Stabbed and mugged
Stabbed and mugged
Cops are looking for a knife-wielding thug who stabbed and sliced a 17-year-old on Nostrand Avenue during a recent mugging.
Officials said that the teen was walking along Nostrand Avenue between Avenues I and J just before 4 p.m. February 9 when an unidentified black male attacked him.
The thief punched the young man in the face, flashed a knife and charged, officials said.
He ultimately ran off with the victim’s cell phone, said police, who added that the victim was ok after treatment.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 63rd Precinct at (718) 258-4411. All calls will be kept confidential.
Cellular pains
A guard at the Joyce Leslie inside the Georgetowne Shopping Mall was left with a slight ringing in his ears after a shoplifter struck him with her cell phone.
Cops were told that the 58-year-old guard was manning the Ralph Avenue store at 7 p.m. February 8 when he noticed the woman taking clothes from store shelves and secreting them amongst her property.
When the woman made a bee-line for the door, the guard intervened.
The woman countered by hitting him with the cell phone and running off, police said.
MetroCard swipe
A 14-year-old was in custody last week after he robbed another teen of his MetroCard.
Police said that the 12-year-old victim was walking along Avenue N near East 50th Street at 3:30 p.m. February 8 when the older teen knocked him to the ground and ran off with his card.
Investigators arrested the unnamed 14-year-old the next morning, charging him with robbery.
Police said that the mugging took place right around the time another 12-year-old boy was struck by a car at the corner of Avenue N and East 51st Street.
Investigators contend that the two incidents aren’t related, although the 12-year-old’s mother has come forward claiming that two independent witnesses told her that two older kids had attacked her child before he ran into traffic.
Domestic dangers
Cops responded to two domestic-related assaults in the area last week.
Police said that a 15-year-old girl from East 56th Street near Fillmore Avenue was taken into custody on February 9 after she allegedly threw a scale at her 51-year-old father in a fit of anger.
The scale hit the father in the foot, leaving him with a small injury, officials said.
Three days earlier, cops responded to an attack on Glenwood Road near East 58th Street where a 24-year-old man stabbed his 29-year-old girlfriend during a dispute.
The woman suffered a small injury as a result, cops were told.
Plaza purloiner
A thief pried his way into a car parked in the Kings Plaza Shopping mall, taking a wallet, credit cards and some electronics.
The 38-year-old victim said that he had parked his car inside the parking lot at 5100 Avenue U at 8 a.m. on February 7.
When he returned some time later, he realized that someone had forced open the passenger side door and stole several items inside.
Cops were looking for the thief as this paper went to press.
More parking pains
A few hours after the above theft, someone broke into a car parked on Avenue U and East 33rd Street.
Once again, credit cards became the spoils of choice as the thief rooted through the cabin, officials said.
The 34-year-old victim told police that he parked the car near the corner at 11 a.m.
He said he was only gone for a short while. But, when he returned, he realized that someone had entered his vehicle, removing his credit cards, some electronics, and cell phone.
Nabbed for robbery
Cops have arrested one of two thieves responsible for a hold-up on Flatlands Avenue and Avenue L.
Prosecutors said that the two teenage thieves approached two other teens at 9 p.m. on January 26 and yanked off one of the victims’ jackets.
The teen reportedly went through the jacket pockets, claiming that if he didn’t find anything of value the victim was going to die.
The duo then pulled a knife on the victims, ultimately running off with an iPhone.
Cops caught up with one of the suspects — a 15-year-old juvenile — last week. He was charged with two counts of robbery in the first degree, grand larceny, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.
His accomplice was still at large as this paper went to press.
Damaged, but unbroken
A 25-year-old Mill Basin told police last week that someone tried to break into his garage, but was unable to get inside.
The homeowner, who lives near East 51st Street, told police that someone had tried to force the door at 9:30 p.m. on January 27, damaging the lock in the attempt.
The garage door, however, was never breached, the resident said.
Handguns on Kings Highway
Two men were shot following a recent argument on Kings Highway near East 47th Street, officials said.
Officials said that they responded to the shooting at 9:33 p.m. on February 1.
When they arrived at the scene, they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
One of the men, 20, had been shot in the leg and abdomen, officials said. The second man, 23, was shot in the leg.
Witnesses said that two to three black males were responsible for the shooting. It was unclear what sparked the gunfire as this paper went to press.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 63rd Precinct at (718) 258-4411. All call will be kept confidential.
High stakes crime
Police are looking for the thief who swiped $6,000 in cash and an assortment of pricey jewelry from an East 65th Street home recently.
The 69-year-old homeowner told police that someone forced open the rear window to her home near Strickland Avenue sometime after 5:30 p.m. on January 31 — breaking the window in the process.
The thief ransacked the home, taking the cash and jewels, before the victim returned home, cops were told.
Help wipe out graffiti
As the ongoing war against graffiti vandalism continues, cops are now offering a $500 reward to anyone with information that can help them arrest neighborhood graffiti vandals.
The hefty reward is part of the city’s ongoing push to rid New York of graffiti; the leading quality of life complaint brought to police.
Anyone with information about graffiti vandalism in their neighborhood is urged to contact either 311 or 911.
