Lingerie thief bashes Brooklyn adult store clerk, police with bat

Video City, the adult novelty store where a man beat an employee and police with a baseball bat on Sunday.
Video City, the adult novelty store where a man beat an employee and police with a baseball bat on Sunday. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man attacked an adult store clerk and police with a baseball bat after he was confronted for trying to steal lingerie in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD.

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The man was stealing lingerie from Video City, a 24-hour adult novelty shop on Third Avenue near 36th Street in Sunset Park, around 9:30 a.m., officials said.

When the clerk stepped in to try and stop him, the thief reportedly attacked with a baseball bat.

Police said he also beat them back with the bat, leaving officers with some minor injuries before escaping.

He still hadn’t been arrested as of Sunday afternoon.

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