60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Seamless steal
A sneaky purloiner nabbed a deliveryman’s
e-bike on Orange Street
on Dec. 22.
The victim told cops that he left
his electric two-wheeler unlocked
while making a delivery between
Henry and Hicks streets at 3 pm,
and when he came back 15 minutes
later, it was gone.
Family fraud
Some charlatan stole almost
$5,000 by falsifying a check he got
from his uncle on Clark Street on
Dec. 1.
The victim told police that he
mailed a $1,150 check to his nephew
around 2 pm between Cadman Plaza
W. and Henry Street, but noticed on
Dec. 24 that the same check was altered
to pay out $4,756 instead.
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST—BATH BEACH
Push and shove
Three robbers shoved a delivery
man and stole his wallet on 78th
Street on Dec. 27.
The victim said that he was delivering
an order to a house between
16th and 17th avenues at 5 pm when
the ruffi ans came up to him and demanded
he hand over his cash. One
perp made it look like he was holding
a gun inside his jacked and snatched
the victim’s wallet, which contained
$800, from his pocket and booked it.
Clean escape
A thief stole $3,000 worth of clothes
from an 86th Street laundromat on
Dec. 6.
The victim told police that the
thief walked into the laundromat between
25th and Stillwell avenues and
deceived the employees into handing
over all the victim’s clothes at around
10:45 am.
Porch pirate
A bandit nabbed a new laptop from
a Bay 38th Street stoop on Dec. 15.
The victim told cops that burglar
snagged his Amazon package containing
a $1,450 laptop from his stoop
between Shore Parkway and Cropsey
Avenue at about 3:20 pm.
Sleezebag
A crook stole an elderly woman’s
cash and passport out of her bag in
her Bay 25th Street apartment sometime
between Dec. 12 and Dec. 19.
The 73-year-old victim told cops
that the thief must have snuck into
her apartment by Bath Avenues and
nabbed her passport and $1,000 in
cash.
COURIER L 8 IFE, JANUARY 1-7, 2021
Cops seek man who vandalized
four Midwood synagogues
Cops are looking for this man in connection to a spree of vandalism at four Midwood
synagogues. NYPD
What a tool!
A criminal stole $2,000 worth of
construction gear from a car parked
on 67th Street on Dec. 23.
The victim told cops that the
good-for-nothing broke the back
door lock of his company’s car
parked near 18th Avenue at around
7 pm and grabbed the tools before
running off.
— Rose Adams
84TH PRECINCT
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–
BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN
Love is strange
Cops arrested a woman they
say stabbed her ex-boyfriend with
a butcher knife at their Dekalb Avenue
home on Dec. 27.
The victim told cops that, near
Fleet Street at 12:30 pm, his former
lover slashed his hand with the
blade.
Cops arrived at the scene around
5:20 pm and arrested the woman on
felony assault charges.
Ride share robbers
A group of shysters robbed an
Uber driver on Fulton Street on
Dec. 21.
The victim told cops that, at
Adams Street around 3:40 am, he
picked up the four fi ends, who asked
him for his phone to change their
destination address.
When they gave his cell back, he
noticed they’d transferred almost
$1,200 from his Uber account, according
to cops.
The bandits then got out at Willoughby
Street, smashed his front
windshield and hightailed it to Jay
Street toward Atlantic Avenue, according
to police reports.
Big loot
Police are on the hunt for a nogoodnik
who broke into a guy’s
car and stole $5,000 at Willoughby
Street on the night of Dec. 21.
The victim told cops that he left
his vehicle at the corner of Bridge
Street at 8 pm and when he came
back at 12:40 am, he saw that someone
had busted his driver-side window
and taken the cash from his
glove compartment.
Seamless steal
A sneaky purloiner nabbed a deliveryman’s
e-bike on Orange Street
on Dec. 22.
The victim told cops that he left
his electric two-wheeler unlocked
while making a delivery between
Henry and Hicks streets at 3 pm,
and when he came back 15 minutes
later, it was gone.
Family fraud
Some charlatan stole almost
$5,000 by falsifying a check he got
from his uncle on Clark Street on
Dec. 1.
The victim told police that he
mailed a $1,150 check to his nephew
around 2 pm between Cadman Plaza
W. and Henry Street, but noticed on
Dec. 24 that the same check was altered
to pay out $4,756 instead.
88TH PRECINCT
FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL
Home invaders
Cops arrested a man they say
helped invade a guy’s Auburn Place
apartment on Dec. 21.
The victim told cops that, between
N. Portland Avenue and St
Edwards Street at 8:30 pm, the suspect
and two other guys knocked on
his door.
When he opened up, the defendant
allegedly hit him in the face
with a gun, before the group allegedly
walked into the home, hit one
of the victim’s friends in the head
with the gun, and stole a bag of
money, according to police.
What a jerk!
Cops collared a guy they say
tried to steal a teen’s coat on Fulton
Street on Dec. 23.
The victim, 17, told cops that,
near S. Elliott Place around 7:50
pm, the suspect allegedly followed
the victim and tried to take her coat
while shouting profanities at her.
— Kevin Duggan
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for the bigot
who vandalized four Brooklyn
synagogues and broke into one
over the weekend.
It was reported to police that between
12:20 and 1:30 am on Dec. 26,
an unknown man used a marker
to make graffi ti on four different
Midwood synagogues: Young Israel
of Midwood (1694 Ocean Avenue),
Kahal Darkei Noam, Tefi la
LeMoshe D`Boston (2822 Avenue
J), Khal Toras Chaim D’Flatbush
(2201 Avenue L) and Knesses Bais
Avigdor (1720 Avenue J).
The suspect scribbled derogatory
phrases on the buildings, including
“pedophiles,” “thieves
pedophiles” and “anti-acculturation.”
Cops say the perp took it a step
further at Knesses Bais Avigdor,
where he broke in and tagged
property inside the building. The
suspect also damaged two cabinets
and took $20 before fl eeing
the scene, according to the NYPD,
whose Hate Crimes Task Force is
investigating the crime spree.
Authorities released photos
of the suspects taken from two of
the synagogues, as well as a video
from Kahal Darkei Noam, Tefi la
LeMoshe D`Boston.
The suspect is described as a
man with a light complexion and
a medium build, with a black mustache
and facial hair. He was last
seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt,
a black jacket, blue jeans
and black sneakers.