Pickpocket hits sleeper
and slammed into two the women, said Roger. He said the crash impact was so hard that one woman bounced off a metal gate in front of the car dealership and landed on the car’s windshield.
The woman who hit the windshield and one of her companions “got the full brunt of the impact,” he said.
Another woman ran away quickly enough that only her arm was grazed, Roger added.
“I cried when I saw it. I cry right now for those ladies,” Roger said.
“The driver was shaking, shaking, shaking. She tried to move her car but it was busted.”
All the injured were taken to Jamaica Hospital, said the Fire Department. None of the injuries were life threatening, said police.
The motorist, a 66-yearold woman, remained at the scene after the crash, said police. The incident was still under investigation Saturday night. He was cleaned out while he was passed out.
An opportunistic pickpocket removed a cellphone and cash from a 19-year-old man he found sacked out on a Brooklyn stoop, a video released on Saturday shows.
The sinister Mr. Sandman swooped in as the teen slept on the steps of his Sunset Park home on Sixth Ave. near 56th St. at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday, cops said.
A 20-second video released by the NYPD shows the thief carefully removing the cellphone from the victim’s back pocket and walking off. But then the suspect goes back and snakes his hand into the victim’s front pocket to remove a wallet, which contained $400.
The victim stirs briefly and the thief backs off, but relaxes after the teen goes right back to sleep. The suspect is gone when the victim, who police said was apparently intoxicated, finally wakes up, the video shows.
The victim told police that he had been at the Legend KTV, a nearby bar, before crashing on his stoop.
Police described the suspect as black, about 5-foot-8, 180 pounds with a beard and black hair. He wore black pants, a blue short sleeve shirt, black sneakers and carried a blue backpack. They asked anyone with info to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577TIPS.