[CRIME] Crook smashes bodega clerk with bottle

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateCash grabA punk snatched cigarettes and cash from a bodega on Mermaid Avenue and attacked the clerk on Aug. 1, police said.
The victim told police he was working at the store between W. 32nd and W. 33rd streets at 10:30 pm when the suspect asked to buy cigarettes. When the clerk turned around, the nogoodnik took money from the register, but when the clerk caught sight