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October 10, 2011
The Week In Crime: More iThefts, a Weaponized Book and a Severed Ear
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Michelle Gross
Not a "Week in Crime" goes by without an incident in one of Bruce Ratner's malls.
Two young women threatened an 11-year-old-boy on the evening of Sept. 30 and took his phone at the Target in Atlantic Terminal shopping mall, police said. The incident took place at 8 p.m when two unidentified women approached the victim and asked to borrow his cell phone to call their father, police said. The boy told police that when he refused, one of the women said “Give me your phone or I’ll hurt you.”
Fearing for his safety, the boy handed over his phone to the young women, police said. Police said the two thieves took the phone and fled by foot out of the store. Members of Target security are reviewing video footage taken at the time of the incident in an attempt to identify the phone thieves, police said.
Posted by eric at October 10, 2011 11:28 AM