60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Greedy gamer
A thief stole electronics and
game consoles from an apartment
on W. 30 Street on Feb. 11.
The victim told police that when
she returned to her apartment between
Mermaid and Surf avenues
around 11 am, the room was a mess
and her Wii and Playstation 4 were
missing.
Social scammer
A fraudster conned a victim out
of thousands of dollars on Feb. 10.
The victim told police that the
charlatan called him at around 11
am, and told him that he would be
arrested if he did not send $10,000 to
a Walgreens in California in order
to open a new Social Security account
— which the victim did.
Prime Target
A looter stole a wallet from a Neptune
Avenue woman on Feb. 12.
The victim told police that she
was in her home between West 37th
and West 33rd streets at around 11
am when she received a notifi cation
that the raider used her debit card
to spend $9.17 at a Target store.
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Blind bandit
A knife-wielding robber stole eye
drops from a convenience store on
Kings Highway on Feb. 13.
An employee told police that the
pilferer brandished a knife in the
store at the corner of Coney Island
Avenue at around 9 pm, before grabbing
$118 worth of eye drops and
running off.
Time thief
A purloiner swiped cash and
watches from an apartment on East
17th Street on Feb. 14.
The victim told police the burglar
broke into the vacant apartment
near Avenue R at around 9 am
and stole $16,500 worth of ill-gotten
goods.
Cash grab
A freebooter snagged cash and
bank checks from a car parked on
McDonald Avenue on Feb. 14.
Surveillance video shows the
thief breaking into the side door of
the vehicle at the corner of Avenue
U at around 2 pm, and stealing the
$5,880 worth of cash and checks.
What a pane
A bandit stole part of a basement
window from a home on E. First
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Street on Feb. 11.
The victim told police that he
woke up in his house at the corner
of Avenue W and found part of the
window gone, but nothing was missing
from inside. — Amalia Arms
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MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
House clearer
A freebooting house cleaner stole
over $4,000 worth of jewelry from a
Hendrickson Street home on Feb. 3.
The victim told police that the
thief entered the home between
Quentin Road and Avenue R emptyhanded
around 3 pm, before leaving
with a large suitcase fi lled with jewels.
Laundry day
Two knuckleheads snagged over
$1,000 worth of skin cream from a
Kings Highway pharmacy on Feb.
4.
An employee told police that the
shoplifters snuck the items out of
the store between E. 49th Street and
Utica Avenue at around 10 pm in
laundry bags.
Fashion thief
Two sneaky scalawags swiped
$2,500 worth of clothes from a Ralph
Avenue clothing store on Feb. 8.
An employee told police that the
crooks snuck out of the store at the
intersection of Avenue L around
10:55 am with the clothing in trash
bags. — Jessica Parks
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SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Act of hate
A scumbag painted a swastika
inside the 15th Street-Prospect Park
subway station on Feb. 17.
A witness reported the hateful
symbol to police inside the station
near Prospect Park West just after
midnight, and city employees later
removed the graffi ti.
Smashers
A couple of raiders vandalized a
Seventh Avenue nail salon on Feb. 12.
The business owner told police
that ten reprobates smashed the
window of the store near 59th street
at 4 am, and smashed the store up
with baseball bats.
Chain of fools
Cops cuffed a suspect for allegedly
beating another man with a
chain on Fifth Avenue on Feb. 16.
A police offi cer witnessed the
man allegedly striking the victim
with the chain several times near
50th Street at around 12:40 am, causing
severe bruising and swelling.
Responding offi cers cuffed the
man and charged him with felony
assault.
Shopping spree
Some galoot tried to scam his employer
on 37th Street on Feb. 11.
The victim told police that his
employee stole his credit card from
their workplace near Second Avenue
at around 6 pm, and used it to
swindle $1,627 worth of cash and
property.
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PARK SLOPE
Fight night
A ruffi an assaulted a woman on
Seventh Avenue on Feb. 9.
The victim told police that the
brute yelled at her and pushed her
near First Street at around 10 pm
while she was trying to pick up her
friend.
Shelter chaos
Police arrested a shelter resident
for allegedly threatening other residents
on Eighth Avenue on Feb. 12.
Employees told police that the
suspect threatened to hit several
people with a chair in the shelter
near 14th Street at around 2 pm, before
allegedly breaking a glass bottle
and threatening to kill the responding
offi cers if they approached her.
Cops eventually calmed the
woman and arrested her on felony
menacing charges, according to police
reports.
Galactic theif
Some crook nabbed a guy’s tablet
from a Butler Street gym on Jan. 8.
The victim told police that he left
his Galaxy tablet in an unlocked
locker of the gym near Third Avenue
while working out at 4 pm, but
the swindler snagged it before he returned
at 5:30 pm.
Jean genie
A shoplifter stole clothes from an
Atlantic Avenue Old Navy on Feb.
9.
A store employee told police that
the thief made off undetected with
nine pairs of jeans from the clothing
retailer near Flatbush Avenue
at around 10 am. — Ben Verde
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FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL
Jumped!
Two wretches held up a teen on
Willoughby Street on Feb. 13.
The 16-year-old victim told police
that the crooks grabbed him by
the arm and said, “Don’t make any
noise, or I’ll knock you out” at St.
Edwards Street around 8 pm, before
taking his phone and making him
erase its memory.
Stairwell scum
Some jerk robbed a guy inside a
Cumberland Walk building on Feb.
11.
The victim told police that the
rogue elbowed him in the back of
his neck inside the stairwell of his
apartment building between N. Oxford
Street and Cumberland Street
at 2:20 pm, making him fall down —
before the lawbreaker grabbed his
phone and cash.
Cad crew
A group of dirtbags ambushed a
woman on Carlton Avenue on Feb.
13.
The victim told police that one
of the three rakes put his hand on
her mouth between Willoughby and
Dekalb avenues at 8:15 pm, before
grabbing her phone, and the villains
ran off.
Cuffed bandit
Police arrested a man for allegedly
robbing a woman on Flushing
Avenue on Feb. 15.
The victim told police that the
suspect allegedly slammed her
against a car and took her purse at
N. Elliott Place at 10:15 pm.
Police caught up with the man at
10:51 at Adams and Tillary streets
and slapped him with felony robbery
charges, according to police reports.
Canned!
A woman threw a soada can at
another woman on Clinton Avenue
on Feb. 10.
The victim told police that he suspect
allegedly almost hit her with
her car at Flushing Avenue at 2:20
pm. When the victim confronted
the accused woman, she allegedly
threw the can at her, got out of the
car and slapped her in the back of
the head, before fl eeing along Flushing
Avenue toward Navy Street.
—Kevin Duggan