76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Pay-dough
Cops cuffed a man who they say stole hundreds of dollars from a woman at a hotel on Hamilton Avenue on April 1.
The suspect, 20, got into an argument with the 21-year-old victim near Bowne Street around 8:40 pm and looted $200 from her bag, according to cops. The woman said she tried to stop the guy, but he pushed her and fled. The victim then followed him and dialed 911, cops reported.
The guy was charged with robbery and harassment.
Broken window fury
A man was arrested for breaking the door of a car-service business on Columbia Street between April 4 and April 6, cops said.
A surveillance camera at the business near Verona Street caught the 28-year-old fellow kicking in the glass door sometime between April 4 at 6 am and April 6 at 12:10 am, according to police, who say they arrested the man at 12:15 am inside the business.
Sweater divest
Police are looking for a formerly under-dressed thief who they say stole two sweaters from a clothing store on Smith Street on April 6, according to police.
A 24-year-old worker said the sticky-fingered fashion plate swiped the garments off a clothing rack at the establishment between Butler and Douglass streets around 6:12 pm and ran down Smith Street.
The 39-year-old man stands 5-foot-7 and weighs 200 pounds, according to a report.
Open Sesame
A burglar stole a laptop and iPad from a Baltic Street apartment on April 4, cops said.
The prowler crept in through a window of the abode between Smith and Court streets sometime between 9 am and 11:09 pm, when the 33-year-old victim came home and noticed that his MacBook Pro, iPad Mini, and $10 in cash missing, according to a police report.
The front door and window of the apartment were both open and unlocked, police stated.
Silent violence
A band of goons attacked a woman on Columbia Street on April 5, cops said.
The 19-year-old woman was near Verona Street on her way home from work when a group of women assaulted her on the street, according to police. The victim was unwilling to give the girls and boys in blue any further information, they said.
— Megan Riesz
