94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Pup napped
A heartless villain stole a man’s dog and cellphone when he temporarily left them at a Kent Avenue park on June 6, police said.
The man told cops he left his phone and his chihuahua in a dog carrier backpack on top of a bench near N. Ninth Street around 11 am. He then went to play soccer at a field nearby, cops said.
He went to check on his pet after playing for an hour and found the pooch was missing, cops said. The man said his dog was later returned to him, but he still does not have his phone.
Crime of convenience
Two thieves stole merchandise from a Manhattan Avenue convenience store on June 6, police said.
A worker at the store near Meserole Avenue said the devious duo came in around 4:15 pm claiming to be vendors, but then started grabbing stuff from off the shelves and putting it into two duffel bags.
They fled on foot in an unknown direction, a report said.
Punching punks
A group of teens attacked and tried to rob two other kids on Lorimer Street on June 8, cops said.
The victims said they went to McCarren Park after school, where the delinquents approached them near Bayard Street at 4:10 pm. One scoundrel grabbed one of the kids, punching him in the face and chest, and attempting to steal his wallet, a police report said.
The other nogoodniks punched the second victim twice in the face, causing it to swell, police said. They tried to take his phone, but the boys got away and ran to their school, cops said.
All planned out
A well prepared pirate plundered a Driggs Avenue diner on June 7 and stole cash, police said.
The owner of the restaurant at Lorimer Street said the burglar cut the glass of the store’s rear window around 2 am. The camera on scene showed the intruder going straight to the place where cash was stored, as if he was familiar with the store’s layout, cops said.
Witnesses then saw the perp fleeing toward Bayard Street, a police report said.
Compromised cards
Sneaks stole money or made unauthorized transactions on Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents’ credit and debit cards this week in three separate incidents. Here’s the rundown:
• Someone withdrew nearly $2,000 from a N. Fifth Street man’s debit card on May 18, police said.
The man, who lives near Driggs Avenue, noticed that someone took the money out of his account from an automated teller machine. But his card had been securely in his wallet, according to a police report.
• A thief took $503 from a N. Eighth Street woman’s account through a cash dispenser in Queens on May 29, according to a police report.
She said she found out about the unauthorized transaction at her home near Kent Avenue around 1 pm. Her card had not left her sight, cops said.
• A bandit helped himself to $200 from Leonard Street man’s account on June 5, cops said.
The victim said he noticed the withdrawal while at his home near Conselyea Street at 6:40 pm, according to a report. He still has his card, cops said.
— Tatiana Hernandez
