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Scoundrel shoves and robs woman
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84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–
Dumbo–Boerum Hill–
Downtown
A villain stole a woman’s
phone while on a subway near
Clinton Street on Feb. 5.
The victim told cops she
was aboard a Brooklyn-bound
R train near Montague Street
at about 4 am when the snake
shoved her down on a bench
and tried to grab her phone,
according to authorities. The
victim tried to fight back but
the good-for-nothing eventually
snatched it and ran off
the train, cops said.
Unwelcome
A crook stole a guy’s wallet
and personal documents
from his Bridge Street home
sometime between Feb. 7 and
Feb. 10, police said.
The victim told cops when
he returned to his apartment
near Water Street he discovered
the baddie had damaged
his front door and taken his
cash, passports, credit card,
wallet, and green card, according
to authorities.
Grab and go
Some jerk stole a woman’s
wallet inside a Pearl Street
medical facility on Feb. 4,
police said.
The victim told cops she
had last used her wallet at
about 12:30 pm to take out
cash inside the office near
Willoughby Street, but then
three hours later it was gone,
along with her diamond earrings,
cash, a check, and driver’s
license, cops said.
Blink of an eye
A cur snatched a woman’s
bag inside a State Street
restaurant on Feb. 8, police
said.
The victim told police she
put her handbag on the floor
inside the bar near Hoyt Street
at about 7:45 pm and when she
reached down to get it about
20 minutes later, it was gone
along with her two cellphones,
iPad, and wallet worth a total
of $2,500, police said.
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Train nightmare
A pickpocketer swiped a
guy’s wallet while on a Manhattan
bound subway on Feb.
8, police said.
The victim told cops he
fell asleep on a Q train after
getting on at Church Avenue,
and when he woke up
near Atlantic Avenue at about
8 am, his iPhone and wallet
— with his credit cards and
driver’s license inside it —
were gone, according to authorities.
Shattered glass
Some jerk smashed the
window of a woman’s car
parked on Waverly Avenue
on Feb. 10 and swiped her
bag, wallet, and documents,
police said.
The victim said she parked
her car near Atlantic Avenue
at about 3:30 am and when she
went back to get it about an
hour later, the back driver’sside
window was shattered
and the baddie had run off
with her Louis Vuitton bag
with her wallet, cash, tax
forms, and backpack inside
it, according to authorities.
Sandwich thief
Police arrested a man who
they said stole sandwiches
from a Flatbush Avenue Extension
store and threatened
an employee with a knife on
Feb. 9, police said.
The suspect stashed $13
worth of egg salad sandwiches
from the chain store near Fulton
Street at about 6:30 am,
and when an employee tried to
stop him, he took out a knife
and said, “If you don’t give
me the sandwich, I’m going to
kill you,” according to authorities.
Cops ultimately cuffed
the suspect after he still continued
to fight and push them,
police said.
— Julianne Cuba
78TH PRECINCT
Park Slope
No fare
A cabbie drove off with a
man’s valuables following a
fare dispute on Carroll Street
on Jan. 27.
The victim told police he
had ran into a nearby store to
grab cash following an argument
with the driver near Fifth
Avenue at midnight, and returned
a few minutes later to
find the taxi, along with his
iPhone X and backpack, had
peeled off.
Change to spare
A thief made off with $100
in change from a man’s car on
11th Street on Jan. 28.
The victim told police he
left his car unlocked between
Sixth and Seventh avenues at
9:30 pm, and returned a few
days later to discover that
his change jar bulging with
about $100 in coins had been
nabbed.
Show-off
Some wacko whipped
out his junk during a 14th
Street road rage incident on
Jan. 30.
The victim told police the
enraged flasher threatened to
kill him and shouted profanities
from the driver’s seat of
his car between Third and
Fourth avenues at 12:45 pm,
when he suddenly reached
into his pants and pulled out
his penis.
Police have closed the case
without any arrests, authorities
said.
Slap dash
A nut job smacked a guy
amid a Dean Street fit of road
rage on Feb. 2.
The victim told police the
guy cut him off near Fifth Avenue
at 3:45 am, and, following
a shouting match, served
him an open-hand slap.
Officers have closed the
case without any arrests, police
said.
72ND PRECINCT
Sunset Park–
Windsor Terrace
Bad company
Cops are looking for four
female thieves wanted for
beating and robbing a woman
on Sixth Avenue on Feb. 7.
The victim told police she
noticed the girly goons following
her as she neared 55th
Street on her way home at 8:35
pm, and she tried to cross the
street to get away from her
stalkers.
But her assailants crossed
with her and then launched
their attack, cold-cocking
her from behind and pushing
her to the ground, before
nabbing her purse and fleeing,
cops said.
Busted
Cops cuffed a 30-year-old
man on an attempted burglary
charge after he allegedly tried
to break into a Reeve Place
home on Feb. 9.
The victim told police he
was in bed sleeping with his
wife at their home near Prospect
Avenue at 2:15 am when
he was awoken by the sound
of the suspect trying to break
down his front door.
Unable to get through the
main entrance, the suspect
then tried a side door, before
climbing up to the second
floor and breaking a sliding
glass door, cops said.
No property was stolen and
New York’s Finest showed up
to arrest the man that day, according
to police.
Soft target
Police cuffed a 48-yearold
woman for allegedly
sucker-punching a 75-yearold
woman in the face inside
a 37th Street apartment
on Feb. 5.
The victim told police she
was arguing with the suspect
inside the rental between
Fourth and Fifth avenues at
10:30 am, when she hauled
off and slugged her.
Police picked up the suspect
that day on a felony assault
charge, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
76TH PRECINCT
Carroll Gardens–
Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Oh baby
A thief stole a pricey baby
stroller from a Cheever Place
doorstep on Feb. 11.
The incident occurred at
the home between Kane and
Degraw streets at some point
between 8 am and 5:30 pm,
police said.
Aspiring tailor
A thief stole a sewing machine
from a Hoyt Street residence
at some point between
Oct. 27 and Nov. 10, the victim
told police on Feb. 4.
The incident occurred at
the building at Wyckoff Street,
according to police.
Special delivery
A sneak swindled a Luquer
Street man out of nearly
$60 by using his credit card
to make a food delivery purchase
on Feb. 8.
The incident occurred at
some point between 7:30 and 9
pm, according to police, who
added that the man lives between
Clinton and Court
streets.
— Julianne McShane
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