63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Pocket change
A thief stole a man’s phone off
him at an Avenue U department
store on June 15.
The victim told police he felt jostled
standing in line to check out at
the store near Flatbush Avenue at 7
p.m., only to discover later that his
phone was stolen, cops said.
A location app traced the phone
to Long Island City, Queens, cops
said.
Shopping spree
Cops arrested a man who allegedly
tried to steal merchandise
from a department store on Avenue
U on June 21.
An employee told police the suspect
grabbed $1,297 worth of stuff
around 6:30 p.m., before attempting
to fl ee the store near East 29 Street
and Nostrand Avenue.
Bad credit
A thief looted a man’s car on
New York Avenue on June 22, taking
credit cards.
The crook broke through a passenger
side window and took the
victims cards from the middle
counsel at around 2:30 p.m., before
fl eeing the scene on foot, according
to authorities.
The fi end later made purchases
at Best Buy, Foot Locker and Apple
using the victim’s cards, cops said.
Tool time
Two crooks ransacked a man’s
car on East 34 Street on June 17,
nabbing $4,000 worth of tools.
The thieves entered the vehicle
parked near Avenue R through the
trunk at sometime after 3:35 p.m.,
said the cops.
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Bad breakup
Cops arrested a 31-year-old man
accused of beating his ex-girlfriend,
while ignoring a court order of protection
on Surf Avenue on May 27.
The victim told police her former
fl ame grabbed her purse near Stillwell
Avenue at 6 p.m., before slapping
her and knocking her to the
ground.
Weak thief!
Cops busted a man for allegedly
taking a man’s cell phone at the Surf
Avenue subway station on June 17.
A witness told police that the
crook nabbed a phone off the victim
at the station near Still Avenue at
1:39 p.m.
Responding offi cers followed the
suspect to MCU Park, where they
cuffed him for felony larceny, cops
said.
Game over
A thief robbed a gamer in broad
daylight on West 30 street on June
23.
The victim told police he was
playing video games near Surf Avenue
when the crook snatched the
gaming device from him at 6:40 p.m.
before hightailing it, according to
authorities.
Rude awakening
A punk robbed a sleeping man
on a Coney Island bound N train on
June 14th.
The victim told police he boarded
the train at Herald Square and before
dozing off, only to awake to
discover his front right pocket had
been cut and his cellphone was
missing at around 1:30 p.m.
When the victim attempted to
track his phone he saw that it was
at a bodega near Lincoln Road and
Maypickett Avenue.
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Stickup
Three fi ends robbed a young man
on E. 22nd Street on June 22.
The victim told police the three
men approached him near Avenue
U at 5 p.m., when one of the crooks
pointed a gun at the victim before
taking his phone, wallet and headphones.
Scaredy thief
Cops arrested a man for
alledgedly breaking into a Kings
Highway apartment on June 20.
The victim told police that she
heard the door of her apartment
near E. Fifth Street being jostled at
around 8:45 p.m., when a man suddenly
burst threw, only to then run
away upon noticing the woman.
— Chandler Kidd
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Workplace dispute
A brute smashed his ex-boss in
the head on 16th Avenue on June 19.
The victim told police that the
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bruiser hit him in the back of the
head in an attempt to steal his
phone, knocking him to the ground
on the corner of 16th Avenue and
64th Street at 6:25 a.m. As the victim
was falling, he recognized the goon
as his employee from two years before,
authorities said. Cops reported
that the brute fl ed in a red Ford
without stealing anything, and that
the victim suffered a bump to his
head.
Bad deposit
A marauder punched the manager
of a convenience store on 85th
Street on June 22, and stole $10,000
that the employee was going to deposit.
The employee told cops that the
brute struck him in the head at
11:55 a.m. after he exited his car on
the corner of 24th Avenue and 85th
Street, where he was going to make
a deposit for work. The robber then
forced the cash bag from his shoulder,
and fl ed in a car on 85th Street,
according to cops. The employee
was transported to Lutheran Hospital
for head pain, police report.
Garage sale
A man took $650 worth of electronics
from a resident’s garage on
78th Street on June 17.
The homeowner told police that
the lout entered his open garage between
16th and 17th avenues at 11:35
p.m., before nabbing his stuff.
Cellphone sniper
Two crooks stole a woman’s cellphone
on Bay Parkway on June 22.
The victim told cops that the
bandits approached her and began
a conversation on the corner of Bay
Parkway and 73rd Street at 9:55 p.m.
before taking her iPhone. The baddies
then fl ed north on Bay Parkway
by foot, according to authorities.
Break-in bandit
A thief stole two iPads and a cellphone
from a house on Bay 22nd
street on June 23.
The victim told cops that she put
the electronics on her desk to charge
overnight at around midnight, and
the sneak thief climbed through the
side window between 86th Street
and Benson Avenue sometime later,
before running off with the devices,
authorities report.
— Rose Adams
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Sunset savage
A bruiser brutally robbed a man
on Fourth Avenue on June 18.
The victim told police he was
walking home from a bar between
39th and 40th streets when the fi end
approached at around 12:30 a.m.,
and repeatedly hit him in the back
of the head. After the victim fell to
the ground, the perp grabbed his
cellphone and wallet, before running
off, cops said.
Wallet weasel
A thief robbed a man on Seventh
Street on June 20.
The victim told police he was getting
out of his car between Greenwood
Avenue and Ocean Parkway
at around 6:15 p.m., when the crook
approached and demanded his wallet,
which the victim duly handed
over, cops said.
Window wastrel
Cops arrested two men for allegedly
burglarizing a 21st Street store
on June 23.
The suspects broke into the store
near Third Avenue by smashing
a second fl oor window at approximately
2 a.m. Once inside, the men
nabbed $3,450 worth of property,
cops said.
Police tracked down the suspects
later that day and charged them
with felony grand larceny.
Sticky fi ngers
A pickpocket snatched a woman’s
wallet and Samsung tablet on
Fifth Avenue on June 23.
The victim told police that she
felt someone touching her backpack
as she was walking between 55th
and 56th streets at around 5 p.m.,
and when she turned around, she
saw the thief rummaging through
the bag, before running off with the
computer tablet, cops said.
Hungry thieves
Three freebooters robbed a food
delivery driver on 33rd Street on
June 20.
The victim told police he was between
Third and Fourth avenues
when the punks approached at
around 5:50 p.m., before grabbing
the $28 food order and fl eeing, cops
said.
Jacked
A carjacker burglarized a parked
car on 20th Street on June 20.
The victim told police he returned
to his car between Fifth and
Sixth avenues to fi nd the passengerside
window smashed in at around
6 a.m., and $2,025 worth of cash and
other items stolen, cops said.
— Aidan Graham