90th Precinct
Southside–Williamsburg
The welcoming committee
A trio of men attacked a drunk guy and stole his phone on Marcy Avenue on June 28.
Police reported the victim was near Broadway at 4:10 am when three guys got in his face.
“What is in your pockets?” one of the guys said, according to the report. They all started punching the victim and of the ruffians went through his pockets. The victim told cops the trio ran off with his smartphone and wallet.
Cops noted the man was intoxicated during the robbery and while relaying his story.
In a New York minute
A speedy punk threw a guy to the ground on Grand Street in the early hours of June 28 and then grabbed his cellphone.
The victim told police that he was between Marcy Avenue and Havemeyer Street at 4 am when a guy accosted him.
“Is this your phone? Now it’s my phone,” the wily robber said. Then he flipped the victim onto the sidewalk, grabbed the phone, and ran away, police reported.
A side of cash with that
A brazen robber ordered a sandwich at a Flushing Avenue eatery on June 28 and then pulled out a gun instead of his wallet.
The clerk at the sandwich shop between Throop Avenue and Broadway told cops that he was working there at 8:10 pm when a guy came in and casually ordered a sandwich. When it was time to pay, the customer pulled a gun out of his waistband and pointed it at the clerk.
The bandit demanded cash out of the register and then jumped over the counter and pulled all the cash out himself, cops reported. He then ordered the clerk to get in the bathroom and ran away with about $1,000 in cash, officials stated.
Where’s the punchline?
A skittish would-be crook started to rob a guy on Cooke Street on June 27 — then claimed it was all a joke and ran away.
The would-be-victim told police that he was near Graham Avenue at 5:17 am when a guy walked up to him pointing a gun in his face.
“Where’s my money?” the would-be malefactor said, but then apparently got cold feet. “Oh, just kidding,” he said, before running away up Scholes Street, police noted.
The victim had no injuries and nothing was taken.
Easy pickings
Cops cuffed a man who they said grabbed a woman’s wallet out of the purse on Moore Street on June 27.
The victim told police that she was in back an apartment building between Humboldt Street and Bushwick Avenue at 4:30 pm when the suspect allegedly grabbed her wallet out of her bag and punched her in the face when she tried to stop him. He then handed the wallet off to another woman, cops reported.
Police charged the man with robbery and assault.
Money the hard way
A teenager was arrested for stealing a large wad of cash out of a parked car on Lorimer Street on June 26.
The victim to the police that he parked his car between Montrose Avenue and Boreum Street at 7:45 pm and when he returned someone had grabbed $1,500 in cash out of the driver’s-side side armrest.
Cops reported they searched the 17-year-old and found the cash in his pants pocket. They charged him with grand larceny.
— Danielle Furfaro
