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January 3, 2012
The Week in Crime: Target Tussles and Robberies Abound
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Mitchell Trinka
We're just getting caught up on some pre-holiday crime news, the upshot of which is... if you did any holiday shopping in Bruce Ratner's malls and didn't get robbed or assulted, consider yourself fortunate.
Atlantic Terminal Mall Crime
-An employee at Target in the Atlantic Terminal Mall was caught on Dec. 10 putting $1,800 onto gift cards without paying, police said. The employee was observed making the transactions on store surveillance video, police said.
Jamell Long, 17, was arrested on Dec. 18, police said. He has been charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree and petit larceny, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.
-A fight broke out at Buffalo Wild Wings at the Atlantic Terminal Mall on Dec. 13 at 4:45 p.m., police said. It all began when two men started a conversation with a group of people eating at the restaurant, police said. One of the men displayed a knife to a 17-year-old boy and demanded he hand over whatever was in his pockets, police said. When the second man asked the other people to hand over their belongings things got physical, the boy told police. One of the robbers punched the boy in the back of the head and a small struggle ensued, breaking the boy’s glasses, police said.
-A woman shopping with her daughter at Target, in the Atlantic Terminal Mall, was caught trying to steal items from the store on Dec. 14 at around midnight, police said. Natasha Stevenson, 35 was arrested that night and has been charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.
-An employee of Target, in the Atlantic Terminal Mall, caught a woman shoplifting clothing on Dec. 23 at 1:47 p.m., police said. When the employee confronted the woman she began to punch the employee with the help of four other people, police said.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Click through for more.
NoLandGrab: Merry Christmas, Bruce Ratner-style.
Posted by eric at January 3, 2012 4:06 PM