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March 14, 2012
Crime Report: More Beatings for Phones
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Gersh Kuntzman
It was a quieter week in the 88th Precinct.
Apparently no one told the thugs and crooks who frequent Bruce Ratner's malls.
Bait and Hit
A man was arrested for trying to strangle an employee inside the Target department store on March 6 after the worker said that an item he wanted was no longer available, cops said.
The victim told cops that he was inside the store, which is on Atlantic Avenue near Flatbush Avenue, at around 2:30 p.m. when the customer approached and started a fight with him about the item in question, which was not identified.
At some point, the fight got physical, with the customer allegedly lunging at the worker and choking him until he blacked out.
...No Secret
A thief swiped a woman’s wallet after she put it down briefly inside the Victoria’s Secret shop in the Atlantic Terminal Mall on March 8.
The victim, 22, said she put the wallet on the counter at around noon, but it was gone seconds later when she returned her attention to it.
She lost $35 and various cards.
Posted by eric at March 14, 2012 10:31 AM