PARK SLOPE — A man was hit in the head with a pool cue during a fight at a Park Slope billiards club on April 11, according to a police report.
The 21-year-old victim told police another club customer clocked him with the cue during a dispute over a girl at 10:40 p.m. at Oceans 8 on Seventh Avenue near Flatbush Avenue. The victim then walked to New York Methodist Hospital for treatment, according to the police report. No arrests were made, according to the report.
Other notable crimes in this week's blotter at the 78th Precinct include the following, with all details drawn from police reports:
► A man was mugged outside a deli on Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street at 5:20 a.m. on April 11 by three men he had seen earlier in the night at a nearby diner. The victim, whose age wasn't listed, was walking into the deli when the three men approached him. One said, "What are you looking at?" and then punched the victim in the face, cutting his lip. The victim fell to the ground and the three men took his wallet and cell phone. The robbers fled in a grey or silver Acura.
► A 48-year-old man had his fingers slashed by a stranger at a gas station on Third Avenue near Baltic Street at 5 a.m. on April 8. The two got into a verbal and physical fight after the stranger approached the man and tried to sell him "unknown items." The stranger then slashed three of the man's fingers with an unknown object.
► A would-be burglar broke into an apartment on Prospect Park West near 12th Street but didn't steal anything. The 45-year-old apartment dweller came home at 9:20 p.m. to find her front door unlocked. She stepped inside the apartment, then heard a loud crash and a "grunting sound." She called 911 and police searched the apartment. They didn't find anyone, but an A/C unit had been pushed out of a rear window.
► A thief stole four faucets worth $1,166 from Lowe's on Second Avenue and Ninth Street on March 22 at 6:10 p.m. The thief walked into the store pushing a red shopping cart containing two faucets. He visited the faucets aisle and picked up four more faucets, then returned the two faucets he had walked in with at the customer service desk. The man then waited on line for a short period before walking out of the store with the four faucets he had taken from the store.
► A 20-year-old employee at a cell phone store on Fifth Avenue near 11th Street stole six iPhones and an iPad mini by falsely marking the items as sold in the store's computerized invoice system. The stolen products were worth a total $5,979, the manager told police.
► An 18-year-old woman had her purse stolen after she left it on a clothing rack while shopping at Burlington Coat Factory in the Atlantic Terminal Mall.
► A 2009 Ducati motorcycle worth $13,000 was stolen from near Prospect Place and Vanderbilt Avenue sometime between 11 p.m. April 7 and 7 a.m. April 8.
► A 2002 gold Chrysler Town and Country van was stolen from Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street on April 10 at 6 a.m. after a 26-year-old driver left the vehicle with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition.
Overall, major crimes in the 78th Precinct have dropped 6.6 percent this year compared to the same period during 2014, according to the latest NYPD statistics.
