76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Money clipped
A crook took a woman’s wallet from her bag as she rode the subway near Fourth Place on Jan. 23, cops said.
The 32-year-old victim said she was aboard the F train carrying her shoulder strap bag, which had her wallet inside, between Clinton and Court streets at 10:45 pm. When she left the subway and got into a taxi to head home, she realized her billfold containing an iPhone, one debit card, and three credit cards, was missing, police reported.
The woman did not suspect anyone at the time, according to cops.
Doesn’t add up
Cops cuffed six guys who they say all possessed two loaded guns in the Red Hook Houses on Columbia Street on Jan. 23.
Cops said they found the fellows — ages 18, 20, 20, 22, 26, and 29 — with one black, .25 caliber firearm and a black, 9 mm handgun between Nelson and Huntington streets at 6:40 am. Each gentleman was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property.
Through the looking glass
A prowler busted into a man’s apartment on Smith Street through the window on Jan. 24, cops said.
The 24-year-old victim told cops the bedroom window of his pad between Baltic and Warren streets was broken open sometime between noon and 5:45 pm, wrecking its latch. He said he is not sure if anything is missing.
Wheelies popped
A burglar made off with three bicycles and two scooters from a barbershop on Clinton Street sometime between Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, cops said.
The thief got in through an unlocked back door of the business between West Ninth and Garnet streets between 9 pm on Jan. 25 and 9 pm the next day, and broke the lock and doorknob on the basement door according to police. The 52-year-old victim said three bicycles, two blue and one black,, and two scooters were taken.
— Megan Riesz
