Brainless crooks busted for kidnapping next to NYPD training center
By Tina Moore and Natalie O'Neill
New York Post
May 27, 2021
They picked the wrong spot for a kidnapping.
A group of bumbling crooks were busted for allegedly forcing a victim into a car and holding him for ransom — just feet from an NYPD training center, police said Thursday
The would-be abductors allegedly lured the 19-year-old victim to New Utrecht Avenue and 72nd Street in Bensonhurst at 10 p.m. Wednesday after agreeing to buy his car on Facebook Marketplace, police said.
When he arrived, six brutes allegedly pushed him into a vehicle as one of them flashed a fake gun, according to cops.
They then blindfolded him and demanded $10,000 from his cousin over the phone for his safe return.
But the quick-thinking cousin traced the victim’s phone to the area as the kidnappers moved east, pinging it at Floyd Bennett Field — an NYPD training facility that’s often crawling with cops.
Officers from the 62nd and the 63rd precincts, along with city Parks Department police, rushed to the area and the alleged kidnappers were arrested at 11:50 p.m., according to police.
The six men were in custody Thursday afternoon with charges pending, according to the NYPD.
The victim reported a minor stomach injury.
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