78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Got his kicks
A thief made off with shoes from
a Seventh Avenue clothing vendor
on March 3.
The victim told police the crook
nabbed a pricey pair of Trask shoes
from the store between President
and Carroll streets at 3:45 pm, before
fl eeing on a gray bike.
Bad workout
Cops have given up the hunt for
the goon who cursed out a woman at
a Union Street gym on March 9.
The victim told police she was
working at the fi tness center between
Sixth and Seventh avenues
at 5:39 pm, when the jerk barged in
and started chewing her out.
Doored
Some vandal smashed the door
of a woman’s 2013 Toyota Highlander
she parked on Sixth Street
on March 9.
The victim told police she left her
car near Seventh Avenue at 8:35 pm,
and returned not 10 minutes later to
fi nd a fresh dent in her door.
Hit and run
Investigators have called it quits
in the search for the reckless driver
who smashed into a man’s car on
Third Avenue on March 2, and then
fl ed.
The victim told police he was
heading towards Boerum Hill near
Ninth Street at 2:50 am when the
other driver merged into his lane
and smashed into his car.
The motorist then fl ed heading
towards Red Hook on Ninth Street,
and police have since closed the
case without making any arrests,
cops said.
Bike bandit
A thief pedaled off with a woman’s
bike she parked on Sixth Street
on March 4.
The victim told police she locked
up her bike between Seventh and
Eighth avenues before heading to
work at 7 am, only to return that
evening to fi nd her ride stolen.
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Bottles up
Some fi end broke a glass bottle
over a man’s head inside a 61st
Street nightclub on March 12.
The victim told police he was arguing
with the brute inside the watering
hole between Seventh and
Eighth avenues at 5:30 am when the
guy snatched a bottle and shattered
it over his head.
The victim, who was highly intoxicated
by the time police arrived,
went to Lutheran Medical Center
for treatment, cops said.
Smash and grab
Police arrested a 32-year-old
woman for allegedly looting a man’s
car on 62nd Street on March 8, taking
credit cards and a navigation
system.
The victim told police he left his
2010 Toyota Sienna between Sixth
and Seventh avenues at 12:30 am,
and returned at around 11 am to fi nd
his driver-side window smashed
and his stuff stolen.
Cops cuffed their suspect later
that day, slapping her with a felony
larceny charge, according to police.
Low blow
Cops are searching for the lout
who beat and robbed a woman on
32nd Street on March 12, taking her
phone.
The victim told police she was arguing
with the creep near Third Avenue
at 8 pm when he slugged her in
the face and snatched her phone, before
slinking into a nearby car and
peeling off.
Truck stop
Three crooks looted a truck
parked inside a 39th Street parking
garage on March 14, nabbing
more than $2,500 worth of shrimp,
scallops, steaks, and sea cucumbers.
Surveillance footage recovered
by police shows a red Ford Explorer
pull up to the parking garage between
Sixth and Seventh avenues
at 2:08 pm, before three goons disembarked
and proceeded to smash
through a rear window into the
truck and help themselves to some
ill-gotten seafood. — Colin Mixson
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FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Diner and dash
A raider stole more than $400
from a Fulton Street restaurant
sometime overnight on March 11.
Police said an employee locked
up the diner near Clinton Avenue at
8 pm on March 11, and the next day
at 5:40 am, the same employee noticed
loose cash behind the counter
and that the register was empty.
Crikey!
A raider looted a car parked
near Flushing Avenue and Navy
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Street on March 15.
The thief smashed the passenger
side window of the car at 2 pm
and walked off with expensive electronics
and a crocodile briefcase,
police said.
Phony phone bill
A lout opened up a fraudulent
phone account in the name of an
Adelphi Street resident sometime
between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.
The victim reported on March 14
at 4:57 pm that he spent a couple of
months out of the country and came
home to his apartment near Carlton
Avenue to fi nd a fraudulent phone
bill for more than $400 in his name,
authorities reported.
Crime on the C train
A rapscallion robbed a straphanger
near Washington Avenue
and Fulton Street on Feb. 22.
The victim reported on March 14
that while riding the C train, some
punk stole his personal identifi cation
cards and $400 from his back
pocket sometime between 3:30 and
4:20 pm, cops said.
Burglary blame
A crook looted a car parked along
Saint James Place sometime overnight
on March 10.
The bandit swiped a slew of personal
items, including a cellphone
and credit cards, sometime between
the hours of 8:30 pm on March 10 and
8:30 am the next day, police said.
The victim said that his wife
may have left the vehicle unlocked,
according to police.
Bloody
Police arrested a man who they
said assaulted a guy on March 12.
The suspect allegedly hit the victim
with a wooden walking stick
near Hudson Avenue and DeKalb
Avenue around 2 pm, leaving the
man with a bloody nose and mouth,
offi cials said. — Natallie Rocha
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Stabbed
A scoundrel slashed a man with
a knife while trying to rob him on
Livingston Street on March 11.
The victim told the cops that
while he was walking on the sidewalk,
the perp came up from behind
and cut his left arm demanding for
the victim’s wallet. The villain then
fl ed towards Holy Street at 2:53 pm,
police said.
Bag swagged
A crook punched a lady from behind,
knocking her unconscious,
then stole her backpack on Middigah
Street on March 14.
The victim was near Columbia
Heights at 8 pm when the miscreant
attacked, then fl ed with her backpack
containing her laptop, cellphone,
and wallet, according to police.
Waking nightmare
A villain swiped a sleeping straphanger’s
backpack as he rode the G
train to the Hoyt Street station on
March 15.
The victim awoke at the station
near at 7 pm near the Schermerhorn
Street to fi nd his bag — along with
his laptop, cellphone, wallet, and
keys — gone, according to police.
Push comes to shove
A dirtbag pushed down a 68-yearold
woman and violently assaulted
her on Fulton Street on March 28.
The victim told police she was
near Redhook Lane at 4 pm when
the crook approached her from behind
and pushed her down on the
sidewalk, then punched her in the
face and neck.
The victim was knocked unconscious,
and the criminal fl ed in an
unknown direction, according to
authorities. — Maya Harrison
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Clothing haul
A baddie stole more than $3,300
worth of designer clothes and accessories
from a 2017 Range Rover
parked on Luquer Street at some
point between March 17 and 18.
The thief swiped the loot from
the vehicle parked between Clinton
Street and Hamilton Avenue at
some point between 11 am on March
17 and 9 am the next day, according
to police.
The crook stole a coat, three
pairs of sunglasses, and a pair of
sneakers, according to the police report.
Party foul
A pilferer stole more than $840
— plus a man and woman’s credit
cards, driver’s license, MetroCard,
and medication — from a Bond
Street home where they were partying
on March 17.
The theft occurred at the home
between Baltic and Butler streets at
some point between midnight and 2
am, according to police.
— Julianne McShane