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By Danielle Furfaro
Brooklyn Daily
94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Hold ups
There were two instances of delivery guys held up at gunpoint in the precinct this week.
• A cash-happy robber held up a delivery man at gunpoint, stealing his cash on McGuinness Boulevard on May 26.
The victim told police that he was between Huron and India streets at 10:25 pm when a guy shoved a gun in his face.
“Don’t move. Don’t make this a robbery,” the goon said, making no logical sense. The punk went through the victim’s pockets and took out $50 in cash and then ran westbound on Huron Street on foot.
• The next day a menacing thug held a delivery guy up at gunpoint and stole his cash on Manhattan Avenue.
The victim told police through a translator that he was at the corner Withers Street at midnight when the thug blocked his path and shoved a gun in his chest.
“Don’t move or I’ll shoot,” the robber said. The victim turned over $70 in cash and the robber ran off.
Bad moves
A reckless passerby threw a bottle at a dancing man on N. 11th Street on May 25, injuring him.
The victim told police that was dancing a jig on the corner of Kent Avenue at 10 pm when someone driving by threw a glass bottle at the back of his head.
The dancing man suffered a cut and bruises to the back of his head. He walked himself to Woodhull Hospital where he was treated.
Everything but the dog
A burglar let himself in to a Huron Street house through an open window on May 27.
The woman told police that she left her home between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Street at 6:15 am and left her back window open about four inches with a small fan and screen on the window.
When she got back at 8:45 pm, she found the screen cut, the window wide open, and the curtains ripped. No one was in her house all day except for her dog, and the dog refused to say if anyone had come in.
Not so bright
An oblivious thief tried to break into a Bedford Avenue sidewalk cash machine on May 26 — while the owner of the store was inside the building.
The owner of the business on between N. Ninth and N. 10th streets told police that he was opening up the store at 5:40 am when he saw a goon outside trying to break into the cash machine while covered with a big blue tarp.
The store owner ran outside and chased the man up the street but was unable to catch him. The would-be thief didn’t get any money out of the machine.
— Danielle Furfaro