78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Threat-level zero
Cops have given up the hunt for
the creep who threatened a security
guard at an Atlantic Avenue department
store on April 11.
The victim told police the fi end
stalked her throughout the store
near Flatbush Avenue at 10:22 am,
growling threats that included, “I
should hit you,” and “I’m going to
punch you behind your head.”
Oh, baby!
Police cuffed a 46-year-old man
accused of nabbing a baby walker
from a Sterling Place house on April
11.
The suspect sliced open a package
located inside a gated area of
a brownstone between Fifth and
Sixth avenues at 4:09 pm, before attempting
to fl ee with her ill-gotten
baby paraphernalia, according to
police.
New York’s Finest caught up with
her that day, fi nding her in possession
of a knife and a crack pipe, and
charging her with a misdemeanor
burglar’s tools charge, cops said.
Booze bandit
Some crook nabbed a case of wine
from the lobby of a St. Marks Avenue
apartment building on April 9.
The victim told police Fed Ex left
his booze in the foyer of his building
between Fifth and Sixth avenues at
1 pm, and he returned later to fi nd
his $180 worth of hooch stolen.
Word crime
Some jerk keyed the word “b---
-” into a woman’s car in front of her
12th Street home on April 9.
The victim told police she parked
her car between Sixth and Seventh
avenues at 8 pm, and returned later
to fi nd the hood of her truck besmirched
with the scratched slur.
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Bad blow
Cops busted a man for allegedly
driving drunk after he blew
through a red light on 57th Street
on April 19.
The arresting offi cer claims he
spotted the suspect run the light
near Sixth Avenue at 4:15 am, and
that the guy afterwards blew nearly
twice the legal limit.
Fury road
Police cuffed a man who they say
attacked another guy amid a Third
Avenue road rage incident on April
18.
The victim told police he was arguing
with the suspect over his erratic
driving near 56th Street at 9:30
am when the man leapt from his
vehicle and started pummeling his
chest.
Cops arrested their suspect
that day, charging him with misdemeanor
assault, according to police.
Too high way
Offi cers busted a man for allegedly
driving drunk after he smashed
into another car on the Gowanus
Expressway on April 17.
The victim told police the suspect
collided with his car on the
highway near 60th Street at 11:40
pm, before attempting to fl ee the
scene on foot.
But the victim ran down the
other motorist, holding him down
until police arrived to administer
a Breathalyzer test, which showed
the victim was nearly twice over the
legal limit, cops said.
COURIER L 8 IFE, APRIL 26–MAY 2, 2019 PS
— Colin Mixson
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Robbing them blinds
Some fi lcher took fabric blinds
from a loading dock near Flushing
Avenue sometime between April 8
and 16, the victim reported on April
17.
The victim said that blinds were
delivered to the loading dock near
Sixth Street and Morris Avenue,
then stolen sometime between 11
a.m. on April 8 and 4 p.m. a week
later, police said.
Backpack bandit
A pilferer snatched a backpack
from a Fulton Street bar on April
16.
The sneak thief stole the victim’s
bag that contained her laptop while
she was at the bar near Rockwell
and Ashland Place around 11:30
p.m., police said.
Social media scam
A scoundrel tried to extort
money from a guy near a N. Oxford
Walk residence sometime between
April 14 and 16, the victim reported
on April 16, police said.
The victim chatted with a lady
over Facebook and exchanged explicit
messages and private photos
from his residence near Myrtle
and N. Portland Avenue around 1
a.m. between April 14 and 16, police
said.
After their online exchange, a
villian hopped on the chat asking
for $5,000 or else he would post the
sensitive content all over social media,
according to police.
The reprobate lowered his asking
price down to $900, but the victim
made no deal and didn’t pay
him, police said.
Where’s my car?
A weasel stole a trailer parked
at an Atlantic Avenue station sometime
between April 16 and 17.
The lawbreaker removed the
Ford Eco from its parking spot at
a gas station near Classon Avenue
and Lefferts Place sometime between
4:30 p.m. on April 16 and 11:27
a.m. the next day, police said.
Cleaning them out
A crook swiped packages from a
Fulton Street building on April 17.
Police said the thief forced their
way through the front door of the
place near Downing Street around 1
a.m. and walked off with packages
containing a vacuum and fertilizer.
Credit card crook
A robber stole money from a
man’s bank account near Fleet Place
sometime between April 9 and 10.
According to police, the victim
never received his new debit card in
the mail, but money was taken out
near Myrtle Avenue.
Blink of an eye
A sneak thief robbed a woman at
a Myrtle Avenue automated teller
machine on April 18.
The victim placed her cellphone
on the cash dispenser near Vanderbilt
Avenue around 8 a.m., and
when she turned to put her belongings
away, it was gone, according to
police.
Police said the victim saw a man
loitering nearby and they were the
only two in the bank, but the victim
said he did not respond when asked
about the phone. — Natallie Rocha
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Jacket snatcher
A thief stole a man’s at an Atlantic
Avenue gym on April 15.
The victim told cops he left his
coat with his wallet, bank card, and
identifi cation in the locker room
at the fi tness center near Boerum
Place while he worked out between
7 and 8:30 p.m., and when he returned,
someone had snatched it.
Purse prowler
A sneak stole a woman’s purse at
Albee Square West on April 16.
Police said the victim placed her
bag next to her at Flatbush Avenue
Extension at 7 p.m. and then the lout
nabbed it.
Ring thief
A purloiner bagged a pricey ring
at a Front Street gym on April 17.
The victim took off her $7,000
ring in a locker room at the fi tness
center near Adams Street around 3
p.m. to put on lotion, but when she
left, she noticed that she had forgotten
it, according to police,
When she went back to check 40
minutes later, the ring was gone,
cops said. — Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
What a tool
A crook broke into the locker
room of a New York City Housing
Authority Henry Street apartment
complex and stole tools at some
point overnight on April 22.
The theft occurred from the
locker room at the complex at Centre
Mall at some point between 9:30
p.m. on April 22 and 5 a.m. the next
day, when the baddie pushed in an
air conditioner and stole the goods,
police said.
Package deal
A baddie stole a package of
clothes inside from the front doorstep
of a Union Street home on April
17.
The theft occurred at the apartment
between Smith and Hoyt
streets at 1:15 p.m., cops reported.
Sheets off
Police arrested a man who they
say stole sheets and a mattress
cover from a Beard Street store on
April 17.
The alleged incident occurred
at the store near Otsego Street at
around 9:50 p.m., said police.
Soaped up
A thief stole a large amount of
soap from a Smith Street store on
April 20.
The theft occurred at the store at
President Street at around 4:30 p.m.,
authorities said.
He likes beer
A punk stole beer from a Dwight
Street store on April 21.
The theft occurred at the store
at Wolcott Street at 8:12 p.m., police
said. — Julianne McShane