Police Blotter: Gunpoint Robbery on Lincoln Place

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

Group Holds-Up Teen on Lincoln Place

Five teens were charged with holding up a 16-year-old boy last month.

The 16-year-old victim told cops he was on Lincoln Place between Classon and Franklin on the afternoon of May 20 when the group came up to him. One of them showed him a back handgun. Then the group stole from the boy $445 worth of stuff including earrings, a True Religion sweater the book "A Raisin in the Sun" and a set of keys. All of the teens were between the ages of 16 and 18 years old.

Rush Hour Fight Injures Pregnant Woman

Police are looking for two men who injured a pregnant woman on the No. 4 train during a fight.

The pair were shoving and punching each other on a southbound train on May 21 during the evening rush hour when one of them bumped into the woman's stomach. The men took off at the Franklin Avenue stop, leaving the woman with abdominal pain. 

Both men were described as black, standing about 5-foot-8 and weighing about 150 pounds. One of them had dreadlocks and was wearing a grey shirt. The other was wearing a white shirt and a place and blue hat.

If arrested the men will be charged with third degree assault.

Man Nabs Car, Cops Nab Man

A 47-year-old man was charged with stealing a 21-year-old's 1999 Saturn that the victim left double parked (apparently with the keys inside) while he walked a friend to the front of her building. 

The report did not say how the suspect was caught, but noted that when cops tried to arrest him, he let them on a brief chase and then refused to let them handcuff him. 

The theft took place on Sunday, May 19, at about 11:20 p.m. at the corner of Sterling Place and Bedford Avenue. The man was arrested just before midnight.

Sterling Place Burglary

Someone broke into a Sterling Place apartment, making off with a $2,000 MacBook Air laptop and the victims's personal documents.

The 32-year-old victim told cops that while he was sleeping in the apartment, located at the corner of Classon Avenue, when someone broke into the apartment through a rear door, which was damaged near the lock. The victim didn't discover the crime until he woke up later that morning.