78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Glass hole
Cops have given up the hunt for
the jerk who smashed a woman’s
car window on Prospect Place on
April 29.
The victim told police she left
her four-door between Flatbush
and Carlton avenues at 1 a.m., and
returned that evening to fi nd some
goon had gone ham on a rear passenger
side window, costing her
about $200 in damages.
No parking
Investigators are calling off the
search for a thief who looted the
glove box of an elderly woman’s car
on Ninth Street on April 30, taking
her handicapped parking placard.
The victim, 71, told police she left
her car between Sixth and Seventh
avenues at noon, and returned four
hours later to fi nd her parking placard,
along with $10 and her registration,
stolen.
Oh, baby!
A thief stole packages containing
baby supplies from a St. Marks Avenue
home on April 26.
The victim told police that a thief
nabbed her delivery of baby food and
clothing from her home between
Fifth and Sixth avenues sometime
after 5 p.m.
Chip and dip
Cops are throwing up their
hands in the search for the reckless
driver who smashed into a man’s
car on Flatbush Avenue on April 29,
before peeling off.
The victim told police he was sitting
in his parked car between Bergen
Street and Sixth Avenue at 10:17
a.m. when the wacko side swiped
him and then sped off.
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Connect four
Cops are hunting the four fi ends
who they say beat and robbed a man
on 57th Street on April 30, taking
his phone and $210.
The victim told police the crooks
attacked him between Third and
Fourth avenues at 6 am, swinging
at him with a glass bottle, and pummeling
him with a fl urry of blows,
before reaching into his pockets
and nabbing his valuables.
E you later
Some jerk rode off with a man’s
E-bike he parked on Prospect Park
Southwest on April 30.
The victim told police he left his
bike between 10th and 11th avenues
at 6:30 pm, and returned a half-hour
later to fi nd his pricey ride stolen.
Have a beer!
Some wacko beat a drunken man
with a beer bottle on 40th Street on
May 4.
The victim told police he was
near Eighth Avenue at 10:20 pm,
when the suspect smashed him over
the head with the bottle.
Police found the victim highly
intoxicated when they arrived on
the scene, and the man was unable
to provide investigators with basic
information, including his phone
number, cops said.
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— Colin Mixson
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Unheard of
Three brutes violently robbed a
man on Willoughby Street on May
3.
The victim was walking towards
Ashland Place at 5:10 p.m. when the
scoffl aws walked up to him from behind
and punched him in the face
and head, causing him to fall to the
ground, according to the authorities
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he punks then stole the man’s
headphones and ran towards Flatbush
Avenue Extension, cops said.
Band of burglars
Burglars looted a woman’s home
at St. James Place between May 3
and 5.
The victim went upstate for the
weekend around 3 p.m. and when
she returned to her home between
Greene and Gates avenues she saw
that someone had broken in through
the fi rst fl oor and taken several laptops,
a computer, and a bike before
making a run for it, according to
cops.
Lighten up
Thieves stole a man’s lighting
equipment at Gates Avenue between
April 23 and 29.
The victim put his gear into the
trunk of his car parked near at St.
James Place at around 4 p.m. on
April 23, and when returned six
days later at 11 a.m. to fi nd that
someone had taken his stuff, police
reported.
Sign, steal, deliver
A bandit stole a man’s car on
Clinton Avenue on May 2.
The victim told cops he left his
keys in the ignition while making a
delivery near Lafayette Avenue at 9
p.m., and when he returned, his car
was gone.
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Charged!
A baddie stole a woman’s phone
on Nevins Street on May 3.
The victim was charging her
phone at the charging port between
Livingston and Schermerhorn
streets around 10:40 p.m. when
the bandit came up from behind,
snatched her phone from her hand,
and dashed off, according to cops.
Skater robbed
Two prowlers robbed a man at a
Concord Street skatepark on May 3.
The victim told cops that one of
the louts tried to take his phone and
threatened to shoot him while the
other thief took his knapsack, keys,
and a skate tool, before fl eeing on
Gold Street towards Nassau Street
at 6:50 p.m.
The victim was able to grab his
phone back from the purloiner and
had an abrasion to his left arm as
a result of the crime, according to
cops.
Juicy loot
Police arrested a man who they
suspect of stealing orange juice
from a Bond Street deli on May 5.
The suspect allegedly grabbed a
small container of juice and, when
confronted by the clerk on the way
out, he allegedly said, “I’ll shoot
you,” and fl ed the store at State
Street at 12:25 a.m., police reported.
The victim called the cops and
followed the suspect to the corner of
Livingston Street, where the Boys
in Blue caught up with him, police
said.
Hopping the fence
Three marauders stole a phone
from a Clinton Street construction
site on April 29.
The pilferers hopped over the
locked fence and scoured the site
near Tillary Street before bagging
the phone and making a run for it,
according to cops.
Bagged
A burglar fi lched a woman’s belongings
at a State Street building
between April 19 and 22.
The victim left her phone and laptop
inside her book bag on her chair
in the building between Nevins and
Bond streets before leaving home
for the weekend at 6 p.m. on April
19, and when she returned at 9 a.m.
on Monday, they were both missing,
according to the authorities.
Bike thief
A bandit stole a woman’s bike at
Duffi eld Street on April 25.
The victim left her bicycle unlocked
in the shared basement of
the building between Tillary and
Concord streets at 7 p.m., and when
she returned, some rustler had stolen
it, police reported.
— Kevin Duggan
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Baby crime
A punk swiped a highchair from
the stoop of a Third Place home on
April 29.
The theft occurred outside the
home near Court Street at some
point between noon and 4 p.m., police
said.
Hairy situation
A thief stole an estimated $580
worth of shaving cartridges from a
Smith Street store on May 2.
The theft occurred at the store
near President Street just after 7
p.m., police said.
Car thief
A criminal stole a woman’s 2007
Ford Focus from its Third Place
parking spot at some point between
May 3 and 4.
The woman told police she
parked the vehicle between Henry
and Clinton streets at 7 p.m. on
May 3, and returned at 9 a.m. the
next day to fi nd an empty spot, police
said, adding that the perp found
the woman’s car keys that she had
dropped in the area.
Electric steal
A brute broke into a Verona
Street warehouse and stole thousands
worth of electronics and a
safe with more than $3,000 cash inside
at some point between May 3
and 4.
The break-in and theft occurred
at the warehouse at Richards Street
between 7:15 p.m. on May 3 and 1:40
p.m. the next day, police said, adding
that the thief stole a desktop, an
iPod, and a desktop monitor, along
with the safe.
Purse snatcher
A crook stole a pricey purse from
a Smith Street store on May 4.
The theft occurred at the store at
Butler Street just before 6 p.m., police
said. — Julianne McShane