By Thomas Tracy
HE WAS QUICK WITH A KNIFE: An 18-year-old man has been connected to a Coney Island bar brawl where four people were stabbed. Officials said that Rodney Solomon of the 3000 block of East 29th Street was charged with attempted murder, assault and attempted robbery for the attack, which took place inside the West 19th Street watering hole just before 2:30 a.m. on February 11. Witnesses alleged that Solomon was in the bar when he began arguing with a group of males. During the ensuing fight, two men, ages 18 and 22, were stabbed in the chest. A third man was stabbed in the stomach. The last victim suffered a stab wound to the shoulder. Officials said that three of the victims were rushed to Lutheran Medical Center, where the 18-year-old was listed in critical condition. The other two victims were stable. The fourth victim reportedly brought himself to Coney Island Hospital, looking for treatment. Solomon was taken into custody a few hours after the attack. As of this writing, it was unclear if he had an accomplice during his alleged knife-wielding rampage. *** WOKEN UP IN A NICK OF TIME: Cops are investigating a woman’s claim that she was nearly raped by a cab driver taking her through Sheepshead Bay. The victim, 25, told police that she grabbed the cab in Bay Ridge after partying in a neighborhood night club at 3 a.m. on February 12. On the ride home, the woman fell asleep, police were told. She woke up to realize that the cab was parked on the 3100 block of Harkness Avenue. The cabbie was in the back seat with her, trying to get her pants off, officials allege. The victim screamed and the cabbie, who was not identified, jumped back behind the wheel, taking her the rest of the way home. Cops are investigating the woman’s claims. *** TWO NABBED FOR PURSE SNATCH: Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly robbing a 28-year-old woman of her purse in Bensonhurst Sunday. Police from the 62nd Precinct said that the victim was passing the corner of 81st Street and New Utrecht Avenue at 12:15 a.m. on February 12 when the suspects allegedly knocked her to the ground. The thieves allegedly kicked the woman in the stomach and ran off with her pocketbook, only to be apprehended later by responding officers. Taken into custody were 18-year-old Ruben Quincy of the 280 block of Corzine Avenue and 17-year-old Volmar Frantz of the 600 block of Louisiana Avenue. Both were charged with robbery, menacing and harassment. Police said that a third, unnamed suspect was arrested with the two men, although prosecutors have not lodged any charges against him. *** IT’S TOUGH TRYING TO TRACK DOWN A GPS SYSTEM: A Sheepshead Bay skipper told police that someone broke into his boat last week, taking several expensive pieces of GPS tracking equipment. The 46-year-old victim said that someone broke into his ship, the Blue Sea, as it was berthed on a dock off of the 2200 block of Emmons Avenue. The break-in took place sometime after 7:30 p.m. on February 10 and the following morning. The thief, officials said, entered the boat after breaking a window. Police are investigating. *** BEATEN WITH TIRE IRON: A 21-year-old man was struck in the head with a tire iron as he fought off two thugs in Sheepshead Bay, according to officials. The victim told police that he was on the 2100 block of Avenue X just after 11 a.m. on February 12 when the two suspects, described as a white male and a Hispanic male in their twenties, jumped him. The suspects attacked the suspects and were last seen running off down East 22nd Street, officials said. Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this attack to come forward. Calls can be made to the 61st Precinct at (718) 627-6611. All calls will be kept confidential. *** ARREST MADE IN HOME INVASION: Police have arrested two men for a home invasion in Bensonhurst. Officials said that 19-year-old Anthony Colon of the 1900 block of 61st Street and 18-year-old Christopher Dohn of the 1800 block of 63rd Street were charged with robbery, burglary, criminal trespass, grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon after they allegedly forced their way into a home near the corner of 64th Street and 20th Avenue at 6:15 p.m. on February 11. Police from the 62nd Precinct said that the two suspects and two accomplices allegedly pushed their way into the home, pulling a knife on the 47-year-old man inside. Two of the suspects held the victim down while their accomplices could rob him of $200 in cash and his gold chain, police alleged. As of this writing, police were looking for the two witnesses. ***CAUGHT DRUNK DRIVING THROUGH MANHATTAN BEACH: A 24-year-old man was arrested last week for driving while intoxicated down Oriental Boulevard near Amherst Street, officials allege. Police said that Yokelvin Tineo-Henriquez of the 300 block of Putnam Street was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol after being pulled over at 6:30 a.m. on February 11. Cops pulled Henriquez over for having a defective headlight. But, when they confronted the 24-year-old, he appeared drunk, police alleged. Cops could smell the alcohol on his breath, officials allege. *** THUGS SOUGHT FOR BATH AVE. ROBBERY: A group of thugs brutally beat a 41-year-old man as he made his way to his car parked near the corner of Bath Avenue and Bay 14th Street last week, officials said. The thieves, described as white males in their twenties, surrounded the victim just after midnight on February 2 and demanded his money. When he refused, the suspects punched the victim in the face – knocking him to the ground – and then proceeded to punch and kick him relentlessly until one of the suspects pulled $800 from the victim’s pants pocket. Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this robbery to come forward. Calls can be made to the 62nd Precinct at (718) 236-2611. All calls will be kept confidential. *** IT WASN’T MR. SANDMAN: A 79-year-old woman was woken up Saturday by a burglar asking her where she kept her pocketbook, cops from the 61st Precinct said. As of this writing, cops were still looking for the man who broke into the victim’s home, located on the 3200 block of Emmons Avenue just moments before 6:20 a.m. on February 4. The victim said that she was asleep when the suspect woke her up, demanded to know where she kept her purse and ran off with it. Police believe that the victim entered the home by cutting through a screened-in window. The thief grabbed the woman’s purse, which contained $50 at the time, and fled the home through the same window, officials said. Police are investigating. *** STITCHES FOR WOMAN IN PURSE SNATCH: A 54-year-old woman needed four stitches to close a deep gash she suffered on her elbow after a thug made off with her purse on East 2nd Street in Sheepshead Bay, officials said. Police are currently looking for the thief, who was described as a white male in his early 20s. The victim said that she was on East 2nd Street between Avenues X and Y at 9 p.m. on February 6 when the unidentified thief shoved her to the ground. Once the woman hit the concrete, the suspect scooped up her handbag and ran off toward Avenue Y. Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call police. Calls can be made to the 61st Precinct at (718) 627-6611. All calls will be kept confidential. *** COPS INVESTIGATE RAPE: With no suspect in sight, cops are re-doubling their efforts to investigate a 13-year-old girl’s claims that she was raped by a dollar van driver and then dropped off outside of Roy H. Mann Junior High School last week. Investigators from the 63rd Precinct said that they have no updates regarding the attack, which took place at about 7:30 a.m. on February 6. The case is currently being investigated by members of Brooklyn South’s Special Victims Unit. The victim told police that she was on her way to school when she opted to jump into a dollar van on Empire Boulevard between Utica and Flatbush avenues. The suspect reportedly took the girl to a spot near the corner of East 55th Street and Flatlands Avenue, where he allegedly forced the teen to have sex with him. After raping her, the van driver drove the girl to Roy H. Mann on East 68th Street — her junior high school – where she reported the incident to authorities. Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential. *** CUNNINGHAM KICKERS SOUGHT: Two students from Cunningham Junior High School are being sought for allegedly attacking a 12-year-old boy on East 16th Street near Avenue R. The victim said that he was approaching Quentin Road just after 5 p.m. on February 9 when the two suspects, who he knows from school, knocked him in the ground and began kicking him in his back. The child’s mother told police that the boy complained of pains in his back and couldn’t walk for several hours after the attack. Police are currently looking for the suspect. ***
