CROWN HEIGHTS — A 56-year-old man was beaten with baseball bats by two men after a fight over a parking spot on Eastern Parkway, police said.
The victim got into an argument with a man over the space on the northeast corner of the parkway and Utica Avenue on May 19, he told police.
The suspect initially walked away but a short time later, he returned with another man and the pair repeatedly beat the 56-year-old with baseball bats. They fled in a white Ford with Pennsylvania plates eastbound on Eastern Parkway, the victim told police.
The victim was treated on the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. There have been no arrests.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
► Two people were arrested May 18 for possession of an illegal firearm at a Midwood Street home. Vanessa Louis, 23, and Shamir Derissaint, 26, were arrested after police found a loaded Kel-Tec 9MM gun in the rear of their home on Midwood Street near Utica Avenue after it was thrown out of a second-floor window as police arrived at the house. They are charged with tampering with evidence for trying to block officers from retrieving the gun and attempting to conceal it, court records say. Their representatives from Legal Aid could not be reached for comment.
► A 17-year-old man was arrested May 19 for criminal possession of a weapon after police found he was carrying a loaded black Ruger .380 caliber handgun. The arrest took place outside 991 President St. at 4:25 p.m.
► A 48-year-old man was arrested May 21 for carrying an imitation pistol after police initially stopped him for fare-beating. The man was seen by police skipping the subway fare at a turnstile at the Winthrop Street train station on Nostrand Avenue. Upon further investigation, the man was found to have an open warrant and an imitation pistol in his duffel bag.
► Three teenagers were arrested May 21 for attacking and robbing a 39-year-old man of his bicycle and money. The teens, ages 13, 14, and 15, approached the victim at the southeast corner of Winthrop Street and Rogers Avenue around 7:50 p.m. They forcibly removed $20 from the man’s rear left pant pocket, then pushed him off his bike and threw water on him. The trio made off with the bike and cash. The victim sustained minor injuries and a scratch to his right eye. The three suspects were arrested a short time later.
The above list only describes those blotter items compiled by DNAinfo New York between May 3 and 9, not all crimes that took place in a given precinct. To see all previous crime blotters from this precinct, click here.
