Police: Man slaps niece, steals her cellphone

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachHold the phoneA man slapped his niece across her face as she was talking on her cellphone on 85th Street on Aug. 15, then stole the phone and fled on foot, police said.The assault and theft, which took place around 9:30 pm between 20th and 21st avenues, began when the lout demanded his niece hand her phone over and began to slap her when she refused, according to the authorities’ r