A Good Samaritan lent a helping swat and whacked an alleged thief in the noggin with a police baton after the suspect was resisting arrest in Boerum Hill, police said.
The 39-year-old woman had just hopped off a bus when she saw a cop chasing a man down Fulton near Smith Street at 1:15 p.m. Friday, according to police.
Moments earlier, a worker at a nearby Payless Shoes dialed 911 and said a man was inside the retail store and had the counterfeit bills on him, but fled the scene, cops said.
An eagle-eyed cop identified the 21-year-old suspect, and stopped the suspect to ask him for identification, cops said.
The man inadvertently exposed a bulge of counterfeit $ 10 bills when he pulled out his wallet, and then fled, police said.
At first, the Good Samaritan threw her purse at the suspect, Shakhawat Hossain,21, cops said.
A scuffle ensued after the cop caught up with Hossain, and the Brooklyn woman joined the fray, picking up the cop’s baton after it fell off his belt while the two were wrestling on the ground, according to police.
She told police she saw the man reaching for the cop’s gun, sources said.
Hossain was rushed to a hospital where he received multiple stitches to his head, authorities said.
He was charged with 36 counts of possession of a forged instrument and resisting arrest, cops said.
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