63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
So many pants!
Two rapscallions stole almost 50
pairs of pants from an Avenue U department
store on Feb. 5.
The looters escaped with the leg
merch from the store near Flatbush
Avenue at 10:30 am, police said.
Package pick-up
Police cuffed a guy who they said
stole a delivery man’s work tablet
when he dropped off a package on
Avenue I on Feb. 5.
The victim told police he was
delivering the parcel near E. 53rd
Street around noon when the suspect
demanded he hand it over. The
man then allegedly stole the tablet,
and offi cers found the package
contained a large quantity of marijuana,
according to police.
Cool crime
Thieves swiped parts of an airconditioning
unit from a Coleman
Street building sometime between
Dec. 12 and Feb. 6.
The manager of the building between
Avenue V and Hendrickson
streets reported at 1 pm that parts
were missing from a couple of the
units, according to police.
The property manager said that
the roof door is unlocked and multiple
workers had access to the rooftop
units, according to police.
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Phoney scam
A crook conned a Surf Avenue
woman out of gift cards over the
phone on Feb. 5.
The woman called from her
apartment near Marsha Rapaport
Way to reset an e-mail password at
11:30 am, and the scam artist told
her to buy Google Play gift cards,
according to police.
The nogoodnik prompted the
victim to read back the serial numbers,
and then spent the value of the
cards, police said.
Shot in the foot
A lout shot a man in the foot on
W. 33rd Street on Feb. 4.
The baddie shot the victim in the
left foot at 11:40 am near Neptune
Avenue, according to authorities.
Elevator robbery
A gun-toting villain robbed a
man in the elevator of a W. 30th
Street apartment on Feb. 8.
The victim told police he was in
the lift of the building near Surf Avenue
at 9:10 am when the malefactor
threatened him with a black fi rearm
in his waistband and said, “I
will boom you, give me your stuff.”
The jerk then stole headphones
and an iPhone from the victim, cops
said. — Natallie Rocha
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Cash grab
A baddie broke into a Dahill
Road home and stole $8,000 on Feb.
6, police said.
The incident occurred at the
home between Avenue P and Quentin
Road at some point around 3 pm,
when the criminal entered through
the open rear bedroom window, according
to the report.
Jeweled up
A nogoodnik stole a package
with an estimated $1,800 worth of
jewelry from inside the lobby of a W.
Sixth Street building on Feb. 4.
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The intended recipient of the
package went to pick it up from the
building near Avenue S at some
point before 3 pm, and found that it
wasn’t there, said the report.
Detention time
An intruder broke into a Bay
Parkway school on Feb. 5.
The break-in occurred at the
learning house at 80th Street just
before 8 pm, police said, adding that
the would-be crook entered through
the building’s back doors and pried
open the secretary’s offi ce window
with an unknown object, but fl ed
out the front door when he heard
someone else inside the building.
Bagged it
A thief stole a man’s bag with
$1,300 inside at an Avenue T hair salon
on Feb. 5.
The incident occurred at the
hair salon between W. Ninth and
10th streets at some point before 10
pm, when the man arrived home
from the salon and realized he had
left his bag there. But when he contacted
the salon to inquire about his
goods, employees told him they were
gone, according to the report.
— Julianne McShane
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 fl eeing, 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 fl oor 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.
— Colin Mixson
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Money!
A burglar robbed a Kings Highway
bodega on Feb. 5.
The victim was cleaning his grocery
store near E. 18th Street just
before 4 am and believed he had the
door locked when the baddie walked
in, pushed the victim, and shouted,
“money!” before fl eeing with the
cash, according to police.
Jackpot
A robber looted a woman’s Amherst
Street home on Feb. 4.
The victim told police she left her
home near Hampton Avenue at 6:08
pm to walk her dog, and when she
returned at 6:40 pm, the house was
ransacked and her designer bags,
jewelry, and perfume were gone,
cops said. — Kevin Duggan
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