78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Foiled
Cops cuffed a man after he allegedly
stole sneakers and socks from
a Flatbush Avenue retailer on Dec.
23.
An employee told police he spotted
the suspect waltz out of the store
near Atlantic Avenue with an estimated
$224 worth of footwear at 6:24
pm, after wrapping aluminum foil
around sensors embedded in the
sneakers in order to prevent alarms
from sounding as he passed through
the exit.
Police arrested the man that day,
charging him with petty larceny,
cops said.
Grillin’
Some jerk made off with the front
grill of a woman’s car she parked at
a Union Street hotel on Dec. 21.
The victim told police she left her
car in the parking lot of the inn between
Third and Fourth avenues at
6 pm, and returned a few hours later
to fi nd the part on her 2009 Acura
missing.
Police have made no arrests, and
closed the case, cops said.
Teen terror
A 16-year-old girl stole more than
$500 worth of attire from a Flatbush
Avenue lingerie store on Dec. 18,
cops said.
An employee told police she spotted
the suspect stuffi ng her pockets
with merchandise from the store
near Atlantic Avenue at 4:45 pm, before
skipping past the register without
paying.
She didn’t get far, however, and
security managed to catch up with
her and recover the clothes, but declined
to prosecute when cops arrived,
according to police.
Offi cers did escort the teen suspect
back to the precinct, but only
for lack of being able to contact
guardians, who did eventually come
to collect the girl, cops said.
Glued
Some rascal fi lled the lock on
the front door of a woman’s Warren
Street apartment with glue on Dec.
16.
The victim told police she was
coming back from doing laundry
when she returned to her pad between
Third and Fourth avenues
at 4 pm, and discovered her key
strangely didn’t work.
Upon further inspection, she discovered
some vandal had fi lled it
with glue, cops said.
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Hotel three-way
Three crooks beat and robbed a
man inside a Fourth Avenue hotel
on Dec. 20.
The victim told police he was inside
a room with three other guys
at the inn between 25th and 26th
streets at 4:10 am, when the goons
suddenly attacked him, punching
him in the face a couple times, before
nabbing $750 from his jacket
and fl eeing.
Bedroom bandit
A thief stole $8,000 from a man’s
57th Street apartment on Dec. 21.
The victim told police the crook
entered his apartment between Seventh
and Eighth avenues at around
7:35 pm, and took the small fortune
in cash he’d stowed inside a drawer
in his bedroom.
Galaxy quest
Some rascal snatched a pricey
cellphone from a woman’s hand on
Fifth Avenue on Dec. 21.
The victim told police she was
between 50th and 51st streets at 8:15
pm, when the crook reached out and
grabbed the Galaxy Note 9 from her
hand.
Have a beer!
A goon beat a man with a beer
bottle on Eighth Avenue on Dec. 22.
The victim told police he was between
48th and 49th streets when
the ruffi an, a complete stranger,
conked him on the head with a bottle
of Corona at 9:45 pm, sending
him on a trip to a nearby hospital
for treatment. — Colin Mixson
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
What a grinch!
Some cold-hearted thief stole
a guy’s holiday gifts from his car
parked on Saint James Place on
Christmas Eve, police said.
The victim told cops he left his
car near Greene Avenue at about
7:15 pm on Dec. 24, and when he returned
to it on Christmas Day at
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about 7:30 pm, he realized some bah
humbug had swiped an amplifi er,
navigational system, and other electronics.
The victim said he had forgotten
to lock his four-wheeler, according
to authorities.
Last-minute shopper
Cops cuffed a guy for swiping
packages from a Clermont Avenue
apartment building on Christmas
Eve, police said.
The suspect ran off with packages
of clothes and makeup from the
community room of an apartment
building near Flushing Avenue at
about 5:45 pm, police said.
Double the bad luck
Some baddie ransacked a Waverly
Avenue building sometime
overnight on Dec. 26, police said.
The good-for-nothing broke into
the building near Park Avenue at
about 7 pm, damaging a laptop in
the process, according to authorities.
Some punk had previously stolen
a laptop from the same building
months before, cops said.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Shopping spree
Some punk swiped a woman’s
wallet and charged her credit card
at a Fulton Street restaurant on
Dec. 30, police said.
The woman told cops she had left
her hotel at about 10:15 am with her
wallet in her coat, and when she got
to a Washington Street store a little
after noon to make a purchase, it
was gone, according to authorities.
The thief had her wallet with
her three credit cards, Global Entry
card, and driver’s license inside
it, and swiped one of her plastics at
other Brooklyn stores, including a
fast-food joint near Nostrand Avenue
for $11, cops said.
Five-fi nger discount
Cops cuffed a guy for allegedly
stealing from a Fulton Street department
store on Dec. 27, police
said.
The suspect bought three items
from the store near Gallatin Place
at about 1 pm, but stashed one unpaid
for item with the rest and left,
according to authorities.
Caught red-handed
Police arrested a man who they
said swiped phones from an Albee
Square department store on Christmas
Eve.
The suspect snatched a Samsung
Galaxy phone and iPhone from a
display in the store near Fleet Street
a little before 9 pm, cops said. The
suspect also damaged the phones,
according to authorities.
What a deadbeat!
A good-for-nothing grabbed a
woman’s headphones from her head
inside a Joralemon Street subway
station on Dec. 27, police said.
The victim told cops she was
walking up the stairs inside the
station near Court Street when the
weasel snatched her Beats from her
head and ran off, according to authorities.
Not so fast
Police arrested a guy for driving
a stolen car on Hoyt Street on
Christmas Day.
Cops spotted the suspect operating
a dark blue 1999 Toyota Corolla
with New York plates near Livingston
Street at about 4 am that had
been reported stolen minutes before,
according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Party pooper
A sneak thief stole a woman’s
purse at a party on Dikeman Street
on New Year’s night.
The fi lcher took the victim’s
purse, which had her bank cards
and driver’s license inside, from
the kitchen area of the apartment
between Van Brunt and Richards
streets between 11 pm on Dec. 31
and 3 am the next day, according to
police.
Diaper thief
A bandit stole diapers from a
pharmacy on Smith Street on Dec.
31.
The man took four boxes of diapers
and made a run for it, but
dropped two of the boxes while fl eeing
the scene at President Street at
12:15 am, cops said.
—Kevin Duggan
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