Police Blotter: Mob Mugging, DWI Arrest and More

The following information was supplied by the 77th Precinct of the NYPD. It does not indicate a conviction.

Besides the , there were also several other crimes reported to the 77th Precinct over the past week:

Mob Mugging

Two teens were mugged by a group of  “approximately 30” people in the Franklin Avenue train station.

The pair of 18-year-old men were walking on Eastern Parkway at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 when, at Washington Avenue, the group came up to them and someone called out “what team you with?” a slang term for gang.

The teens ignored the men and kept walking, but the group followed them, commenting on their clothing (certain colors can indicate gang affiliation). The teens went into the Franklin Avenue train station where the group stole a jacket from one of the teens as well as a cell phone, knit hat a pair of headphones and other small items.

DWI Arrest

A 26-year-old man was charged with driving while intoxicated after cops discovered he had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Police pulled the man over at the corner of Atlantic and Franklin avenues at 1:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28 during a routine checkpoint and saw that he had “bloodshot eyes” and smelled like alcohol, according to a police report.

When tested, the man’s blood alcohol level was 0.183, while the legal limit is 0.08.

Car Break-ins

There were at least six incidents of car break-ins or vandalism in the past week, most of them on side streets between Classon and Franklin avenues:

• A 2001 Ford sedan parked on Bergen Street between Classon and Franklin avenues was broken into overnight Nov. on 21-22 but nothing taken.
• A 2005 Ford sedan parked on Pacific Avenue at Underhill was broken into the same night and two children’s backpacks as well as a thermos taken.
• A 2003 Volkswagen Passat parked on Bergen Street between Classon and Franklin avenues was broken into on Wednesday, Nov. 23 and a $500 CD player and a $200 GPS taken.
• A 2004 Volkswagen Golf parked on Park Place between Classon and Franklin avenues was had its window smashed on Sunday, Nov. 27 but nothing taken.
• The windshield of a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe parked on St. Johns Place at Classon was cracked between 1:30 and 1:40 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25.  

For more information on these police reports, contact Amy.Clark@patch.com.