
Van looted
Someone broke into a Verizon truck Shore Parkway parking lot and stole electronics on Dec. 3, per the NYPD.
The burglary went down in a lot between Bay 41st and Bay 43rd in Gravesend streets at 1 am, a report says.
Burglar pinched
Police arrested a guy who allegedly broke into a Bay Ridge Avenue apartment on Dec. 9.
The suspect broke into a home between 20th and 21st avenues in Bensonhurst at 12:45 pm, but an officer picked him up as he was leaving the building at 1:05 pm, police said.
Law enforcement officials are claiming the man had a set of burglars tools on him.
— Max Jaeger
