94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Vicious cycle
Thieves are stealing bicycles across Williamsburg, police say.
• Some villain lifted a guy’s ride from a where he had left it at a park on N. 12th Street on May 12.
The guy came back to the green space at Union Avenue at around 6 pm and discovered it wasn’t there any more, police said.
• Then on May 14 on May 1, a crook stole a man’s bike from where locked up near N. Seventh Street.
The owner had secured it to building scaffolding at Kent Avenue, but when he returned at 11:30 am, all he found was the remains of his lock, police said.
• The following day, a baddie stole two two-wheelers after the owner left them tied up outside his home on Bedford Avenue.
The owner told police he realized at around 1:15 pm that they had vanished from where he left them at N. Fourth Street, and nearby security cameras then revealed the thief in action, according to a report.
Planks for nothing
A lady smashed a man in the head with a piece of wood after claiming he stole her luggage on Manhattan Avenue on May 10.
The two strangers got into an argument at India Street at 7:30 pm when the woman claimed he stole her bag, police said. The malcontent then hit the man in the head with the timber, cutting it on the right side according to the police report.
Duped
Some scammers duped a woman into giving them $10,000 on Manhattan Avenue on May 11.
The victim was walking toward Nassau Avenue at noon when the hucksters approached her and convinced her that if she gave them the money, she’d get $50,000 back later, a report said.
The woman handed over the cash and the group headed towards a bank where the racketeers said they were going to take jewelry from a safety deposit box — but instead they fled in a black minivan with her money, police said.
Taking credit
Some lout stole a woman’s purse and credit cards on a packed L train near Bedford Avenue on May 12.
The woman told police she noticed someone bump into her before exiting the Manhattan-bound train at the stop at around 9:30 am, but she didn’t see anyone reaching into her bag.
But then she started getting e-mail alerts for unauthorized credit card transactions, and discovered her pocketbook and cards were gone later that day while in a Manhattan store, according to a report.
— Tatiana Hernandez
