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By Max Jaeger
Brooklyn Daily
68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Tax fraudit
A scammer tricked a Dyker Heights resident into handing over thousands of dollars in pre-paid debit cards on March 10.
Someone claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service called the victim around 10 am and stated the victim owed the government $1,887, according to police reports. He said the mark had 20 minutes to pony up before feds would come knocking, and sensing a sweet deal, the perp upped the ante to $4,000, reports state.
The victim complied, buying eight “Green Dot” pre-paid debit cards and mailing them to the perp’s out-of-state address, law enforcement sources say.
Behind (Re)bars
Cops clamped a pair of perps who allegedly stole $400 worth of building materials from a construction site on Shore Road on March 8.
A contractor told cops he saw the pair snooping around the site around 9 am and called the cops. When a patrol car found the suspects nearby, they were allegedly carting pinched rebar and pipe clamps. The complainant identified the two, and police booked the alleged bandits.
Charge ’em
Two guys got a lot more than they bargained for after cops collared them for shopping with bogus credit cards on Fifth Avenue on March 5.
The duo went on an afternoon shopping spree at the department store, but when they went to swipe their card, something registered with the cashier, and they called police, officials say.
An anti-crime unit picked up the suspects, who allegedly possessed several fake cards, and charged them with grand larceny, according to police.
He got belted
A vicious goon whipped a man’s face with a belt buckle during an argument in front of a Fourth Avenue deli on March 2.
The victim told police he got into it with two other individuals at the deli between 86 and 87th streets around 5 am, and when the gloves came off, so did a belt. The victim was so whipped, he did not give a description of his attacker, police say.
First responders took the victim to Lutheran Medical Center for wounds requiring 14 stitches. Police are asking anyone with information about the belt beating to call the 68th Precinct at (718) 439–4211.
— Max Jaeger