Crime & Safety
Cops: Great Neck Man Arrested For Robbery
Hypodermic needle used as weapon in March incident.
A Great Neck man was arrested in Brooklyn Sunday for a robbery that occurred in March, according to Nassau County police.
Police say Bjorn Brodsky, 28, drove to a residence on Maxwell Avenue in Oyster Bay on March 28 and asked a 19-year-old male victim if he could talk to him. The victim, who knew Brodsky, entered car with the defendant and two unknown male white subjects. Brodsky then threatened the victim with a hypodermic needle and demanded he empty his pockets, according to police.
Police say the victim surrendered his wallet containing only personal papers and was then pushed out of the parked vehicle.
No injuries were reported and there is no further description of the two subjects.
Nassau police arrested Brodsky Sunday at 11:45 p.m. after being notified by the New York City Police Department that the defendant was in their custody on an unrelated charge in Brooklyn.
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