6• EAGLE NEWS MEDIA-- A SECTION OF HOME REPORTER AND BROOKLYN SPECTATOR • Week of April 26 - May 2, 2019
POLICE BEAT
Police search for three men wanted for stealing credit card, making fraudulent charges in Sunset Park BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS@BROOKLYNREPORTER. COM
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olice are searching for three men who they believe stole a woman’s credit card and then used it to go shopping in Sunset Park. According to authorities, on April 7 at around 4 p.m., the victim, a 36-year-old woman, realized that her wallet had been taken. She was inside a restaurant at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street at the time. After calling the
police who launched an investigation, surveillance cameras caught three suspects making purchases using the victim’s credit card at nearby stores. Police describe one of the suspects as a Hispanic man, in his late teens to early 20s. He was last seen wearing an all gray sweatsuit. The second suspect is a black man, also in his late teens to early 20s. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and gray pants. The third suspect is a male Hispanic, in his late teens to
early 20s. He was last seen wearing a gray sweat jacket and dark pants. Anyone with information in regard to the identities of the suspects is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crimestoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
WATCH: Cops seek man wanted for robbing, threatening another man with weapon inside Bensonhurst train station elevator BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM
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ops are looking for a man wanted for robbing another man inside an elevator at the Bay Parkway D train station. According to authorities, on April 11 at around 9:45 a.m., the victim, 22, and another man entered the elevator in the station at Bay Parkway and 86th Street. Once the elevator doors closed, the other man showed the victim the sharp object he was carrying and demanded money. The victim eventually gave him $20 and the suspect fled in an unknown direction. The victim was not injured. Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic man, 45-55 years old, around 5’ 9” and 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black coat and gray pants, and carrying a cane. Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the suspect is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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A surveillance image of the suspect.
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Surveillance photos of the three suspects. Compiled by Jaime DeJesus
62 ND PRECINCT
68 TH PRECINCT The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. SHORT JOY RIDE: Two women and a man broke into a car parked near Ridge Boulevard and 67th Street, and drove it up the block a short way, damaging it, on April 18 at around 12:55 a.m. Cops say the car’s owner, a 29-year-old man, had left the keys in the car and the doors unlocked. When he returned, he found it two car lengths away from its original parking spot with over $200 worth of damage. Video of the incident was provided by the victim. No arrests have been made. JERK SCAMS WOMAN OVER PHONE: A 40-year-old woman living near Fourth Avenue and 86th Street was scammed out of $2,000 on April 16 when she received a phone call at around 5:17 p.m. from an unknown perp who claimed to be a police officer and told her that her Social Security number had been compromised and she needed to purchase around $2,000 worth of Google Play Cards. After the victim bought them, she gave the crook the serial numbers. The perp then told her he would be at her house the following day with a new Social Security card. No arrests have been made.
JEWELRY HEIST: A burglar broke into a home on 79th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry and electronics on April 15 at around 9:50 p.m. According to reports, the crook broke into the home through the side door and stole a necklace set worth $17,800, rings worth $9,000, a $5,200 bracelet, $2,200 worth of baby jewelry, and a television worth around $2,200. No arrests have been made. DIGGING IN: An unknown perp broke into a fenced-in parking lot near 63rd Street and 12th Avenue and stole a Sony Excavator, worth around $107,000, on April 15 at around 10 a.m. according to the NYPD. No arrests have been made. CASHED OUT: An 86-year-old woman who lives near 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue was scammed out of $29,000 by a crook who called her on April 15 at around 9:47 p.m., claiming that her grandson was in jail and needed bail money. Cops say the crook went to her home, possibly posing as a bail bondsman, to pick up around $29,000 in cash on three separate times. No arrests have been made.
The 62nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend. ORDER TO GO: Two unknown men attacked and robbed a 45-year-old deliveryman on West 11th Street between Highlawn Avenue and Avenue S on April 16 at around 10:30 p.m. According to reports, the two perps, both approximately 20 years old, called a Chinese restaurant and ordered food. When the deliveryman arrived, one of the crooks held him from the back while the other stole money from him. They then threw him on the floor, injuring his leg. No arrests have been made. TWO AGAINST ONE: A 19-year-old man was robbed on April 17 at around 2 a.m. as he was leaving the subway station at 81st Street and 16th Avenue by two crooks who told him they had a gun. Cops say the pair, both in their 20s, told the victim to take a walk. Then one of them said, “Hit him with the gun,” and stole $16, credit and debit cards, and electronics from his pockets and bookbag before taking off. The victim did not see a gun. No arrests have been made. NOT A KODAK MOMENT: Two men were attacked and nearly robbed by a perp known
to one of them on Bath Avenue between Bay 29th Street and Bay Parkway on April 18 at around 9:10 p.m. According to reports, the victims were walking home when the crook approached them, shouted a crude comment and punched one of them in the face. The other man took his phone out of his pocket to try and take a picture of the assailant, who then took out a knife, demanded the phone and tried to snatch it before the victim fled eastbound on Bath Avenue. No arrests have been made. STOLEN CYCLE: A 2018 white Yamaha motorcycle parked on West 11th Street between Avenue O and Avenue P was stolen in the early morning hours of April 17. Surveillance video shows two unknown men in hoodies stealing the bike at around 3:30 a.m. then fleeing southbound on West Eighth Street. The bike is worth over $6,500. No arrests have been made. BAG NABBED: A purse left in a shopping cart in the parking lot of a chain store on Shore Parkway was snatched on April 15 around 4 p.m., after its owner, a 52-year-old woman, left it unattended for a few minutes. Cops say the bag contained three credit cards and one debit card. No arrests have been made.