Police Beat: 62nd and 72nd Precinct blotters

62^nd Precinct

Between Tuesday, September 2 and Monday, September 8, the 62^nd Precinct received reports of four burglaries, nine grand larcenies, three robberies, two felony assaults and four auto thefts. The 62^nd Precinct serves Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend.

BAT ATTACK

Police are searching for three white men, one around 30 years old, who hit a 48-year-old black man on the head with a baseball bat as he walked down 86^th Street near 24^th Avenue at around 4:25 a.m. on Sunday, September 7. Once at the hospital, the victim also discovered that he had been stabbed in the shoulder.

GUNPOINT GROCERY GRAB

A black man in his late 30s or early 40s allegedly pointed a gun at a 16^th Avenue grocery clerk’s chest and forced him to stuff $600 in cash plus cigarettes into a bag at around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, said police. The 55-year-old victim was then pushed into the basement, according to cops, before the suspect fled on foot towards 80^th Street and 16^th Avenue.

DISAPPEARING ACTS

A 2007 black Mercedes Benz was stolen overnight between Friday and Saturday, September 5-6 from its parking spot at 18^th Avenue and Shore Parkway, said police.

A 1999 green Honda Accord was taken from its spot at 19^th Avenue and 79^th Street some time between 3 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3 and the next morning, its owner told cops.

A 1996 green Dodge Caravan disappeared from its parking spot at 15^th and Benson Avenues some time between August 31 and September 3, said police.

A 2009 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen from its spot on Bay 13^th Street near Benson Avenue between 10 a.m. on September 2 and the next morning.

JEWELRY HEIST

Brazen burglars allegedly entered a second floor tax office via the roof and then broke through the floor/ceiling into a first floor jewelry store on 86^th Street near Bay 28^th Street around or after 7 p.m. on September 3, said police, who received a report of stolen jewelry.

72^nd Precinct

Between Wednesday, September 3 and Sunday, September 7, the 72^nd Precinct received reports of one robbery, two grand larcenies, four assaults and one auto theft. The 72^nd Precinct serves Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope.

PHONE SNATCHERS

A 15-year-old Asian teen was robbed of his cell phone while walking along Eighth Avenue near 55^th Street at around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, said police, who describe the suspect as a Hispanic male standing around 5’10” tall, weighing around 150 pounds and sporting close-cut brown hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a red shirt.

A 33-year-old Asian woman was robbed of her iPhone while standing near the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and 48^th Street at around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, police said. The suspect fled on west on 48^th Street towards Fifth Avenue. He is described as a Hispanic male wearing a black shirt with crew-cut black hair, standing 5’5” tall.

AMBULANCE ATTACK

Police arrested a 28-year-old black woman after she allegedly punched the 26-year-old EMT who was taking her out of an ambulance at Lutheran Medical Center at around 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, September 6.

JACKED PARACHUTE

A 2008 Toyota RAV4 was stolen from a garage on Prospect Park West near 14^th Street overnight between September 3 and 4, police were told by the owner, who said the car was filled with over $28,000 worth of gear for camping, climbing and parachuting.