60TH PRECINCT
CONEY ISLAND—BRIGHTON BEACH—
SEAGATE
Phone theft!
Some jerk stole a woman’s phone
on Brighton Beach Avenue on Nov.
10.
The victim told police that she had
dropped her phone near Brighton
11th Street around 2:45 pm, and when
she returned, it was gone.
Theft from a car
A carjacker looted paint supplies
a car on Brighton Sixth Street on
Nov. 12.
The victim told police that he
had left his car parked near Brighton
Beach Avenue around 2 pm, and
when he returned he found the passenger
window broken and paint
equipment missing.
Jewel theft
Some pirate stole a diamond pendant
from a car on West 16 Street on
Nov. 13.
The victim had left their car near
Avenue Z around 7:45 pm and when
they returned someone had taken her
pendant and Louis Vuitton wallet.
Sleeping theft!
A pickpocket stole from a sleeping
straphanger at Surf Avenue subway
station on Nov. 16.
The victim told police that when
he awoke on the D train near Stillwell
Avenue around 3:30 am, someone had
cut open his pockets and stole his
money and identifi cation.
Wallet theft!
Some scumbag stole a woman’s
pocketbook near Brighton First
Street on Nov. 16.
The victim told police that the
jerk took her wallet near Brighton
First Terrace around 5:10 pm and ran
away.
— Joe Hiti
61ST PRECINCT
SHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—
MANHATTAN BEACH—GRAVESEND
Vapor capers!
Two fi ends robbed a pack of vape
pods from an Ocean Avenue storefront
on Nov. 12.
Police said one of the shoplifters
held the victim’s arms behind his
back inside the store between Kings
Highway and Avenue P around 1:25
am while the other swiped the stolen
goods.
Silent heist
A thief attempted to rob an Avenue
U bank on Nov. 12.
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The bank teller told police that the
bandit passed her a note saying that
he had a gun inside the storefront
between E. 17th and E. 18th streets
around 9:20 am, but she pressed the
panic button and the goon fl ed empty
handed.
Scootin’ away
Four bandits snagged a scooter
and airpods from two people on Avenue
Y on Nov. 11.
The victims told police the pillagers
approached them between E. 28th
and E. 29th streets around 6:50 pm
and when trying to get away one of
the ruffi ans punched one of the victims
in the face.
— Jessica Parks
62ND PRECINCT
BENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Copped
A bandit stole a cop’s phone at a
Bay Ridge Avenue restaurant on Nov.
16.
The cops was escorting the perp
out of the eatery between New Utrecht
and 16th avenues at 2:25 am because
he refused to leave, but the thief then
spit blood at the offi cer through a cut
in his mouth, and then nabbed the
cop’s cellphone from his pocket.
Phone fi lcher
A good-for-nothing punk punched
a woman and stole her cellphone on
Avenue P on Nov. 10.
The victim told police that the robber,
whom she knew, punched her in
the back of the head between W. First
Street and Dahill Road at 10 pm before
following her home.
Pushy
Police arrested a man for allegedly
pushing a teenager on Bay Parkway
on Nov. 11.
The 14-year-old victim told police
that the suspect approached him on
the corner of 85th Street at 2:41 pm
and said, “Give me your money”
— before punching the teena and
snatching $24 from his wallet.
The victim identifi ed the defendant
during a canvas of the neighborhood,
and he was arrested on site, according
to authorities.
Vaping danger
Two gun-wielding ruffi ans assaulted
a teenager who bought a vape
from them on 78th Street on Nov. 17.
The 15-year-old victim told cops
that he had handed over $35 for the
vape pen from his 15-year-old acquaintances
between 18th and 19th
avenues at 1:40 pm when the delinquents
fl ashed a gun and punched
him in the face, before grabbing the
cash and running off.
— Rose Adams
63RD PRECINCT
MARINE PARK —MILL BASIN—FLATLANDS—
BERGEN BEACH
Formula fi lchers
Three bandits snatched baby formula
from a Ralph Avenue Duane
Reade on Nov. 14.
A witness told police the trio entered
the drugstore between E. 66th
Street and Avenue M at around 10:45
pm and took a glass case containing
enfamil baby formula, before hightailing
it out of the store.
Tire snatch
A jerk nabbed the tires from a parked car
on King’s Highway on Nov. 13.
The victim told police he parked
his car at E. 34th Street at 11:34 am
on Nov. 13, but when he returned at
11:30 pm the next day, all four tires
and the rims had been snatched from
the car.
Swiped card
Cops cuffed a woman for allegedly
snatching a man’s debit card on
Brooklyn Avenue on Nov. 15.
The victim told police he left his
debit card at Bolla Market at Nostrand
Avenue and Avenue N at 1:58
pm on Nov. 14. His Cash App sent him
an alert at 8:43 pm the following day
that it had been used at Bolla Market
and a CVS on the same street, allegedly
by the defendant.
— Elissa Esher
76TH PRECINCT
CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL–RED
HOOK
Carpet snagger
A bandit stole a $495 rug from
a Smith Street stoop sometime between
Nov. 16 and 17.
The victim told police that the
perp stole the delivery from outside
the residence on the corner of Smith
and Carroll streets sometime between
1:30 pm and 11:30 am the following
day.
Tip jar jerk
A pilferer stole $30 from a Carroll
Street store’s tip jar on Nov. 17.
An employee said that the burglar
stole the money from the store at the
corner of Henry and Carroll street at
11:08 am.
Cellphone snatcher
A thief took a cellphone from a
Court Street store on Nov. 14.
The victim told police that the
bandit swiped an employee’s $830
Samsung Galaxy from the shop between
Huntington and W. Ninth
street at 6:17 pm.
Pedaling thief
A thief stole two bikes from a storage
room on Baltic Street on Nov. 11.
The victim told police that the
bandit snuck into the storage room
between Smith and Hoyt streets at
about 8:15 am and made off with the
two bikes and the gear attached to
them, worth $1,520 total.
— Rose Adams
72ND PRECINCT
SUNSET PARK–WINDSOR TERRACE
Slashed
A slasher stabbed a man during
a bar fi ght on Third Avenue on Nov.
16.
The victim told police that the
men began arguing inside the watering
hole near 45th Street at around 1
am, when the savage stabbed him in
the arm with a knife.
Narcos
A goon sold heroin to an undercover
cop but evaded arrest on Prospect
Avenue on Nov. 15.
The dealer exchanged a small bag
of the drugs for money near Prospect
Parks West at around 12:30 am,
but managed to skip out before cops
cuffed him, according to police.
Snatched!
A weasel snagged a woman’s wallet
on 57th Street on Nov. 13.
The victim told police that the
thief grabbed her wallet from her
hand between Fourth and Fifth Avenues
at around 11 pm, before pushing
her against a fence and escaping.
— Ben Verde