78TH PRECINCT
PARK SLOPE
Satan’s spitter
Cops arrested a 31-year-old man
for allegedly spitting in a teenager’s
face, while shouting “Lucifer” and
wielding a metal pipe, on Flatbush
Avenue on Dec. 16.
The victim, 19, told police the
suspect walked right up to him and
hawked a loogie into his face near
Atlantic Avenue at 5:40 am while
holding a pipe in his hand and the
dark lord’s name on his lips.
The young man called police on
the alleged spitter, and patrolmen
managed to nab the suspect after a
brief foot chase, charging him with
misdemeanor menacing, cops said.
Snack attack
Cops cuffed a shoplifter for allegedly
trying to nab more than $400
worth of snacks and toiletries from
a Flatbush Avenue drug store on
Dec. 14.
An employee called police on
the suspect after catching him in
the act of nabbing pistachios, Twizzlers,
deodorant, and various bathroom
essentials from the pharmacy
between Prospect Place and Seventh
Avenue at 12:40 am.
Police nabbed their suspect at the
scene, recovering the stolen merchandise
and slapping him with a
misdemeanor larceny charge, cops
said.
Beauty crime
Police have given up the hunt
for the pretty boy who nabbed more
than $300 worth of makeup from a
Fifth Avenue pharmacy on Dec. 14.
Workers claim the glamour goon
stuffed his pockets with primer,
lip gloss, lip stick, and eye shadow
at the store between 10th and 11th
streets at 12:16 pm, before slinking
past the register with his ill-gotten
beauty products.
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Backseat thief
A knifeman robbed a cab driver
from the backseat of a taxi stopped
at 47th Street on Dec. 11.
The victim told police that, upon
arriving at his passengers destination
between Fourth and Fifth avenues
at 8:25 pm, he suddenly felt the
cold steel of a knife pressed to his
throat.
“Don’t move, or you’ll get
stabbed,” the backseat baddie said
into the cabbie’s ear.
The crook then reached into
the driver’s right pocket, nabbing
$2,765, before snatching his cellphone
from the center console, and
car keys from the ignition, according
to police.
The thief then took off on foot towards
Fifth Avenue, leaving his victim
unharmed save for a small nick
on the side of his neck, cops said.
Bad bump
Cops arrested a 40-year-old
woman after she allegedly fl ew into
a profanity-laced rage and attacked
another woman aboard a D train at
the 36th Street Subway Station on
Dec. 11.
The victim told police she accidentally
bumped into the suspect
aboard a Manhattan-bound D train
at the station near Fourth Avenue at
8:30 am, when the lady went berserk
and started screaming at her, before
smacking her with an umbrella and
slashing the woman’s face with her
keys.
Another straphanger moved to
step in on the victim’s behalf, and
then he got keyed too, suffering cuts
to his face and hands, cops said.
Offi cers cuffed the woman that
day on felony assault charges, according
to police. — Colin Mixson
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FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Two for one
Police cuffed one teen for vandalizing
a cop car and another for trying
to stop the vandal’s arrest on
South Portland Avenue on Dec. 10.
An offi cer arrived near Hanson
Place at about 4:45 pm to respond
to an assault when the 19-year-old
suspect wrecked his cop car causing
about $250 in damage, police
said. The other 19-year-old suspect
then tried to block cops from arresting
his friend, pushed the offi cer,
and tried to take a swing at him, according
to authorities. Cops found
a knife on one of the suspects, offi -
cials said.
Charlatan caught
Cops arrested a guy on Dec. 15
for trying to cash a fake check from
a woman’s account inside a Myrtle
Avenue bank.
The victim told police she got a
call from her bank that the 58-yearold
scammer had tried to cash a
fraudulent check for $3,900 from her
account inside the bank near Clinton
Avenue a little before noon, offi
cials said.
Snatched
Some sticky-fi ngered thief stole
a woman’s bag from her car parked
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on Waverly Avenue on Dec.16, police
said.
The victim told cops she had
parked her four-wheeler near Atlantic
Avenue at midnight and
found her back window smashed
when she returned almost three
hours later. The jerk had reached in
and stolen her handbag and credit
cards, according to authorities.
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Hand-bagged it
A crook stole a woman’s handbag
inside a Fulton Street store on Dec.
16, police said.
The woman told cops she was
shopping inside the store near Livingston
Street at about 5 pm and accidentally
left her bag on the checkout
counter for about 30 minutes.
When she remembered to pick it up,
her handbag with cash and credit
cards inside, was gone, according
to authorities.
Swiped
Some sneak stole a guy’s bag
while he was at work inside a subway
station near Joralemon Street
on Dec. 14, police said.
The victim said he left his black
bookbag with his identifi cation
card and credit cards inside an enclosed
contractor area while he was
working on the tracks inside the
station near Court Street a little before
4 am, and when he returned to
it about 30 minutes later it was gone,
according to authorities.
Pocket pilferer
A good-for-nothing swiped a
woman’s phone and credit cards
from her pocket at a Gold Street bodega
on Dec. 14, cops said.
The victim said the malefactor
bumped into her inside the deli
near Fleet Street at about 1:40 pm,
then walked the other way, and
when she checked her pockets a few
minutes later, realized her phone,
cash, and credit cards were gone,
according to authorities.
Stolen data
Some lout broke into a Prospect
Street building and stole a guy’s laptop
on Dec. 14, police said.
The victim told cops he left his
laptop in a co-working space near
Pearl Street a little after noon and
when he returned about an hour
later it was gone, according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Checked out
A man was arrested for allegedly
stealing checks at Warren Street on
Dec 20.
The suspect was charged with
stealing six checks worth more
than $800 as well as a credit card to
be delivered to a woman but never
was on May 24 at Nevins Street, according
to cops.
Tagger take down
A man was arrested for allegedly
tagging a building on Hoyt Street on
Dec. 20.
The suspect is accused of tagging
the initials “TK” in the hallway of
the building between Douglass and
Butler streets, which has become
a quality of life issue for multiple
buildings in the area, local law enforcement
sources said.
The 51-year-old suspect was arrested
around midnight and charged
with misdemeanor of graffi ti and
possession of the blue marker he allegedly
used and he was also on parole
at the time, cops said.
Drug stop
A man was arrested for carrying
drugs and a fake credit card after
cops pulled him over on Columbia
Street on Dec. 15.
Police stopped the suspect because
he failed to signal while turning
onto Lorraine Street towards
Hicks Street in his black Volkswagen
at 8:05 pm.
The cops discovered that the suspect
had an active warrant and was
also allegedly carrying cocaine,
marijuana, and a forged credit card
on him, the authorities said.
Doll delinquent
A wretch stole a package from
a building on Henry Street on Dec.
16.
The victim told police that a
knave stole her packages, which contained
dolls, from her building hallway.
The thief was allegedly caught
on surveillance tape between Nelson
and Huntington streets between
5 and 6 pm, police said.
What a tool!
A cur stole a power tool from a
tire shop on Court Street on Dec. 19,
according to cops.
The victim told police that the
lawbreaker took a pricey gray power
tool, which was on the ground in
front of the shop at Hamilton Avenue,
around 9:45 am.
— Kevin Duggan