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Police Blotter

Something’s fishy at Junior’s

Downtown: A cook at Junior’s Restaurant turned shellfish — stealing lobsters from the Downtown institution, cops said. Comments (2).

Late-night mugging horrifies this Slope man

Park Slope: Three gun-toting thugs mugged a man on Fourth Avenue on June 22, getting away with his laptop and fancy phone, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Arrest in late-night Slope slashing!

Park Slope: An ex-con has been collared for viciously slashing a woman walking home from her shift at the Park Slope Food Co-op on June 17. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Shattered glass

Downtown: Cops arrested two thugs in Brooklyn Heights after they beat up a man and tried to steal his wallet on June 22. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

This thief was hungry

Prospect Heights: The foodie fiend entered a popular Washington Avenue supermarket at around 5 pm and headed straight for the packaged cold cuts, a manager said. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct Comment.

Sneak attack

Fort Greene: A jogger on Clinton Avenue was thrown to the pavement and mugged by two hooligans on June 15. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Caller No-D

Downtown: Talk about getting kicked while you’re down: A punk stole a Boerum Hill man’s cellphone on June 21 as the victim lay unconscious in the street after a cyclist hit him. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Banks are safer

Carroll Gardens: A woman told police that someone stole $4,000 from her home on Bond Street between April 15 and June 7. Plus all the crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

CANNED! A Port-A-Potty posse beats up a security guard

Greenpoint: Here’s a dirty crime: Thugs broke into a Lombardy Street parking lot and locked the security guards in a portable toilet. Comment.

Home break-in

Bay Ridge: Someone broke into a 10th Avenue home on June 22 and got away with a grand. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Spammed

Bay Ridge: The ol’ fake e-mail trick fooled an Oliver Street woman into handing over $4,500 on June 6. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

It’s Gate-gate!

Fort Greene: The unusual string of thefts of historic wrought iron gates has spread to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill after catching homeowners off guard in Crown Heights last week. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

RED-FOOTED! Bank robber’s shoes, stained with dye, give him away

Park Slope: Cops caught a bank robber red-footed on June 19, nabbing a dye-stained man who was still carrying thousands in booty that he allegedly took from the Astoria Federal branch on Fifth Avenue. Comment.

Green thief

Prospect Heights: Someone with a green thumb — and sticky fingers — made off with more than $150 in tools from a Vanderbilt Avenue back yard on June 19. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Pedal pushers

Williamsburg: Cops arrested four thugs suspected of shoving a cyclist to the ground and stealing his bike as he crossed the Williamsburg Bridge on June 27. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Vulgar villains

Greenpoint: A group of foul-mouthed thugs mugged two teens on June 23, but cops nabbed some of the suspected offenders. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Beat down

Carroll Gardens: Two men were beat up in separate incidents blocks — and hours — apart on Hoyt Street on June 27. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Bedford brawl

Greenpoint: Two pugilists hospitalized a 21-year-old man after he left a Bedford Avenue bar early on June 16. Comment.

Cops crack 93rd St drug den

Bay Ridge: Police nabbed five suspected drug dealers who turned a peaceful Bay Ridge street into a block of fear and intimidation over the past three years. Comments (2).

June 21, 2008

Crook on wheels gets handbag

Park Slope: A British lady out for a stroll on June 15 lost her beloved Voo Doo Dolls green shoulder bag to a mustachioed crook on a bike. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Shots misfired

Carroll Gardens: Police arrested a teenager on Dwight Street on June 10 after a witness reported the young man was showing off a firearm and only later did the cops discover the hooligan had tried to blow them away. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Criminal minded

Fort Greene: A hoodlum abandoned his effort to rob a woman inside a Clinton Avenue apartment building on June 8 after first roughing her up in a stairwell. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Sidekicks are turning into a thief’s best friend

Downtown: At least two more punks stole the popular Sidekick cellphones last week. Cops said the phones are lucrative for robbers because it is easy to reuse them by just buying a new data card. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Boerum Hill and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Gunpoint, Bklyn

Greenpoint: Masked gunmen mugged three women as they walked home from a bar on June 15. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comments (1).

Unreal estate

Williamsburg: A crooked real-estate broker scammed a Manhattan woman out of $2,300 that she thought would help her secure a Thames Street apartment. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90 Precinct. Comments (1).

Young thugs

Bensonhurst: A threesome went on a mini-crime spree on June 11. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Topiary terror

Crime: Shrub-hating vandals overturned foliage at a Bergen Street building on June 14. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Bad breaks

Bay Ridge: It was a big week for burglary, with at least five break-ins. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

June 14, 2008

BUSCEMI! Park Slope actor is ripped off by unidentified thief

Park Slope: The brother of renowned big-screen bad boy Steve Buscemi was the victim of an identity theft dating back to March. Comment.

Two collared in brutal beating on First Street

Park Slope: Three teens were arrested minutes after brutally beating a man on First Street on June 2, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Dealers ‘weed’ each other out

Fort Greene: A trio of armed bandits held five friends captive in a Lafayette Avenue apartment while the invaders looted the residence on June 6. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Family jewels

Downtown: Two perps mugged a young couple on June 2 at the corner of Elm and Livingston streets, getting $6,300 in jewelry without a fight. Plus all the other crime from Downtown, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Taking candy

Carroll Gardens: A villain stole a necklace from a toddler in a Lorraine Street playground on June 1. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Coffee break

Bay Ridge: More than $40,000 worth of electronics was stolen from a deliveryman’s van while he was grabbing a cup of joe on 73rd Street on June 3. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Smackdown

Greenpoint: A gang of teenaged hooligans jumped three adolescents as they rode the L train on June 6. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Sunday blues

Williamsburg: A young woman fast asleep on Sunday morning in her ground floor room in one of the McKibben Street Lofts, awoke to find that two thugs had snagged some of her valuable loot. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Bath break

Bay Ridge: A vicious thief broke into a 17th Avenue apartment, tying up the residents and demanding money on June 5. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Bar snatch

Prospect Heights: A thief snatched a purse from the lobby of a Vanderbilt Avenue nightclub on June 8. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

June 7, 2008

A hit and run on Court St.

Downtown: An 88-year-old man was hit by a silver sedan and left to bleed on Court Street on Monday afternoon as the driver sped off, cops said. Comment.

Park Slope school has run-in with thugs

Park Slope: Three young hooligans who had just mugged a man — on his birthday no less! — tried to evade police by hiding in Park Slope’s Berkeley Carroll School on June 3. Comment.

‘Hill’ street blues

Fort Greene: Clinton Hill and Fort Greene residents are grappling with a surge in robberies this year, even as overall neighborhood crime has decreased. Comment.

GOTCHA! Man hires hooker — but she tricks him out of big money

Boerum Hill: A prostitute “tricked” an easy mark out of credit cards while performing a popular sex act on him on May 27 — but cops later collared her for not only the theft, but the sex, too. Comment.

Inside job

Williamsburg: In a scene straight out of a movie, a gunman hid in the backseat of his victim’s Ford Expedition on May 30 — and pounced when the unsuspecting mark came out of the bank. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Gun arrest

Park Slope: A man pulled a gun on a woman in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue on May 29, but was arrested minutes later in a search of the area. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

1 toke 2 many

Fort Greene: It’s the same old story: A couple invites a man over for a threesome — and wakes up to find their new friend, and hundreds of dollars in electronics, are gone. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Con-damn!-ent

Bay Ridge: A woman was fooled by the old ketchup trick after she left an 86th Street bank on May 30, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Bite this!

Prospect Heights: Several kids beat up a teenage girl after an argument turned violent on Underhill Avenue on May 30. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Gunpoint mug

Greenpoint: A crook with a handgun held up a woman on the corner of North Henry Street and Engert Avenue on May 31. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

May 31, 2008

Fancy gizmos are flying out of nabe homes

Downtown: Burglars easily broke into at least three Brooklyn Heights apartments last week and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Elvis lives!

Williamsburg: Two no-goodnicks threatened a Williamsburg man with a knife on May 22, forcing him to hand over his wallet, cellphone and Elvis keychain. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Crack is back at check joint

Park Slope: A crack addict was arrested at a check-cashing place on Flatbush Avenue — but not for the rock, but for trying to cash three bad checks, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Sorry thugs

Fort Greene: Two hooligans violently mugged a woman on Adelphi Street on May 21, cutting her with a knife. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Armed robbery

Williamsburg: A crook with a handgun burst into a Lombardy Street trading company on May 23. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Hank’s a lot: Honky tonk break-in

Boerum Hill: Two gun-strapped thugs raged into a beloved Boerum Hill saloon on May 19 and held patrons hostage while they emptied the cash register, cops said. Comment.

You’re fired?

Bay Ridge: Someone stole $5,000 from a Fifth Avenue car dealership — and the three employees who had the only access to the cash say they didn’t do it. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Cry if he wants

Carroll Gardens: In a possible setup, a videographer was robbed on Baltic Street on May 18. Plus all the crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (1).

Bicycle thieves

Prospect Heights: At least two bicycles were stolen last week in separate incidents. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

May 24, 2008

Threesome mugged with six fists

Park Slope: Two teenagers were arrested and charted with brutally beating and mugging three teenagers on tony Plaza Street West on May 16, though a third assailant remains at large. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Gone forever

Carroll Gardens: A man plucked a diamond necklace from a woman on Second Place on May 15. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Skate hate

Downtown: A thug smashed open a Manhattan man’s head with a skateboard just after midnight on Livingston Street on May 16 — but the gnarly hoodlum was later apprehended. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Drive-by

Fort Greene: A man was shot in the leg during a drive by shooting on Grand Avenue on May 14. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Cobble Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Bed bugged

Bay Ridge: A man broke into a house and jumped into bed with an unsuspecting woman on May 15. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

May 17, 2008

Man gets raspberries for Blackberry

Park Slope: Three teens perps surrounded a Jersey City man on Bergen Street in broad daylight on May 5, knocking him to the ground and stealing his Blackberry device, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Cart-astrophe!

Downtown: Thieves stole a Brooklyn Heights vendor’s cart from his Joralemon Street corner on May 10. Plus all the crime news from Downtown, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

TKO

Fort Greene: Muggers punched their way into a $50 payout from a man they had slugged on Hanson Place on April 25. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

3rd homicide

Carroll Gardens: A man was shot and killed in the Gowanus Houses on Baltic Street on May 9 — the third murder this year in a precinct that recorded only three in all of last year. Comment.

Disconnected

Williamsburg: There was a wave of cellphone robberies in the neighborhood last week, with all the suspects preying on teenage victims. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Punch and rob

Greenpoint: A thug attacked and robbed a woman as she left a Meeker Avenue bodega on May 11. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Bodega burglars

Bay Ridge: Two masked thugs burst into an Eighth Avenue bodega on May 10, flashing a gun and stealing electronics. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

BEATEN! A pre–Mother’s Day mauling in Dyker Heights

Dyker Heights: A merciless marauder broke into a Dyker Heights apartment on May 9 — two days before Mother’s Day — and slugged a 69-year-old grandmother on the head, knocking her to the floor. Comment.

May 10, 2008

The gun, fake; the horror, real

Park Slope: Three teens were arrested after holding up a woman at gunpoint — or at least what she thought was gunpoint — on 13th Street on April 27. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

See and say

Fort Greene: A man and woman stole a car that had just been dropped off by a customer at an Atlantic Avenue garage on April 27. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

College try

Downtown: Three crooks calmly looted an unlocked college dorm room in the famous St. George hotel building on Henry Street on April 25. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown, and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Bad delivery

Williamsburg: Thugs roughed up a deliveryman on May 4, punching him in the face and stealing his cellphone. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comments (1).

Empty crime

Williamsburg: Crooks bored a hole into the roof of a Richardson Street warehouse on April 29, but they didn’t steal anything. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

With a gun

Bay Ridge: A gun-toting thug robbed a 92nd Street bodega early in the morning on May 1. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Backpick

Prospect Heights: Someone broke into a Dean Street house sometime during the day on May 1. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

RAPE! Teen sexually assaulted at Library

Park Slope: Two men sexually assaulted a teenager in the bathroom at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch on Grand Army Plaza on April 14, cops said. Comments (2).

Elementary

Carroll Gardens: A man’s Amity Street home was burglarized on April 27. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

May 3, 2008

Morning mayhem at the diner!

Park Slope: Two women attacked two other women in an early morning, alcohol-induced knock-down, drag-out brawl at a popular 24-hour diner on Fifth Avenue on April 27. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Gunning for him

Downtown: Two men robbed another man at gunpoint near the victim’s Hicks Street apartment on April 25. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, DUMBO, and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

‘Rape’ and rob

Williamsburg: A vicious crook threatened to rape a Williamsburg woman on April 25, but when she fought back, he snatched her purse and ran. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Gunpoint mug

Bay Ridge: A perp tried to rob a man at gunpoint on Fourth Avenue early on April 26. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Deliverance

Greenpoint: Two teens roughed up a deliveryman on April 23, but cops had no trouble delivering the suspects to justice. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Gun mug

Carroll Gardens: Two men, one with a firearm, robbed a woman on Pacific Street early on April 25. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Slice of life

Fort Greene: Police arrested a man for stabbing another man after verbally harassing a woman on Lafayette Avenue on April 26. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Green and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

BOOZIN’! Thieves steal the spirit from an Atlantic Avenue bar

Carroll Gardens: Thieves stole dozens of bottles of booze from an Atlantic Avenue nightclub’s basement on April 24. Comment.

Third death at the Gregory

Bay Ridge: A woman committed suicide inside of a Bay Ridge hotel room on April 25, making her the third person in just six months to die inside the Best Western Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue. Comment.

April 26, 2008

Red gold! Copper crooks strike

Crime: Copper-thieving varmints made at least two more heists of the increasingly valuable metal last week, following five copper thefts from neighborhood construction sites and metal companies earlier this month. Comment.

NABBED! Cops catch Billyburg ‘Metropolitan mugger’

Williamsburg: Police locked up a Williamsburg man suspected of at least four knifepoint robberies that horrified the hot neighborhood, an NYPD source told The Brooklyn Paper. Comments (1).

Heavy metal sculpture flew the coop

Fort Greene: A beloved Fort Greene sculptor has put up a “generous” reward for the return of a massive bronze piece taken from her Washington Avenue front yard between April 10 and 12. Comment.

Wallbanger

Downtown: A man broke into clothing store on Atlantic Avenue by smashing a hole in the sheet rock walls, apparently with a broom handle, on April 18. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Suicide by cyanide locks down Park Slope

Park Slope: A man committed suicide on Park Slope’s Fourth Street on Monday morning, and cops locked down the block between Sixth and Seventh avenues as a hazmat team removed a suspicious container of fluid that was found next to the man’s body. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Not playing

Fort Greene: Muggers threatened to shoot a girl in a playground on April 11. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Unwanted guest

Bay Ridge: A man surprised the resident of a 79th Street home when he barged through a bedroom window while she was home on April 18. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Intimidation

Williamsburg: Three thugs intimidated a Havemeyer Street man into forking over his wallet and cellphone on April 20. Plus the rest of the crime news from Bushwick and Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

One for two

Carroll Gardens: Burglars tried to plunder two apartments in a Union Street building on April 17, but only managed to break into one of them. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Exit wound

Greenpoint: A 20-year-old woman became a victim of crossfire when she stepped out of a Greenpoint Avenue club on April 18. Comment.

April 19, 2008

Copper bandits loot Brooklyn

Williamsburg: There’s a new Gold Rush going on in Brooklyn — but the precious metal isn’t the same one that drove the ’49ers crazy. It’s copper. Comment.

Broad daylight mug nets $5K

Park Slope: A brazen thief pulled a gun on a woman on Degraw Street in the middle of the day on April 11 and mugged her for her iPhone and $5,000, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Bad Samaritan

Fort Greene: A man beat up an employee of a Carlton Avenue bodega who had tried to stop a 10-year old shoplifter on April 10. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

KNIVES OUT! Three more gruesome Billyburg blade crimes

Williamsburg: Knives are still in style among Williamsburg muggers, as at least three crooks used blades to intimidate and slash their victims. Comment.

High-priced Heights burglary

Downtown: A burglar sneaked into a Willow Street apartment and stole a cornucopia of jewelry and electronics from the four female inhabitants on April 7. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, DUMBO and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Carjack attack

Greenpoint: A would-be car thief turned violent when police arrived on April 8 at the corner of Morgan Avenue and Beadel Street. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comments (1).

Skatelifting

Williamsburg: An extreme crook jacked the skateboard from a 13-year-old on April 9, but cops ended the four-wheeled joyride the next day. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Quadruple play

Carroll Gardens: A boy was robbed of his cellphone by four punks in some after-school misbehavior on West Ninth Street on April 11. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Bathroom break

Bensonhurst: A man had his West 11th Street home robbed of cash, jewelry and clothing while he was at work on April 10. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Gunpoint mug

Bay Ridge: Two men cornered and robbed a teenager at gunpoint on 83rd Street on April 3. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comments (1).

April 12, 2008

Mission accomplished? Cops remove DUMBO watchtower

DUMBO: After peering down on DUMBO for 14 days, cops removed their lookout tower, leaving the low-crime community wondering why police put the watchtower on Front Street in the place. Comments (1).

Beet down

Park Slope: A customer at a trendy Thai restaurant on Seventh Avenue had her purse stolen off the back of her chair when she wasn’t looking on April 4. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Blackberry bandits

Prospect Heights: A 24-year-old woman battled three other women who were attempting to rob her mobile devices on Vanderbilt Avenue on April 6. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Twisted his leg

Greenpoint: A hoodlum turned his victim into a contortionist on March 21, twisting a 54-year-old man’s leg until it broke — but the injured man got one measure of relief when his alleged tormentor was later collared. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Photo-graft

Williamsburg: A man in a business suit stealthily snatched more than $13,000 of photo equipment from a photographer during an April 1 shoot at a wedding hall on Ross Street. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Two banks are robbed two days apart

Downtown: Thieves plundered two Downtown Brooklyn banks in separate incidents last week. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Boerum Hill and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

She’s got legs

Carroll Gardens: An employee at a national retailer on Smith Street couldn’t stop a woman from stealing a pair of leggings on April 4 because she had some brawny backup. Plus all the crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Men down!

Fort Greene: Shots rang out in the early morning of April 6, dropping two men to the cold pavement. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

NABBED! Burglars caught in the act on Flushing Avenue

Williamsburg: Cops interrupted the burglary of a Flushing Avenue sneaker store on April 1, arresting one half of a criminal team that was suspected of robbing the shop of $40,000 of merchandise in January. Comment.

Abut a boy

Bay Ridge: Three men robbed a teenager on April 3 — plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comments (1).

Bank rob

Bensonhurst: Two 86th Street banks were robbed within days of each other last week, leaving similar clues that may link the two to the same robber. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

April 5, 2008

Watchtower: Eye-in-sky is talk of DUMBO

DUMBO: There’s a new high-rise in DUMBO, but this one isn’t residential. Police parked a two-story mobile patrol tower on Front Street between Adams and Pearl streets last week, directly beneath the Manhattan Bridge, puzzling residents of the quiet neighborhood who don’t think of the area as needing 24-hour surveillance. Comments (2).

Cash cab

Downtown: A cabbie picked up a woman — but she picked up his wallet — on March 26. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Two women, two thefts, too bad

Park Slope: Two thieves pounced when two women put their purses down during separate shopping expeditions this week. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Attacking teens

Prospect Heights: Two teens attacked and robbed a bicycle deliveryman on Plaza Street East near Butler Place on March 27 — but they didn’t get far before they were collared by cops. Plus other crime news from the 77th Precinct in Prospect Heights. Comment.

Big haul

Williamsburg: An enterprising perp made off with $35,000 from a home office on Hewes Street on March 30. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Bad workers

Bay Ridge: Two suspects posing as maintenance workers attempted to rob a 70th Street house on March 27. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Shoplifted

Fort Greene: A shopper spent more than she thought she would when she left her pocketbook on the counter of a fancy soap shop on March 24. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

March 29, 2008

Burning down the house — on 12th Street

Park Slope: A man harassed and threatened a woman — and then set fire to the curtains of her 12th Street apartment early on March 22, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Criminal raid

Bensonhurst: A group of three unwanted houseguests raided a 20th Avenue apartment — but the trio was later arrested for beating and robbing the tenant on March 16. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

ID theft

Bay Ridge: Police are investigating two cases of identity theft that were reported on March 14. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comment.

Easy burgling

Downtown: A burglar crept into a Montague Street apartment on March 16, stealing two Apple laptops. And the rest of the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Boerum Hill and Dumbo’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Teenage mugs

Fort Greene: Cops arrested four teen muggers on March 17 — plus the rest of the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Cops: Pol’s wife’s attacker is nabbed

Bensonhurst: Police say they have arrested the man who assaulted and tried to kidnap the wife of Councilman Domenic Recchia last week. Comment.

KNIFEPOINT! Cops notice pattern in Billyburg mugs

Williamsburg: Cops have identified a pattern of knifepoint stick-ups in Williamsburg involving a Hispanic man in his late teens or early 20s who follows women, pulls a knife, demands their dough then flees. Comment.

Getting a Dell

Williamsburg: A crook broke into a Maujer Street man’s apartment — plus the rest of the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Greenpoint gun

Williamsburg: An armed thug targeted a man leaving a nightclub on March 22 — plus the rest of the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Doc’s back

Park Slope: Dr. Vasudev Gabbur is back to work at his 13th Street office, a month after he was brutally beaten. Comment.

March 22, 2008

Heights church is the scene of this crime

Brooklyn Heights: A woman’s wallet was stolen inside of a Monroe Place church on March 12. Plus all the other crime news from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

CAUGHT! Mugger gets bag, but is collared within minutes

Park Slope: A thief who mugged a woman after putting her in a headlock early on March 15 was quickly arrested by cops who drove the victim around the neighborhood after the crime. Comment.

SLASHED! Robbers were using the big blades last week

Greenpoint: At least four robbers used blades this week to intimidate their victims and make off with their cash. Comment.

Berry bad

Williamsburg: Two gunmen ripped off a Berry Street liquor store. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct Comment.

Piggy bank rob

Williamsburg: Burglars broke into a Stagg Street apartment, snatching everything they could grab — even the piggy bank on March 12. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Burgs in the hood

Prospect Heights: Burglars struck two apartments within a one-block radius in three days this week. Plus all the other crime from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Fake cops

Fort Greene: Two more police impersonators struck on March 14, showing up at a St. James Place apartment with a “warrant,” pulling out firearms, handcuffing their victim, and walking off with $2,000 worth of his belongings. Plus the rest of the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Martha Mug

Park Slope: One of Martha Stewart’s co-workers gets mugged — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comments (1).

March 15, 2008

Swastika man moonlighted for NYPD

Brooklyn Heights: The man charged with defacing Remsen Street buildings and cars with swastikas was reportedly working as an informant for the NYPD. As you might imagine, prosecutors had to dismiss that case! Comment.

GUNMAN! Man in easy-to-spot jacket pulls gun on two

Park Slope: Two Park Slope women had run-ins with the same style-challenged gunmen in separate incidents on March 4, cops said. Comments (3).

Marauder, striking in Slope, grabs gal’s purse

Park Slope: A perp jumped a woman and fled in a bad-ass car. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Give it up

Carroll Gardens: Two men mugged a woman on Degraw Street. Plus all the other crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Purse slip

Bensonhurst: A thief stole a woman’s pocketbook as she shopped in a Bay Parkway department store on March 7. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Fake cops

Williamsburg: Three gun-toting criminals impersonated cops late on March 3, invading a woman’s home and making off with $30,000 in cash and valuables. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Bank heist

Williamsburg: A bandit stole $5,000 from a bank on Manhattan Avenue. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Teenage girls mug another

Fort Greene: Four teenage girls mugged another teen heading home from school on March 3 at the corner of Hanson and South Elliott places. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Drive-by mugging

Bay Ridge: A mugger grabbed a woman’s purse on 74th Street just after midnight on March 7. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comment.

Hits and runs

Prospect Heights: There were at least two hit-and-runs in the neighborhood last week, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct. Comment.

March 8, 2008

‘Shooting’ scare at Heights prep school

Downtown: An elite private school went under siege on Feb. 22 when a student received an anonymous online message from someone claiming that he would blow up the school. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

It’s not funny

Fort Greene: A man’s sense of humor got him into trouble on Feb. 27, when he laughed at two guys fighting and ended up with a bump on his head. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

School daze

Williamsburg: Two schools were burglarized last week, in incidents that netted criminals thousands of dollars in cash and electronics. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Jaw broken

Williamsburg: An assailant broke a pedestrian’s jaw in multiple places on Feb. 24, after a woman started a conversation with another man. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Trade tools

Carroll Gardens: Thieves on wheels plundered a parked commercial truck laden with valuable tools on Sackett Street on Feb. 21. Plus all the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Nice place to visit or die

Bay Ridge: Three months, two deaths, one hotel — and everyone is talking. Comment.

Muggings! This train is ‘L’ on riders at Bedford Ave.

Williamsburg: A hard week for twenty-something men using the Bedford Avenue L station ended with hard time for one teenager. Comments (2).

Fake money stolen!

Park Slope: A beer-loving perp assaulted a bodega clerk and then stole fake money off the store’s wall before running away on Feb. 26. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Boy robbed

Bay Ridge: A 16-year-old boy was beaten and robbed on Shore Road on Feb. 28. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Driveway rob

Bay Ridge: A couple walking to the steps of their 70th Street home was beaten and robbed by a group of perps on March 1. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

March 1, 2008

Another death at Ridge hotel

Bay Ridge: A hotel cleaning woman discovered the body of a 52-year-old man, his mouth covered in duct tape, in the bathtub of Room 221 at the Best Western Gregory Hotel in Bay Ridge on Monday afternoon, cops said. Comments (1).

February 23, 2008

CHASED! Woman robs man, but he pursues her right into the arms of the law

Downtown: A man who saw a wad of cash snatched out of his hand followed the thief onto a subway, into Manhattan, and eventually brought the perp to justice with the help of a security guard. Comments (1).

THUGS! Two cases of men behaving really badly

Williamsburg: Two exes allegedly beat up their former lovers last week in separate, but equally horrifying, incidents. Comments (1).

Rear window

Park Slope: A burglar stealthily broke into a 13th Street apartment, hauling away gadgets and jewels. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Break-in bonanza

Downtown: A string of burglaries hit Brooklyn Heights last week, as at least four apartments within spitting distance of each other were broken into — two of them on the same floor of the same building. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Boerum Hill and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Forced withdrawal

Fort Greene: Two perps not only took a man’s phone, but they got him to take $100 out of his ATM. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Social gathering

Bay Ridge: A group of catty, drunken women beat up and robbed another woman at a 62nd Street watering hole. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Walking bandits

Bay Ridge: Two thugs beat up and robbed a man on Third Avenue after nonchalantly approaching him. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Troubled corner

Williamsburg: Beware the corner of Kent Avenue and North Fifth Street, which was the site of two robberies last week. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

There were lots of burglaries in Williamsburg last week

Williamsburg: It was a bonanza fortnight for burglars in Williamsburg, but one crime stood out: a smash-and-grab job at a Varick Avenue auto repair shop. Plus all the other crime news from the 90th Precinct in Williamsburg. Comment.

Boy wonder

Carroll Gardens: Three teens robbed and attacked a 10-year-old boy on the corner of Clinton and Union streets. Plus the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (1).

February 16, 2008

BOOKED! Hey, teacher — leave them kids alone!

Fort Greene: Most principals tell kids to hit the books, but on Feb. 5, a principal at a Christian elementary school was arrested for using a book to hit a kid, cops said. Comment.

No holiday fun on St. Marks

Park Slope: A woman returned from a vacation to find her St. Marks Place apartment cleaned out. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

BLACKOUT! No memory, cash or iPod in Comfort Inn rob

Park Slope: Here’s another reminder to be careful about who you go home with. Comment.

Subway rob

Downtown: Three teens robbed a schoolboy at the Jay Street subway station on Feb. 7. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Berry bad

Williamsburg: Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Fake cops

Park Slope: Two men posing as police officers stole $5,000 from elderly woman after telling her she was under investigation for using counterfeit money on Feb. 11. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Ski-masked gunmen stick up office

Carroll Gardens: Masked gunmen raided a Gowanus-area office on Feb. 1 — plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Security gods

Fort Greene: Security guards at an Atlantic Avenue supermarket went above and beyond the call of duty on Feb. 5 when they chased a middle-aged purse snatcher down the street and detained him until police could arrive. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Man dead

Williamsburg: A man was found dead in his Maujer Street apartment on Feb. 3. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

February 9, 2008

Park Slope pediatrician beaten in office

Park Slope: A robber pistol-whipped a beloved 67-year-old doctor. Comments (3).

GOTCHA! Man catches car thief

Williamsburg: One day after his car was stolen, the victim saw it being gassed up at service station. Comments (2).

Swastika bomber indicted

Downtown: A Brooklyn Heights man was hit with a 132-count indictment. Comment.

The International House of Banditry

Downtown: The new restaurant’s staff coat rack was rifled through … and all the crime in the 84th Precinct. Comment.

Two men, one arm

Park Slope: Two men, one carrying an automatic gun, robbed another man … and all the crime in the 76th Precinct. Comment.

Family feud

Park Slope: A man fingers his estranged daughter as the person who burglarized his house … and all the crime in the 78th Precinct. Comment.

Radio days

Bay Ridge: Two mic’d-up bandits held up a local eatery … and all the other 68th Precinct crime. Comment.

Life savings taken

Bay Ridge: A 43-year-old man lost everything … and all the other 62nd Precinct crime. Comment.

Stick-up to go

Fort Greene: A pizza place was robbed … and all the other 88th Precinct crime. Comment.

February 2, 2008

REPORTED! Slopers starting to come forward to solve ID thefts

Park Slope: Three more Park Slopers have been the victim of — and actually reported! — identity theft. Comment.

Stone’s throw

Park Slope: Vandals smashed the window of a man’s car on Jan. 23. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Woman grabbed and robbed on Lincoln Place

Park Slope: Four thugs attacked a woman on Jan. 22 — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Punched out

Downtown: Two hooligans punched and robbed a man on Jan. 23 — plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

WEIRDO! Gunman invades nail salon, has women lift shirts

Williamsburg: A gunman barged into an India Street nail salon and stole $267 from two terrified employees on Jan. 23. Comment.

Lover’s quarrel

Williamsburg: A woman who was arguing with her boyfriend lost her purse to an opportunistic thief at the corner of Manhattan Avenue and India Street on Jan. 27. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Robber caught

Williamsburg: A teenage thug with a rap sheet as long as his arm was arrested yet again after robbing a candy store on Havemeyer Street on Jan. 22, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Punch ’n’ rob

Fort Greene: Four thugs punched a Grand Avenue pedestrian on Jan. 22. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

A sore thumb

Carroll Gardens: One man slashed another man on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

January 26, 2008

Shattered

Park Slope: A 33-year-old man never knew what hit him on Jan. 16 when a perp bashed him from behind on Union Street and stole his wallet — but the good news is that the thug was later arrested, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

SPEAK UP! Bloggers will tell all about thefts, but don’t tell cops

Park Slope: It turns out that cops in the 78th Precinct are not aware of any spike in identity thefts, despite weeks of blog frenzy over the elusive crime. Comments (3).

Horrifying attack on Bklyn Bridge bicyclist

Downtown: A bicyclist was robbed and pummeled by a gang of teenagers on the Brooklyn Bridge footpath on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comments (1).

Three on one

Park Slope: Three teenagers mugged a 34-year-old woman shortly at around 5 pm on Jan. 21. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct. Comment.

School scuffle

Fort Greene: A fight broke out in a elementary school auditorium on Jan. 18 — which would be normal enough except that both of the participants were parents. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.