Man Slashed In El Greco, Woman Struck By Bus
Two deadbeats were busted for slashing another customer while trying to skip out on a bill at a Sheepshead Bay diner, cops said yesterday.
Steven Madden, 31, and Damien Bass, 27, were dining at El Greco at Emmons Avenue and East 19th Street at 5:10 a.m. Monday when the manager noticed they were drinking beer from their personal stash, sources said.
The manager told the patrons to pay their food bill and leave, but Bass grabbed the check, threw it on the ground and spat on it, cops said.
When a customer tried to intervene, Bass allegedly slashed him on the face.
Police soon arrested the suspects on various charges, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.
From Brooklyn Paper:
A 59-year-old Sheepshead Bay woman was clinging to life this week after she was hit by a city bus.
Officials said that the woman was crossing the corner of Avenue Z near Haring Street at 7 a.m. March 15 when the off duty bus hit her.
She was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center, where doctors listed her in critical condition.
No charges had been filed as this paper went to press.