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By Danielle Furfaro
Brooklyn Daily
94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Gun-fare
A taxi passenger held up a hack at gunpoint on Driggs Avenue early in the morning of April 12, cops said.
The victim told police that he was driving at the corner of N. 12th Street at 4 am when he picked up the rider. The goon told him he was going to Myrtle Avenue and Broadway, so the victim made a left turn onto Driggs Avenue and drove to N. Ninth Street. Suddenly, the robber flashed a handgun and put it to the taxi driver’s neck.
“Give me everything,” the scoundrel supposedly said.
Instead of handing over any cash, the cabbie pulled over the side of the road and jumped out of the car, according to a report. The villain chased the poor sap towards Roebling Street until the driver asked passersby to call 911 and, by the time cops arrived, the gunman was gone, officers said.
Brass hole
A lowlife wearing brass knuckles on his right hand tried to steal $100 from a pedestrian on Norman Avenue on April 12, police stated.
The 26-year-old victim said he was walking at the corner of Manhattan Avenue at 3:50 am when he saw the tough guy holding the face-mashing implement.
“Hey man, give me everything,” the brute supposedly said. “Give me $100.”
The victim walked as fast as he could into a nearby store and the would-be robber made himself scarce.
Hot over the collar
A disgruntled customer threw a cup of coffee in a Kingsland Avenue deli employee’s face on April 10, according to police.
The 40-year-old victim reported he got into an argument with the guy at the deli at the corner of Jackson Street at 11:30 am and, without warning, the rapscallion splashed the scalding beverage all over him.
The victim called police but declined to go to the hospital, cops stated.
HisPhone
A villain attacked a woman and stole her iPhone as she was walking down Skillman Avenue on April 12, officials said.
The 24-year-old victim told police she was walking at the corner of Woodpoint Road at 5:30 pm when the goon approached, pounded her on the head, grabbed the device out of her left hand, and skedaddled.
— Danielle Furfaro