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 that he 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 fi nd
the taxi, along with his iPhone X
and backpack, had peeled off.
Rough panhandling
Some jerk smacked a guy after he
refused to give him cash inside the
Atlantic Avenue subway station on
Jan. 28.
The victim told police he was
aboard a Downtown 4 train approaching
the station near Flatbush
Avenue at 7 pm when the creep asked
him for some cash. When the victim
refused, the lout smacked him on
the head, and ran off, according to
the police report.
The victim didn’t suffer any injuries,
and the case has been closed
without any arrests, cops said.
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.
Cops have closed the case without
any arrests, offi cials said.
Show-off
Some wacko whipped out his
junk during a 14th Street road rage
incident on Jan. 30.
The victim told police the enraged
fl asher 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.
Slap dash
A lout smacked a guy amid a
Dean Street fi t 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.
Offi cers have closed the case
without any arrests, police said.
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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, said police.
Soft target
Police cuffed a 48-year-old
woman for allegedly sucker-punching
a 75-year-old lady 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
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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.
COURIER L 8 IFE, FEB. 15–21, 2019 DT
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’s-side 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 the police report.
No standing anytime
Cops cuffed a guy on Feb. 7 for
refusing to leave a Flatbush Avenue
Extension fast food joint and assaulting
an offi cer.
A police offi cer told the suspect to
leave the eatery near Fulton Street
a little before 3 am, after management
told him to get lost multiple
times, but he refused and scratched
the cop in the face, according to authorities.
Sandwich snatcher
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 fi ght
and push them, police said.
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Subway sneak
A villain stole a woman’s phone
while on a subway near Clinton
Street on Feb. 5, police said.
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 fi ght back
but the good-for-nothing eventually
snatched it and ran off
the train, cops said.
Unwelcome home
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 offi ce
near Willoughby Street, but then
three hours later it was gone, along
with her diamond earrings, cash, a
check, and driver’s license, according
to authorities.
In the 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 fl oor 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,
according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
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 owner of the machine told police
on Feb. 4.
The incident occurred at the
building at Wyckoff Street, according
to police.
Almost too easy
A nogoodnik stole an iPhone 7
and two handbags from an unlocked
2005 Honda on Conover Street at
some point on Feb. 2, the owner of
the items told police on Feb. 4.
The theft occurred from the
parking spot between Sullivan and
Wolcott streets, acoording to the police
report. — Julianne McShane