EAST FLATBUSH — A woman cut two workers at a Crown Fried Chicken restaurant in the neighborhood Sunday after they refused to give her free food, police said.
The woman, approximately 22 years old, came into the fried chicken eatery at 580 Albany Ave. around 2 a.m., police said, and demanded free food from workers.
One of the Crown Fried Chicken workers, a 27-year-old man, refused her request and told the woman to leave. In response, she took out a kitchen knife, lunged at the worker and cut his left wrist.
She then turned on a second worker, a 28-year-old man who was working at the back of the restaurant, and cut his chest with the knife, police said.
As she was leaving the restaurant, she pushed objects off the eatery’s glass counter, breaking them. She then ran, police said.
Both workers were treated for minor lacerations during the incident. The woman has yet to be identified or arrested.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► Responding to a report of animal abuse, police removed a pitbull in a “severe state of neglect” from outside 741 Fenimore St. around 10 a.m. on April 28, police said. The dog had mange on its face and paws and was severely malnourished, according to the report. The dog was taken to the ASPCA in Manhattan. It’s unclear who owned the dog and no suspect has been identified in the case.
► A 31-year-old man was arrested for punching and striking a 54-year-old woman with an iron inside an apartment at 1587 Carroll St. around 5:30 a.m. on April 28. The woman was treated for minor wounds after the incident, police said.
► A 29-year-old man was arrested after he stole peanuts from a deli, tried to steal cash from the place and assaulted a worker, police said. The man came inside 570 Albany Ave. around 11:30 p.m. on April 28 and took a package of Planters peanuts from the bodega’s counter, then told a 34-year-old worker “Give me the f--king money or I’ll kill you.” He then tried to take cash out of the register and punched the worker in the mouth as he tried to stop him. The man fled the store on foot.
► A 46-year-old man was arrested inside a Flatbush Avenue bodega for stabbing another man with a knife after the two got into an argument. Police said the man slashed the 35-year-old victim with a four-inch knife inside 713 Flatbush Ave. around 7 a.m. on April 29 and was arrested a short time later. The victim was treated at Kings County Hospital.
