EAST FLATBUSH — A man who complimented a 23-year-old woman as she walked to the train later tried to rob her with a boxcutter inside the station, the victim told police.
The woman was walking on Parkside Avenue toward Nostrand Avenue just after 11 a.m. on Oct. 26 when she dropped her scarf, police said. The suspect, approximately 30 years old, picked it up and told her she was beautiful.
A few minutes later as the woman went inside the Winthrop Street subway station on Nostrand Avenue, the suspect approached her, threatened her with a boxcutter and said “give me your money,” police said.
The woman fled on a southbound 2 train and got away from the man without injury or loss of property. The man has not been 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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► A 52-year-old woman was arrested for hitting her nephew with a frying pan that he had been cooking fish with on his stove. The assault took place at about 3:55 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the 45-year-old man’s home on Rogers Avenue near Lincoln Road.
► A woman is wanted for stealing more than $4,000 worth of religious items including tefillin and prayer shawls from the Lubavitch synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway. Police say the woman was seen taking the items out of the rear of the building around 12:20 p.m. on Nov. 1.
► A 21-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds in front Medgar Evers College at 1650 Bedford Ave. at approximately 2:38 p.m. on Nov. 2. The man was taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment and is expected to recover. The victim told police he was attacked by a group of unknown suspects.
CORRECTION: This story previously identified the location of the Nov. 2 stabbing as outside the Ebbets Field apartment complex, which is located at 1680 Bedford Ave., not 1650 Bedford Ave.
