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Report of Increased Number of Brooklyn Muggings

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime & Justice News

"In recent months, an old crime has started to

reappear in some Brooklyn neighborhoods, including

Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of

muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood

by surprise. People walking or biking alone have been

attacked with punches, kicks - and in one case, a

baseball bat - and then had their cellphones or

purses stolen before they could recover, reports the

New York Times.

The head of security at Pratt Institute, whose campus

is in the neighborhood, said that at least six students

had been mugged since April. The 88th Precinct,

which covers Clinton Hill, has recorded a 26 percent

increase in robberies so far this year, from 99 in 2007

to 125, for the period ending on June 29. Robberies

are defined as the forcible taking of property from a

person. The muggings have become the subject of

uneasy talk among residents. Councilwoman Letitia

James, who lives in Clinton Hill, has been fielding

some of their calls. 'People are feeling less secure in

the brownstone belt,' she said."

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Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).