60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Gucci grabber
Some crooks snagged $1,450
worth of goods from a parked car on
W. 29th Street on Jan. 14.
The victim told police that the
thieves stole her Gucci scarf, Gucci
wallet, and other jewelry from her
car between Surf Avenue and Riegalmann
Boardwalk around 10 am.
Construction crooks
Some pirates stole $1,375 worth
of property from a W. 17th Street
home on Jan. 10.
The victim told police that the
robbers entered the home between
Mermaid and Neptune avenues
around 1 pm and snagged an electric
generator and a paint sprayer.
Jack of spades
A highway robber stole $60 and a
Kate Spade bag from a woman walking
on Ocean Parkway on Jan. 18.
The victim told police that the
pillager pushed her from behind between
Beach Walk and Ocean View
Avenue around 12:55 pm, before
mugging her.
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MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Ice cream sneak
A knife-wielding shoplifter
swiped cartons of ice cream from
an Avenue U store on Jan. 13.
An employee told police that the
crook threatened him with a box
cutter inside the store near Ocean
Avenue at around 7:40 pm, before
snagging the frozen goods.
Laundry change
A freebooter broke into a coin
machine in an Ocean Avenue laundry
room on Jan. 15.
An employee told police that the
swindler cut open the machine near
Avenue Y at around 5:50 pm and
stole a handful of coins.
Ring bearer
A brute threatened an employee
of a Coney Island Avenue store with
a knife on Jan. 13.
The victim told police that the
bruiser’s wife pawned the ring at
the store near Avenue Y at around
4:15 pm before snagging it back from
the employee.
— Jessica Parks
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MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Building heist
Some thief swiped $3,430 worth
of equipment from a Ryder Street
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construction site on Jan. 16.
An employee told police that the
pirate broke into the site between
Avenue U and Avenue V around
8:30 am and stole multiple electrical
tools.
Coat criminal
A shoplifter stole multiple Northface
coats from a Kings Plaza department
store on Jan. 18.
An employee told police the bandit
exited the store on Avenue U
around 6:50 pm without paying for
the $1,169 merchandise.
— Jessica Parks
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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Shaving knave
A bandit stole $858 worth of shaving
supplies and hair products from
a Smith Street pharmacy on Jan.
19.
An employee told police that the
pirate entered the pharmacy on the
corner of President Street at 8:40 pm
and stuffed more than a dozen razors
and $500 worth of Rogaine into
two shopping bags before leaving
the store.
What a herb
A looter stole $345 worth of organic
products from a Court Street
herb shop on Jan. 17.
An employee told cops that the
burglar nabbed tea bags, incense,
nasal cleansers, natural soaps, and
beeswax from the shop between
Fourth Place and Luquer streets at
around 1:10 pm.
Package pilferer
A thief swiped a package from a
Verona Street apartment building
on Jan. 11.
The victim told police that the
thief stole the package containing
a $72 Subaru cargo tray from
the lobby of the building between
Dwight and Richards streets at
around 11:25 pm.
— Rose Adams
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Under pressure
Cops cuffed a guy for allegedly
assaulting another man on Sixth
Avenue on Jan. 15.
The victim told police that the
suspect punched him and shot him
with a nail gun inside an apartment
near 52nd Street at around 4:14 pm.
Cops cuffed the guy shortly after
5:00 pm and charged him with assault.
Down and dirty
Six men beat and robbed a guy on
the D train between the Ninth Avenue
and 36th Street stops on Jan. 14,
cops say.
The victim told cops that the
thieves boarded the train at Ninth
Avenue at around 8:00 pm, when one
of them said “What’s up, why are you
looking at me,” to the victim. When
the victim confronted his harassers,
they attacked. The goons then
pulled the jacket, which contained
his iPod, off the victim’s back, and
fl ed the train at 36th Street.
Burgled!
Some worm looted a man’s 19th
Street apartment on Jan. 14, nabbing
cash and clothes.
The victim told police that he
left his home near Fifth Avenue at
around 8 am, and returned at 3 pm
to discover $5,000 and some clothes
had vanished
Vanishing car
A carjacker stole a vehicle from
Second Avenue on Jan. 14, cops say.
The victim told cops that he left
his car parked near 30th Street
around 2:30 pm, and when he returned
at 10:00 pm his car had been
jacked.
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PARK SLOPE
Road rager
A villain assaulted a man in a
fi t of road rage on Sixth Avenue on
Jan. 16.
The victim told police that the
bruiser socked him in the face near
11th Street at 12:35 pm before running
off.
Window basher
Some rake vandalized a Fifth Avenue
pizzeria on Jan. 15.
The store owner told police that
the rapscallion kicked in the window
of the restaurant near 14th
Street at around 8:30 pm, causing
$500 in damages.
Villainous vandals
Cops cuffed two youths for allegedly
vandalizing a Fifth Avenue
store on Jan. 17.
Police allegedly witnessed the
the two alleged vandals spray painting
the words “WACK” and “OPEN”
on the gate of a wine store near
Union Street.
Authorities cuffed the two youths
on the scene.
— Ben Verde
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–BOERUM
HILL–DOWNTOWN
Cash only
Some scumbag held up a teen on
Fulton Street on Jan. 15.
A witness told police that the
criminal waltzed up to the 15-yearold
victim near Fort Greene Place
at 7:15 am and demanded his cash
— but said he could keep his phone
and Air Pods — before running off.
Delivery ambush
Four fi ends attacked a deliveryman
at Lefferts Place on Jan. 15.
The victim told police he was
waiting for a customer between
Grand and Classon avenues at 8:25
pm, when the pistol-packing perps
walked up and demanded his wallet.
The delivery guy screamed for
help and one of the fi ends pistol
whipped him.
Bike bandits
Two thieves stole a deliveryman’s
e-bike on Classon Avenue on
Jan. 15.
The victim told police that the
rogues approached him between
Greene Avenue and Clifton Place
to ask him for the time at 8:45 pm,
when they told him to hand over his
wallet, or else.
But the victim’s pockets were
empty, so the crooks settled for his
e-bike as a consolation prize.
Subway swiper
Goons robbed a teen at the Nevins
Street subway station on Jan.
19.
The 16-year-old boy told police he
was at the station near Flatbush Avenue
Ext. at 8 pm, when four fi ends
surrounded him, claiming they had
a gun, before nabbing his phone and
fl eeing onto a 3 train.
Batters up
Police arrested a woman for allegedly
smacking a guy with a baseball
bat on Navy Walk on Jan. 14.
The victim told police that he
was trying to stop an argument between
his wife and the defendant
near Navy Street at 6:15 pm, when
the suspect smacked his hand with
the bat.
Police caught up with the alleged
attacker a few hours later at Hudson
Walk, and slapped her with Felony
Assault charges, according to the
authorities.
— Kevin Duggan