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CRIME BLOTTER: 14-Year-Old Boy Robbed of iPhone in Boerum Hill

By Nikhita Venugopal | September 21, 2016 3:50pm

BOERUM HILL — A 14-year-old boy was threatened by a group of teens on his doorstep in Boerum Hill, according to police.

As the victim was walking to his home from the Bergen Street F/G subway station at about 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 13, he was followed by a group of three unknown teens, according to the police report.

"Give me your f***ing phone or I'll shoot you," one of the teens said when the victim reached the doorstep of his Dean Street building, police said.

The same teen pulled what appeared to be a knife out of his hoodie and snatched the $700 iPhone 6 from the victim. The group fled northbound on Hoyt Street, police said.

Other crimes in the 84th Precinct, according to police, include:

► A $650 Hugo Boss briefcase and a Hewlitt Packard laptop worth $1,100 were stolen from a car parked on Pacific Street between 11 a.m. on Sept. 12 and 8:15 a.m. on Sept. 13. 

► A $2,000 VanMoof bicycle was stolen from Bergen Street near Hoyt Street after the bike chain was broken between 7 p.m. on Sept. 12 and 7 a.m. on Sept. 13. 

► More than two dozen sports jerseys were swiped from Upper90, a soccer merchandise shop at 359 Atlantic Ave. on Sept. 16 at about 5:50 p.m. According to the police report, a witness was helping customers when several teens all wearing sports jerseys grabbed the clothes from racks and fled the shop. The 30 stolen Nike, Puma and Adidas jerseys were valued at $1,800.

This is the second theft at the shop in the past two months.