76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Socked
A lout punched a stranger in the head after they got into an argument on Columbia Street on Sept. 5.
The victim was between Nelson and Huntington streets in Red Hook at 10:30 am when the lummox started arguing with her and then punched her in the head, police said. Emergency medical workers took the woman to Methodist Hospital with cuts and swelling to the head, police said.
Under fire
A good-for-nothing keeps shooting paintballs at a building on Columbia Street, the victim reported on Sept. 5.
The vandal has been sporadically shooting up the house between Summit and Woodhull streets in the Columbia Waterfront District since Aug. 21, police said. The homeowner got fed up and reported the act last week, officials said.
Crime a-cookin’
Burglars took everything but the kitchen sink when they stole appliances from a Congress Street building sometime overnight on Sept. 1.
The thieves broke the lock to a building between Columbia and Hicks streets in Cobble Hill sometime between 5 pm and 5 am the next day, police said.
They stole a Wolf brand stainless steel kitchen range, and a brand-new washer and dryer, officials said.
Jostle hustle
A punk pushed a woman to the ground and stole her wallet on Hoyt Street on Sept. 3.
The victim was between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street in Cobble Hill at 3:55 am when a man shoved her. The goon took a wallet, $10 in cash, and credit cards before fleeing toward the Gowanus Houses, police said.
Rookie move
Cops arrested a chump who returned to the scene of the crime after he allegedly robbed a guy at gunpoint on W. Ninth Street on Sept. 1.
The victim was between Hicks and Henry streets in Red Hook at 12:25 am when the man pulled a handgun on him and demanded the guy’s cellphone, police said.
The victim complied, and the suspect fled toward Coffey Park, but cops picked the him up when he returned to the spot of the alleged robbery later that morning, officials said.
— Max Jaeger
