BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville man was indicted for several armed robberies and burglaries that targeted women throughout Brooklyn, officials said Tuesday.
Lorenzo Chambers, 24, was arraigned on a 19-count indictment that includes first-degree robbery and first degree-burglary, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.
Chambers is charged in connection to four incidents in May and June, as well as a February burglary.
In the early morning hours of May 10, he forced a woman at gunpoint to hand over her bank card and PIN near her East 92nd Street home in Brownsville.
Chambers is also accused of breaking into a Canarsie home on May 31 at roughly 2:30 a.m., and demanding the victim give him cash and her bank card, officials said.
On June 12, Chambers allegedly robbed two sisters at gunpoint at 4:18 a.m. after entering their East Flatbush home. One victim offered him a handbag and iPad, but he demanded bank cards, according to the DA’s office.
He also demanded a chain that was on the woman’s neck and when she refused, he allegedly struck her with a guitar and fled.
A day later, just before 7 a.m., a man entered his basement on Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush and saw Chambers inside with a gun, officials said. The witness’ friend spotted Chambers fleeing the scene on a bike, pointing a gun while holding a stolen Xbox.
Police arrested him on June 24, and a search warrant of Chambers’ home recovered jewelry, handbags and electronics.
Chambers pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday and is due back in court on Sept. 30, according to court records. He is being held on a $250,000 bond, according to the Department of Correction.
Information for Chambers’ lawyer was not immediately available.
