84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Bitter ex
Cops arrested a man for an alleged
violent break-in at his ex-girlfriend’s
Nassau Street on Dec. 1.
The victim told police that her
former fl ame allegedly kicked down
the door of her apartment between
Gold and Navy streets at 3:40 pm,
and threatened to kill her, before
strangling her and biting her thumb
in a scuffl e.
Cops rushed to the scene and arrested
the man on felony assault
charges, according to police reports.
Busted!
Police arrested a man they say
raided a car on Schermerhorn
Street on Nov. 30.
The vehicle owner told police
that the suspect allegedly stole cash,
gold, diamond earrings, and Air-
Pods from the vehicle between Hoyt
and Bond streets at around 4:15 pm.
Police picked up the man at Sheffi
eld Avenue and Mary Warren
Place in East New York at 7:15 pm
and arrested him on felony grand
larceny charges, according to police
reports.
Golden and stolen
A shoplifter stole $12,000-worth
of jewelry from an Atlantic Avenue
boutique on Nov. 28.
The shopkeeper told police that
the bandit pretended to want to buy
gold rings and earrings from the
store at Hoyt Street at 3:30 pm before
bolting with the shiny goods while
the worker was distracted.
Signed and snatched
Police are on the hunt for a package
thief who looted a Water Street
apartment building on Nov. 30.
The victim told police that the
invader busted open the locked door
between Dock and Main streets at
7:45 pm and nabbed a bunch of shipments.
Quick swipe
A subway menace snatched a
guy’s phone on the D train near
Dekalb Avenue on Dec. 4.
The victim told police that the
ne’er-do-well grabbed his cell from
his hand and ran off the Coney Island
bound train around 1:10 am.
Podding
A gang of thieves stole a man’s
AirPod on Gold Street on Dec. 4.
The victim told police that the
nogoodniks snatched his wireless
headphone near Willoughby Street
at 10:15 and waltzed off toward Albee
Square.
COURIER L 8 IFE, DECEMBER 11-17, 2020
Midwood lawyer indicted for
deed theft: District Attorney
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Thanks mom
A teen’s mother scared off a gang
of goons who ambushed her son on
Lafayette Avenue on Dec. 2.
The 15-year-old victim told police
that the six delinquents punched him
in the face and demanded that he
empty his pockets at Carlton Avenue
at around 8:15 pm, before his mother
came running to the scene and the
ne’er-do-wells fl ed.
Stick up!
A gunman held up a Greene Avenue
grocery store on Dec. 2.
The victim told police that the
menace went behind the counter
of the shop at Cumberland Street
around 7 pm and demanded money at
gunpoint, before fl eeing with $800.
Fake deal
Criminals robbed a man during
a phony car sale on Park Avenue on
Nov. 25.
The victim told police that he arranged
to buy a car from one of the
malefactors at N. Portland Avenue at
4 pm when the duo stole $8,300 and an
ID from the victim at gunpoint.
Two-wheeled battle
Scooter-mounted scoundrels stole
a deliveryman’s e-bike and phone on
Adelphi Street on Dec. 3.
The victim told police that the
bandits rode up behind him at Lafayette
Avenue just before 8 pm, kicked
him off his two-wheeler and sped off
toward Clinton Hill.
Beat it!
Cops arrested two men they allege
attacked another man with a stick on
Myrtle Avenue on Dec. 2.
The victim told police that the pair
allegedly hit him in the head with the
wooden bat, before punching and
kicking him between Ryerson Street
and Grand Avenue at 1:45 pm.
Cops rushed to the scene and collared
the two men near Steuben
Street for felony assault charges.
— Kevin Duggan
72ND PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–
RED HOOK
Pipe down!
Cops arrested a man for allegedly
attacking his co-worker with a
metal pipe on Bond Street on Dec. 8.
The victim told police that the
suspect smacked him two times
in the head with the metal pipe after
they got into an argument between
Sackett and Degraw streets at
around 10:05 am. The victim called
the police, who arrested the defendant
on the scene and charged him
with felony assault, according to police
reports.
Clothing klepto
A thief nabbed over $500 worth
of clothing from a Douglass Street
home on Dec. 2.
The victim told police that the
burglar broke into the locked vestibule
of his house between Smith
and Hoyt streets and nabbed a package
containing the items sometime
between 5 and 7 pm.
Bike burglary
A bandit stole a bike from Woodhull
Street sometime between Dec.
4 and Dec. 5.
The victim said that the sneak
thief broke the lock securing his
bike from a street pole and stole the
$700 bike sometime between 5:30 pm
on Dec. 4 and 3 pm on Dec. 5.
— Rose Adams
60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Unguarded
A bozo stole an Army National
Guard uniform from a Neptune Avenue
storage locker on Dec. 1.
A witness told police that the
thief snagged the $900 uniform from
the storage space between Brighton
Eighth and Brighton Seventh
streets at around 9 am before fl eeing
the scene undetected.
— Jessica Parks
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
The Brooklyn District Attorney
announced charges on Monday
against a Midwood lawyer
who allegedly stole the deeds to
eight homes throughout the borough,
totaling nearly $8 million in
ill-gotten property.
According to prosecutors, Sanford
Solny, whose license to practice
law was suspended in 2012,
targeted seven homeowners whose
properties were going into foreclosure
and convinced them to transfer
the deeds into his name to “negotiation
on their behalf.”
“These victims, who trusted
the defendant to help them avoid
foreclosure, instead allegedly had
their homes stolen by him and
were left facing fi nancial ruin,”
said District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Solny, who was caught perpetuating
a similar deed theft scheme
in Queens in 2017, allegedly persuaded
the victims to unknowingly
sign various documents relinquishing
the rights to their
homes, telling them that he would
negotiate with a lender on their
behalf to halt the foreclosure process.
Once he had successfully taken
ownership of the properties —
which were located in Bedford-
Stuyvesant, East New York, Flatbush,
and Cypress Hills — Solny
allegedly collected over $600,000
in rent from various tenants, according
to the DA’s offi ce.
“Brooklyn’s valuable real estate
market continues to be an
attractive target for fraudsters
willing to deceive homeowners,”
Gonzalez said.
Solny was arraigned Monday
before Kings County Supreme
Court Justice Danny Chun on various
charges including grand larceny,
and criminal possession of
stolen property. He was released
without bail, and his next court
date is in February of 2021.
The 63-year-old defendant had
lost his license to practice law
in 2012 after he swindled a relative
out of $600,000 by abusing his
power of attorney privileges, according
to court documents.
Gonzalez used the indictment
to warn Brooklynites about the
dangers of fraud schemes, and to
be cautious about real estate dealings.
“I urge anyone considering
selling their property to be prudent
about with whom they do
business,” the prosecutor said in
a statement. “Be wary of any unsolicited
offers of help with your
property and do not sign any documents
unless you consult with an
independently retained attorney.”