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CRIME BLOTTER: 3 Boys Arrested for Pizza Mugging in Brooklyn, Police Say

 Three boys were arrested this week for stealing pizza, headphones and an iPod from three teenagers outside of a Papa John's in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
Three boys were arrested this week for stealing pizza, headphones and an iPod from three teenagers outside of a Papa John's in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Three boys were arrested this week for stealing pizza, headphones and an iPod from another group of boys outside a Papa John’s, police said.

The suspects, a 12-year-old and two 14-year-olds, were arrested Monday after they roughed up three victims, ages 13, 13 and 14, outside the eatery at 601 Rogers Avenue.

Around 4:40 p.m. the boys took Bose headphones, an iPod and two orders of pizza from the group. It’s unclear if the pizza was in boxes or slices.

Police arrested the three boys, who will be charged as juveniles. None of the victims were seriously injured during the theft.

Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:​​​

The map above depicts only those blotter items compiled by DNAinfo New York within the date range indicated, not all crimes that took place in a given precinct. To see all previous crime blotters from this precinct, click here.​​​​​

► A man walking to get food was attacked by two men who beat him with a bat and slashed him with a knife, police said. The assault took place at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the corner of Winthrop Street and Nostrand Avenue. The victim said he got to the corner where the two men jumped him, hitting him with the bat and cutting him on the top of the head. The suspect demanded the man’s keys, money and phone during the assault, but fled empty-handed after the attack, police said. 

► A 30-year-old woman was arrested for stealing an iPhone from a 22-year-old man, police said. The woman snatched the phone from the man’s hand inside 776 Crown St. at 3:40 p.m. on Feb. 16 and fled out of the building. Police caught up with her a short time later and recovered the phone.

► A 14-year-old boy was pick-pocketed as he left the Medgar Evers College Preparatory School on Feb. 16, police said. The boy left his school at President Street and Nostrand Avenue at 3:50 p.m. when the suspect, an unknown man, bumped into the student, picked his cellphone out of his pocket and ran down Nostrand Avenue on foot.

► A 26-year-old man was hit by a car as he tried to flee police officers who had been trying to arrest him for possession of a loaded handgun, the NYPD said. Police found a loaded Taurus .380 caliber gun on the man outside of 360 Utica Ave. at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday and attempted to handcuff and take him into custody. The man, however, ran away from police and onto Utica Avenue, where he was hit by a passing vehicle, police said. He was taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He is set to be charged with criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, court records show.