Crime & Safety

Man Attacked By Ex-Girlfriend's Mother: This Week's Police Blotter

Fracas took place last Thursday at a S. Portland Ave. apartment.

This blotter was compiled using information provided by the New York Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Robbery

  • A 46-year-old man had his pants ripped and $30 and a Capital One credit card stolen by his ex-girlfriend and her mother at a residence at 170 S. Portland Ave. on July 10 at 8:41 p.m.  The mother also hit the man in the face causing him to become “fearful and alarmed,” according to police, who arrested the ex-girlfriend, 21, and her mother, 57, on July 12.
  • On July 9 at around 7 a.m., an unknown perp hit a 29-year-old man with a blunt instrument over the head at an apartment at 239 Greene Ave. The man was sent the next day to Methodist Hospital for treatment, which included nine staples to close the wound to his head.
  • Two teens, Tevaughn Harrell, 19, and Dennis Hamer, 18, struck a 30-year-old man with a fluorescent light bulb and then punched and kicked him while he was on the ground at St. James Place and Fulton Street on July 13 at 12:55 a.m. Police caught up with the dangerous duo at the corner of Washington and Gates avenue. The victim was transported to Woodhull Hospital for treatment.
  • A 27-year-old man was hit in the stomach with a crowbar after confronting his former employer about a $500 debt at Green Solutions at 20 Grand Ave. on July 13 at around 2:30 p.m.
  • The owner of  told police that he was in fear for his safety after a 64-year-old entered the store on July 13 at 5:30 p.m. and told him, “I will f**k you up,” while attempting to hit him with a pair of garden shears.
  • Gregory Schwenk, 21, choked his girlfriend during an argument on the street at Hanson Place and St. Felix Street on July 8 at around 5 a.m. Schwenk, who was arrested July 15 at Irving Place and Fulton Street, broke the woman’s jaw during the assault and left scratches on her neck.

Burglary

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  • An unknown perp entered a residence on S. Elliott Place between Dekalb and Lafayette avenues during the early morning of July 14 and stole two Mac Books, a BlackBerry, iPhone and money clip. There were no signs of forced entry. The resident later found airline tickets charged to the stolen credit cards.

Larceny

  • A laptop was stolen from a locked classroom at a  sometime between July 6-9.  The laptop has a tracking device.
  • A 51-year-old deliveryman collected cash from customers totaling $3,400 without handing it over to his employer during a period of time stretching from May 8 to July 10. When caught in the act, the man said simply, “I took it."
  • A woman’s bag was stolen while sitting on a bench at Myrtle Avenue and Hall Street on July 11 at around 2 p.m.
  • Two teens grabbed a cellphone from a woman as she walked in the vicinity of 458 Myrtle Ave. on July 11 at 4:15 p.m. Police apprehended the teens at Myrtle and Vanderbilt avenues minutes later.
  • A 62-year-old woman had her wallet stolen from a pocketbook left on a chair in Brooklyn Hospital’s triage area on July 12 at 6:50 a.m.
  • Nevin Lindsey, 42, added himself to an existing Chase bank account and then withdrew $7,200 over a period of time last December. The NYPD’s Financial Crimes Task Force finally caught up with Lindsey, who was arrested on July 12.
  • A woman who momentarily left her pocketbook in a shopping cart at Target ran back to discover her wallet missing on July 12 at 7:30 p.m. The woman noticed a man hanging around the cart moments earlier.
  • After eating at a local restaurant, a woman returned to her car parked in the vicinity of 14 St. James Place to find her pocketbook missing on July 13 at 3 p.m.
  • Four Pirelli tires worth $3,000 were removed from a vehicle parked in the vicinity of 450 Clinton Ave. sometime between July 13-15.
  • After losing her debit card on May 21, a resident of St. Felix Street discovered $2,758.10 in fraudulent charges.

Grand Theft Auto

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  • The owner of a 2007 Nissan Altima returned to a street parking space at 375 Vanderbilt Ave. to discover her vehicle missing on July 10.
  • A 1989 Chevy G20 was reported stolen from a street parking space at 280 Washington Ave. on July 14.


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