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Pair of sneaks swipe sneakers from store
press charges, and the case has
been closed, cops said.
72ND PRECINCT
Sunset Park–
Windsor Terrace
Mr. Knife guys
Cops are hunting for two
crooks who attempted to
rob a man at knifepoint at
the 53rd Street subway station
on Feb. 13.
The victim told police he
was waiting for an R train at
the station near Fourth Avenue
at 10:30 pm when one of
the thieves pulled a knife on
him, but the victim made a run
for it and managed to escape,
while the would-be robbers
boarded a passing train.
Hate symbols
Police are searching for the
vandal who scrawled swastikas
inside the 15th Street subway
station on Feb. 17.
The delinquent drew the
Nazi symbol on a pillar at the
station near Prospect Park in
orange spray paint sometime
after midnight.
Jeepers creepers
A thief looted a man’s
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee
he parked on Fifth Avenue
on Feb. 16, taking electronics
and other valuables.
The victim told police he
left his car near 47th Street
at 11 pm, and returned the
next morning to find his radio,
sound system, dash cam, and
sunglasses were stolen.
Bad link
Cops arrested a 22-yearold
man for allegedly beating
another man with a chain on
Fifth Avenue on Feb. 16.
The arresting officer
claims he spotted the suspect
whipping the victim numerous
times with the chain near
50th Street at 12:40 pm, and
the suspect was arrested on a
felony assault charge.
— Colin Mixson
76TH PRECINCT
Carroll Gardens–
Cobble Hill–Red Hook
What a skunk
A sneak stole perfume
from a Court Street store on
Feb. 12.
The incident occurred at
the store between Butler and
Douglass streets just after 3:15
pm, police said.
Armed
Cops cuffed a man and a
woman who allegedly had a
loaded revolver and assorted
ammunition and drugs on
Lorraine Street on Feb. 14.
The arrest occurred at
Otsego Street at around 6
am, police said.
Loaded up
Police arrested a pair of
men who they said had three
firearms, ammunition, and
drugs on Lorraine Street on
Feb. 15.
The arrest occurred between
Columbia and Hicks
streets at around 5 pm, police
said, adding that officers
found that the pair had also
allegedly stolen more than
$2,000 worth of goods.
Bodega bandit
A burglar stole $1,000,
$200 worth of cigarettes,
and two lottery tickets from a
Kane Street deli on Feb. 17.
The incident occurred at
the bodega near Hicks Street
between 4:45 and 5:45 am,
police said, adding that the
crook broke a side window
to get into the store.
Biked away
A crook stole a man’s white
2017 Yamaha motorcycle on
Lorraine Street at some point
between Feb. 17 and 18.
The victim told cops the
bike was parked near Hicks
Street at 2 am on Feb. 17 and
was gone by 1:20 pm the following
day.
— Julianne McShane
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when the criminal followed
him and then ran up to him
and stuffed his hands in his
pocket to grab his wallet. The
cur ran off with the victim’s
wallet with his MetroCard,
bank cards, and identification
card inside it at about 6:30 pm,
according to authorities.
Joy ride
Cops cuffed a woman for
stealing a guy’s car parked on
Tillary Street on Feb. 11.
The 46-year-old suspect
hopped into the 29-year-old
victim’s 2014 Honda Civic that
was double parked near Prince
Street for about 20 minutes
at 7:30 am and drove off, according
to authorities.
Stuck it to him!
Some villain hit a guy with
a stick inside a Putnam Avenue
grocery store on Feb. 12,
police said.
The victim told cops he
was working inside the bodega
near Grand Avenue at
about 4:30 pm when the goon
came in swinging a stick and
hit him in his hand, according
to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
78TH PRECINCT
Park Slope
To Infiniti
A thief stole a woman’s sedan
she parked on Flatbush
Avenue on Jan. 19.
The victim told police she
left her 2011 Infiniti G37 near
the Prospect Park Zoo at midnight,
and returned the next
day to find an empty spot
where her four-door had
been.
Still sharp
Cops cuffed a 67-yearold
man for allegedly slashing
another man’s face on a
D train at Atlantic Avenue
on Feb. 4.
The arresting officer reported
spotting the suspect
arguing with the victim, 52,
at the station near Fourth Avenue
at 9 am, when he pulled
out a knife and cut the man’s
face.
The suspect was arrested
on a felony assault charge,
while the victim was transported
to Methodist Hospital
in Park Slope, cops said.
Cold blooded
Some jerk looted a woman’s
car on Lincoln Place on
Feb. 2, taking medical equipment
and her navigation system.
The victim told police she
left her four door near Underhill
Avenue at 9 pm, and returned
the following evening
to find her front passengerside
window busted in and an
estimated $200 worth of stuff
stolen, including a blood-cooling
machine for work.
Punch happy
Cops have given up the
hunt for the goon who they
said slugged a 17-year-old boy
inside an Atlantic Avenue mall
on Feb. 4.
The victim told police he
was inside the shopping center
near Flatbush Avenue at 5:48
pm, when the suspect waltzed
up and cold-cocked him, leaving
him with a split lip.
Police have not made any
arrests, and closed the case.
Have a seat!
A guy threw a bar stool
across a Fifth Avenue watering
hole on Feb. 4.
The bartender told police
he got into an argument with
a patron at the tavern between
Bergen and Dean streets at
8:06 pm, when he became
enraged and threw the stool
without hitting anybody.
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84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–
Dumbo–Boerum Hill–
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A pair of crooks stole a
bunch of sneakers from an
Atlantic Avenue store on Feb.
11, police said.
The two baddies swiped
shoes from the store near
Boerum Place at about 10:15
am, and when an officer tried
to stop them, one of the malefactors
shoved his face to the
wall, according to authorities.
The curs fled on Atlantic Avenue,
police said.
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Caught
Cops cuffed a guy for socking
a man in the face inside
a Schermerhorn Street correctional
facility on Feb. 17,
police said.
The victim told police the
suspect punched him in his
jaw inside the facility near
Smith Street at about 10:30
am. Paramedics took the victim
to Maimonides Hospital,
according to authorities.
Lost and found
Police arrested a guy for
swiping a man’s electronics
and other personal stuff from
his Washington Street apartment
on Feb. 14.
The suspect broke into
the apartment, damaging
the front door, near Water
Street at about 1:15 pm and
ran out with the victim’s laptop,
watch, credit card, lock
box, and savings bonds, cops
said. The laptop had a tracking
device in it, according to
authorities.
Hot wheels
Some crook stole a guy’s
bike on Joralemon Street on
Feb. 14, police said.
The victim told police he
left his red and black electric
bike unlocked near Court
Street at about noon to make a
delivery and when he returned
a few minutes later, the expensive
electric two-wheeler —
along with the battery, lock,
and gloves — were gone, according
to authorities.
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Grab and go
A baddie swiped money out
of a guy’s hand on N. Portland
Avenue on Feb. 11, police
said.
The 71-year-old victim told
cops that the sneak snatched
$40 from his hand as he was
waiting for a bus at the corner
of Myrtle Avenue at about
10 pm, according to authorities.
Pick-pocketed
A nogoodnik stole a guy’s
wallet from his pocket on
Washington Walk on Feb.
16, police said.
The victim told cops he
was near Myrtle Avenue
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