78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Party time
Police cuffed two men for allegedly
nabbing party supplies from an
Atlantic Avenue department store
on March 20.
The suspects snuck into the store
between Fort Greene Place and S.
Portland Avenue at 9:54 p.m., before
nabbing a small fortune worth of
party paraphernalia and splitting
with their ill-gotten merchandise,
cops said.
The two men, ages 45 and 49, were
arrested that day on felony burglary
charges, according to police.
Out sick
Cops have given up the hunt for
the crook who grabbed cold medication
from a Flatbush Avenue
pharmacy on March 17.
An employee told police the suspect
waltzed into the drugstore between
Prospect Place and Seventh
Avenue at 11:02 a.m., before taking
nearly 30 boxes of Therafl u from off
the shelves, and then fl eeing.
Helter shelter
Police arrested a woman who
allegedly assaulted a resident at a
Prospect Place women’s shelter on
March 18.
The victim told police she was
making coffee at the refuge between
Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues
at 10:40 a.m. when the suspect
demanded repayment of debt,
and attacked the woman when she
couldn’t pay up, shoving her against
a table and slugging her in the face.
The suspect, a 41-year-old
woman, was arrested that day on a
misdemeanor assault charge, while
her victim was taken to Brooklyn
Hospital for treatment, cops said.
Hot and bothered
Cops busted a 17-year-old boy
who they say doused a man in
pepper spray on Sixth Avenue on
March 18.
The victim told police the suspect
splashed him with the caustic
defense juice near 11th Street
at 5:20 p.m., and police cuffed him
on a misdemeanor assault charge,
according to authorities.
Shrimp dip
Police arrested a 61-year-old
man in connection with the theft
of $48 worth of shrimp from a Fifth
Avenue supermarket on March 19.
An employee told police he spotted
the suspect stash the shellfi sh
inside his jacket at the store between
Baltic and Douglass streets
at 1:06 p.m., before waltzing past the
register without paying for his illgotten
seafood, cops said.
Cops cuffed the man that day
on a misdemeanor larceny charge,
according to police. — Colin Mixson
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FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Bottle basher
A dirtbag smashed a bottle in a
woman’s face on Flatbush Avenue
Extension on March 25.
A criminal couple approached a
food cart near Fulton Street at 4:15
a.m., asking for food, and when the
vendor refused, they tried to steal
the generator, police reported.
The heroic victim then tried to
intervene, but the man held her
hands, while his partner-in-crime
hit the victim in the face, which
caused cuts to her lip requiring
stitches and smaller cuts to her face,
according to cops.
Lock-out
Police arrested a man for allegedly
hitting a woman in the face
with a combination lock on Tillary
Street on March 27.
The victim told cops that the suspect
hit her in the face with the lock,
causing injuries to her left cheekbone,
near Prince Street just before
7:30 a.m.
Paramedics rushed the victim
to Methodist Hospital and police arrested
the man at 8 a.m. and charged
him with felony assault, cops said.
Oh sheet!
A prowler stole bed sheets from
in front of someone’s house at Putnam
Avenue on March 30.
The comfy crook reached
through the gated door at the house
between Downing Street and Irving
Place at 9:40 p.m. and snatched
packages containing the sheets,
according to police.
Sneak thief
A mugger stole a man’s wallet at
an Ashland Place grocery store on
March 26.
The victim told cops that the
brigand went into his coat pocket
and took his wallet at the store near
Lafayette Avenue at 5:40 p.m., and
when he confronted the malcontent,
she said she hadn’t taken it,
according to cops.
Bike robber
A rustler stole a delivery man’s
electric bike on Clinton Avenue on
March 28.
The victim told cops he locked
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his bike on a rack between Willoughby
and Myrtle avenues at 9:10
p.m. while making a food delivery,
and when he got back, he saw that
someone had taken it, along with
his bike lock, police reported.
Wheeled away
A freebooter stole a woman’s car
on Fleet Walk sometime between
March 24 and 26.
The victim told cops that the robber
stole the car and fl ed the scene
near Myrtle Avenue, some time between
8:30 p.m. on March 24 to 5:10
p.m. two days later, offi cials said.
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Brute takes phone
A bandit violently stole a man’s
cellphone on Wyckoff Street on
March 29.
The victim told cops that the lout
snatched the phone from his hand
and punched him in the face before
making a run for it, near Third
Avenue at 4:45 p.m.
Fashion fi lcher
Cops arrested a woman for allegedly
bagging a bunch of designer
clothes from a Fulton Street
department store on March 25.
The suspect allegedly stole jackets
and pants worth more than
$1,100 from the store between Hoyt
Street and Gallatin Place at 2 p.m.
and walked out without paying,
according to police.
The authorities said they caught
up with her at the store right after.
Delinquent duo
Two punks stole a man’s cellphone
on the R train at DeKalb
Avenue on March 25.
The victim boarded the Manhattan
bound train in Sunset Park
around 10 p.m., according to police.
When the train pulled into the
station near Flatbush Avenue, two
men got on and snatched his phone
from his hand, according to police.
Bag bandit
Some thief stole a man’s bag from
Brooklyn Bridge Park on March 29.
The victim left his bag while
playing soccer at Pier 5 at around
5:30 p.m., and when he returned an
hour later, someone had nabbed it,
including his cellphone, wireless
headphones, wallet, and bank cards,
according to police.
Criminal overreach
A lout stole two cellphones from
a phone store on Fulton Street on
March 29.
The thief reached behind the
checkout counter of the store near
Albee Square West at 12:40 p.m. and
took off in an unknown direction,
according to police.
Downtown chase
Police arrested a man for allegedly
stealing a delivery man’s car
on Bridge Street on March 27.
The victim told cops he left his
car while making deliveries between
Nassau and Concord streets
at 7:45 p.m. when the suspect allegedly
hopped in and drove off
to the Manhattan Bridge on the
Manhattan-bound side.
The suspect allegedly dogged
several police cars on his way, and
fi nally pulled over on the bridge,
where he allegedly refused several
orders to get out of the car,
according to cops.
He then allegedly made a fi nal attempt
to fl ee and rammed the vehicle
into a police car, offi cers said.
He again tried to resist by fl ailing
his arms and pushing offi cers
away, but the Boys in Blue managed
to cuff him, according to
authorities. — Kevin Duggan
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Jump start
Cops are hunting for the vandal
who used a row of cars parked
along 52nd Street as trampolines on
March 30.
A witness told police he spotted
the scamp jumping on the hoods of
four cars parked between Fourth
and Fifth avenues at 11:40 p.m.
The rascal’s antics caused a
whopping $1,600 worth of damage
across all four vehicles, cops said.
Socket to ’em
Police are searching for the reprobate
who broke both of a man’s
eye sockets inside a 19th Street
apartment building on March 30.
The victim told police he spotted
the goon lingering in the vestibule
of his building between Fourth and
Fifth avenues at 5:30 a.m., and that
the scoundrel attacked him following
a dispute, pummeling him with
his fi sts.
The man was able to transport
himself to Maimonides Hospital following
the assault, where doctors
told him he would need surgery to
correct breaks to both eye sockets,
cops said. — Colin Mixson