Crime Report: Robberies at Gunpoint, Incidents at the Auburn Family Shelter and Fraudulent Account Usage

Two teens, one on a bicycle, robbed a 27-year-old man at gunpoint on Fleet Walk on the grounds of the Ingersoll Houses on July 28 at 8 p.m., police said.

The teen on the bicycle allegedly told the victim, “Give me money,” while the other teen allegedly came up behind him, pointed a black gun and again demanded money. When the victim handed over $100 in cash, the teens fled into a Fleet Walk apartment. The victim was not injured, police said.

Including the crime above, 28 felonies and four arrests were reported in the 88th Precinct last week, compared to 29 felonies and eight arrests the previous week. Two robberies at gunpoint were reported in the precinct last week, both at Ingersoll Houses. Auburn Family Shelter was the scene of a range of crimes, from assaults to a stolen credit card. Many in the nabe also reported unauthorized activity on their bank accounts.

Robbery at Gunpoint

-A mugger waylaid a food deliveryman and tried unsuccessfully to take his scooter outside a Navy Walk apartment at Ingersoll Houses at about 6:45 a.m. on July 28, then left and came back with a gun and demanded money, police reported. When the victim handed over $100 in cash, the thief put the money and the gun inside his multi-colored backpack and fled, police said. No injuries were reported, according to police.

-A 68-year-old woman told police that she was walking on Fulton Street at Washington Avenue on July 3 at about 10:30 a.m. to catch the bus when someone snatched her purse, containing $1,200 in cash, and fled. The cash was from a Social Security check, and the woman has made a request to the Social Security Administration for the money to be reimbursed, police said. She told police that she did not make a report at the time of the incident because she was unaware that she could.

-A 34-year-old woman told police that she was walking north on Fort Greene Place on July 28 at 8:15 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and snatched her phone from her right hand. The thief ran north on Fort Greene Place and east on Fulton Street, police said. The woman called 911 from a location covered by the 78th Precinct a little over an hour later. Police searched the area but could not find the thief or the phone. The phone does not have a tracking device, according to police.

Incidents at Auburn Family Shelter

-Alfredo James, 43, was arrested after he allegedly struck a 34-year-old woman in the face with a laptop power adapter in the Auburn Family Shelter on July 24 at about 8:30 p.m., injuring her left eye and the back of her head.

James was charged with assault in the second and third degrees, attempted assault in the third degree, menacing in the third degree, harassment in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.

-Niza Perez, 16, was arrested after she allegedly punched, pushed and shoved her 17-year-old sister against a locker during an argument in the Auburn Family Shelter on July 24 at 8:30 p.m. The victim told police that the attack opened her stitches from her breast reduction procedure, and that she suffered headaches afterwards. The victim was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Center, police said.

Perez was charged with assault in the third degree, attempted assault in the third degree, menacing in the third degree and harassment in the second degree, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.

-A 25-year-old woman told police that she left her credit card on a counter at the Auburn Family Shelter during a fire drill on July 26 at 5 p.m. When she returned an hour later, the card was gone. She told police that fraudulent charges were made on the card, but police could not confirm how much was charged.

Grocery Store Mugging

Two men wearing black hoodies jumped a 15-year-old inside the Lafayette Deli and Grocery on Lafayette Avenue near Classon Avenue on July 25 at about 10:30 p.m., punched him and grabbed his brown book bag, containing his Android phone, police said. The teen was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Center for treatment, according to police.

Street Assault

A 15-year-old was arrested after he allegedly struck a 43-year-old woman in the face with an Arizona iced tea bottle on DeKalb Avenue at Saint James Place on July 25 at about 10 p.m. The victim, who was not seriously injured, received medical attention at the 88th Precinct station house, police said.

The Nabe is withholding the suspect’s name because of his age. The Kings County District Attorney’s office could not provide charge information for the teen.

Doctor’s Office Burglary

Someone stole an Evaluation of the Motor Unit (EMG) system, used for biopsies, from a doctor’s office on Saint James Place between DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues between 2 p.m. on July 19 and 10:10 a.m. on July 22, police said. Police did not see any signs of forced entry, and there are no security cameras nearby.

Theft from Liquor Store

A shoplifter stole a bottle of Brouilly wine from Gnarly Vines on Myrtle Avenue between Carlton Avenue and Adelphi Street on July 28 at about 5:30 p.m., police said. When a store employee attempted to stop the thief, she allegedly pulled a box cutter out of her bag and threatened the employee with it. The thief had gone into the store before, the employee told police. Police searched the area but could not find the thief or the stolen wine.

Home Burglaries

-A stranger entered a 45-year-old woman’s Greene Avenue apartment on June 23 and was sitting on the couch when the woman got home at 2:15 p.m., police said. He allegedly told the woman, “Oh man, this isn’t Chris’ apartment,” and then walked out, taking the woman’s MacBook Air. The woman told police that she will try to get the laptop’s serial number from her son-in-law, who gave it to her as a gift.

Irron Johnson, 20, was arrested the next day at 6:55 a.m. and charged with burglary in the second and third degrees, grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth and fifth degrees, criminal trespass in the second degree and petit larceny, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.

-A 58-year-old woman told police that someone stole two yellow metal rings, one with her name engraved and another with diamonds, a yellow metal bracelet with an elephant motif and $50 in cash from her Clifton Place apartment when she was in the hospital from July 15 to July 24. When her brother went to the apartment on July 24, he realized that the items were gone. The woman called police and was told to call again when she is discharged from the hospital. She told police that her home-care attendant was responsible for safeguarding the apartment during her hospital stay.

-A 20-year-old woman told police that she picked up a man and brought him to her Cumberland Street apartment on July 27 at 2 a.m. She then fell asleep, and when she woke up at about 6:15 a.m., she realized that her iPhone, MacBook, MacBook charger and Chase debit card were missing. There were no active tracking devices on the phone or laptop, police said.

Attempted Home Burglary

A 45-year-old man told police that he was lying down in his Gates Avenue house on July 23 at about 3 p.m. when he noticed someone cutting open his window screen. When the man asked the intruder what he was doing, he said, “I’m fixing the screen,” and fled. The man called 911, and police searched the area, but could not find the intruder.

Theft at Fort Greene Park

A 33-year-old man told police that he left his bag against a tree at Fort Greene Park at about 7:30 p.m., and then went to play games with his friends. When he returned at 9:30 a.m., the bag, containing a MacBook Pro laptop, a Canon camera and lens, a laptop charger and an iPhone charger, was gone, police said.

Stolen Cars

-A 53-year-old man told police that he parked his 2002 Audi on Clinton Avenue between Myrtle and Willoughby Avenues on July 23 at 8 a.m. When he returned two days later at 5:20 a.m., it was gone. There was no broken glass at the scene. Police searched the neighborhood but could not find the car. The car was not towed, police said. The man told police he no longer has possession of the car keys.

-A 39-year-old man told police that he parked his 1994 Ford on Hall Street at Willoughby Avenue on July 25 at 1 a.m. When he returned at noon, it was gone. Police searched the area but could not find the car.

-A 58-year-old man told police that he parked his 2011 Honda on Park Avenue between Carlton Avenue and Cumberland Street on July 27 at 8 p.m. When he returned the next day at about 6:30 p.m., it was gone. Police searched the neighborhood but could not find the car.

Thefts from Cars

-A 33-year-old man told police that he parked his car on Carlton Avenue at Lafayette Avenue on July 24 at 7 p.m. When he returned the next day at 6 a.m., he realized that a MacBook Air and assorted articles of clothing were stolen. There was no visible damage to the car’s doors or ignition, police said.

-A 28-year-old woman told police that she parked her car on Grand Avenue at Atlantic Avenue  on July 25 at 1 a.m. When she returned two hours later, she found a broken window and realized that a MacBook Pro computer had been stolen from inside, police said.

-A 29-year-old woman told police that she parked her car on Willoughby Street near Ashland Place on July 25 at 1:30 p.m. When she returned at 4 p.m., she saw that her that her driver’s side back window had been smashed and and clothing, shoes, a necklace and electric toothbrushes were stolen.

Stolen Pocketbook

A 19-year-old woman told police that she left her pocketbook on the table in a Steuben Street apartment building on July 27, and when she returned at 4 p.m., it was gone. The pocketbook contained a red leather wallet, $550 in cash, a Citibank credit card, an American Express card and a Kohl’s credit card, police said.

Fraudulent Account Activity

-A 25-year-old Walt Whitman Houses resident told police that she lost her wallet on July 12 in a MetroTech Center building, and afterwards someone had used her ATM card to make $600 in fraudulent transactions at different locations across the city. A day later, Chase Bank called her saying that her account had been frozen. Two days after that, she received an email notifying her about the fraudulent charges. She reported the charges to police on July 24.

-A 66-year-old Clinton Avenue resident told police that he received a call from Chase Bank notifying him that someone transferred $15,000 from his account into a fraudster’s account on June 25. The scam involved two illicit transactions: a $7,000 phone transfer and an $8,000 transfer at a Chase Bank branch, police said.

-A 44-year-old Washington Avenue resident told police that on July 26, someone made four fraudulent transactions on his credit card account, totaling $1,992. He told police that he had never given out his card’s PIN number, and that he still has his card. He closed his account after he found out about the transactions, he told police.

-A 40-year-old Clinton Avenue resident told police that someone used his personal information to obtain a credit card and purchase a Yamaha motorcycle. The man said he learned of the purchase on July 27 when he received a billing statement and a credit card in the mail that he did not apply for.

Domestic Dispute

On July 25 at about 2:40 p.m., a man allegedly twisted and pulled his 41-year-old girlfriend’s thumb backwards, and then hit her in the face with a bag containing a frozen water bottle on Ashland Place at Myrtle Avenue. The victim’s right hand was swollen and she complained of pain to the left side of her head, police said.