62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Keyed up
A lowlife sliced a man’s hand open in a botched car theft on 62nd Street on May 15, police say.
The victim said he was moving his vehicle near Fourth Avenue at 12:25 am when the crook came up and demanded his money and keys. A struggle ensued, and the villain cut the victim’s hand with an unknown object before fleeing toward Dahill Road.
Strapped down
A juvenile delinquent beat a 12-year-old boy with a belt on W. Ninth Street on May 16, according to cops.
The victim said that he and the older boy — estimated to be around 14 — got into an argument at 7:15 pm near the corner of Avenue S, and the ne’er-do-well then pushed the victim into a fence and whipped him repeatedly with the leather strap.
Trim the fat
A gang of goons jumped a man on 76th Street and sliced open his buttocks on May 18, authorities report.
The victim said he was between 19th and 20th avenues at 7:30 pm when the thugs attacked him and cut his backside with an unknown object. The victim went to Lutheran Medical Center for care.
Copper caper
A crook ripped off hundreds of dollars in copper tubing from a 66th Street building on May 14, cops say.
Surveillance tapes show the metal head kicking in the basement door of the building between 17th and 18th avenues at 1:33 pm and swiping the pipes before fleeing down 66th Street.
Packing heat
A band of burglars made off with a radiator from an 82nd Street apartment back on April 13, police report.
The owner of the building between Bay Parkway and 23rd Avenue said an eyewitness told him he saw a group of unknown males exiting the residence with the room warmer at 7 am.
— Will Bredderman