60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
iPhone pirates
Bandits swiped an iPhone XR
from a teenager on Neptune Avenue
on Dec. 16.
The victim told police that the
two bullies slapped him in the face
between Brighton Third Street
and Ocean Parkway Service Road
at around 7:25 am and snagged the
phone.
Dry cleaned-out
Ruffi ans held up a Brighton
Beach Avenue dry cleaner at gunpoint
on Dec. 17.
A witness told police the brutes
took $500 from the cash register at
the store between Brighton Fourth
and Brighton Fifth streets around
2:15 pm while threatening the employees
with a silver handgun.
Polished
A home invader poured nail polish
on a victim’s carpet and bed after
breaking into a West Eighth
Street apartment on Dec. 20.
The victim told police that she
left her home between Surf Avenue
and Sheepshead Bay Road at around
7:40 am and returned home to fi nd
the damage.
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Heart-burners
Weasels snagged $42 worth of
heartburn medication from a Nostrand
Avenue store on Dec. 19.
The victim told police that one
of the bandits waved a pink-clad
weapon inside the storefront near
the corner of Avenue Y at around
2:30 pm, before grabbing the meds
and running off.
Roku raider
A home invader broke into a residence
and stole a Roku TV and stereo
on Bachelder Street on Dec. 20.
The victim told police she returned
to her residence at the corner
of Avenue W at around 5 pm to fi nd
the items missing.
— Jessica Parks
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BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Violent robbery
A gang of seven teenagers violently
robbed a 19-year-old boy on
86th Street on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that the
gang surrounded him on the corner
of 86th and Bay 34th streets at 9:50
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pm before one of them put him in a
chokehold and punched him in the
face, while the others grabbed cash,
an iPhone, and the victim’s shoes.
Bottle brawl
A brute may have smacked a man
in the head with a bottle on 76th
Street on Dec. 22.
The very drunk and uncooperative
victim told cops that the attacker
may have struck him between New
Utrecht and 17th avenues at 11 pm,
but he couldn’t be sure.
Police sent the victim to Maimonides
Medical Center with lacerations
to the back of his head and
heavy bleeding, according to authorities.
Gamer goon
A pirate stole video games and a
cellphone from a 68th Street apartment
on Dec. 21.
The victim told police that the
thief broke into the apartment between
New Utrecht and 16th avenues
at 2 am and snagged his cellphone,
his Xbox, and his PS4.
Stunning crime
Four teens stole $47 from a man
on Bay 31 Street on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that the
teenagers threatened him with a
stun gun on Bay 31 Street and Benson
Avenue at 10 pm, prompting the
victim to hand over his cash.
— Rose Adams
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MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Package pirate
A porch prowler snagged packages
from the front of an E. 56th
Street home on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that the
pilferer stole the packages, which
contained $1,274 worth of designer
merchandise, from his house between
Mill Lane and Avenue N at
around 12:40 pm.
Holiday heist
Two shoplifters nabbed $2,627
worth of clothes from a Kings Plaza
store on Dec. 19.
An employee told police that the
weasels grabbed the clothes at the
clothing store near Avenue U at
around 7 pm and ran off.
Glove grabber
A sneak thief swiped $1,320 worth
of items from a vehicle parked on
Whitman Drive on Dec. 5.
The victim told police she returned
to her unlocked vehicle
parked between Dakota Place and
Indiana Place around 3:45 pm to fi nd
her Chanel gloves, Guess bag and
Giorgio Armani makeup stolen.
— Jessica Parks
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Yuletide bandit
A bandit swiped $500 worth of
Christmas ornaments from a Sackett
Street house on Dec. 14.
The victim told police that the
pilferer snatched the eight pricey ornaments
from her home’s vestibule
between Court and Smith streets
sometime between 2 pm and 5 pm.
Cellphone swiper
A thief snagged a cellphone from
a Van Brunt Street bar on Dec. 12.
The victim told police that the
looter snagged the $200 Samsung
Galaxy from the bar between Pioneer
and Imlay streets at 1 am while
the victim was distracted.
Blazer raider
A looter stole a $200 blazer from a
Pacifi c Street stoop on Dec. 16.
The victim told police that the pirate
snatched the package containing
the blazer from the stoop between
Henry and Clinton streets at
2:30 pm.
Wallet worm
A bandit stole a wallet at a Bay
Street public pool on Dec. 17.
The victim told cops that the
thief nabbed her wallet — which
contained $25, an EBT card, and a
New York State ID card — from the
pool between Henry and Clinton
streets sometime between 1 pm and
3:30 pm.
— Rose Adams
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Sunset snakes
Two muggers robbed a woman on
Fourth Avenue on Dec. 14.
The victim told police that one
brute came from behind and pulled
her hair at 59th Street at 9:30 pm,
while another snatched her purse.
Rock n’ roll
Some worm looted a parked car
on 50th Street on Dec. 21.
The owner told police that he left
his car near Third Avenue at around
9:44 am when someone cracked his
passenger side window with a rock
and made off with $400.
Unchivalrous
A brute assaulted a guy on Fifth
Avenue on Dec. 22.
The victim told police that the
madman was yelling at his wife in
his apartment near 39th Street at
around 1:51 pm when the victim
tried to intervene — causing the
bruiser to punch him in the face,
breaking his glasses.
Bank fraud
A scammer stole $22,000 from a
guy’s bank account on Fifth Avenue
on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that the
weasel used stolen checks to withdraw
the cash from his account at
a bank near 19th Street at around 2
pm.
Purse pilferers
Two scumbags robbed a woman
on 60th Street on Dec. 23.
The victim told police that the
thieves grabbed her purse near Seventh
Avenue and fl ed.
— Ben Verde
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–BOERUM
HILL–DOWNTOWN
Apple thief!
Some scumbag snatched an iPhone
on the Manhattan-bound 4
train near Borough Hall station on
Dec. 20.
The victim told police that the
pilferer grabbed the phone and hightailed
it out of the station near Court
and Joralemon streets at 10:30 am.
Cold case
A thief stole $1,300-worth of clothing
from an Albee Square W. store
on Dec. 22.
A witness told police that the
fi lcher took four coats and hid them
on the way out of the store between
Fulton and Willoughby streets at
7:10 pm.
Bike-jacking
A bandit stole an e-bike on Willoughby
Street on Dec. 19.
The victim told police that he left
the two-wheeler unattended near
Lawrence Street at 1:15 pm when the
pirate stole the bike.
— Kevin Duggan