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Police Blotter

The gun, fake; the horror, real

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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. Comment.

Empty crime

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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. Comment.

Elementary

Crime: 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!

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

Third death at the Gregory

Crime: 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’

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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!

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

Bank rob

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

Berry bad

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

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

Crime: 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!

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

Rear window

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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!

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

Subway rob

Crime: 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

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

Fake cops

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

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

GOTCHA! Man catches car thief

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

Swastika bomber indicted

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

The International House of Banditry

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

Two men, one arm

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

Family feud

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

Radio days

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

Life savings taken

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

Stick-up to go

Crime: 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

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

Stone’s throw

Crime: 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

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

Punched out

Crime: 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

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

Lover’s quarrel

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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

Crime: 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.

Park mugging

Crime: A 13-year-old girl was mugged as she walked through McCarren Park on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

ROBBED! Art space loses its security equipment to thieves

Crime: Galapagos, the Williamsburg arts haven that is rehabbing an old stables for a move to DUMBO, was robbed of almost $300,000 worth of security devices that were supposed to keep its future home protected, cops said. Comments (5).

INVASION! He breaks into home hours after mugging someone

Crime: An armed thug claiming that he had just stabbed someone, robbed two Williamsburg women after forcing his way into their South Fourth Street apartment on Jan. 19. Comment.

Smash ’n’ grab

Crime: A burglar broke a window to invade a woman’s Union Street home and steal her purse on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (1).

Caper foiled

Crime: Police arrested two young men on Jan. 20 as the perps tried to steal copper pipes from a construction site. Comment.

On camera

Crime: A thief stole a high-tech camera from a 92nd Street medical office. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

January 19, 2008

Cops nab hotel stabber

Crime: Police in Bay Ridge have arrested a woman and charged her with fatally stabbing a man in the Best Western Gregory Hotel last month. Comment.

CAUGHT! Mugger is collared after Prospect Park West purse snatch

Crime: One teen who robbed a woman on Fifth Street near Prospect Park was chased down and collared on Jan. 6, but his accomplice got away. Comment.

Stinky fish

Crime: A thief made off with a woman’s wallet while she was dining at a Flatbush Avenue sushi restaurant on Jan. 13. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct. Comment.

Carjacked

Crime: A car and a motorcycle were stolen within hours of each other on Jan. 9. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Cleaner blamed for cleaning out

Crime: A housecleaner has been blamed for stealing jewelry from a Sterling Place apartment on Dec. 18. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Special delivery

Crime: A perp posing as a UPS deliveryman gained entrance to a man’s Washington Avenue apartment on Jan. 7 and attempted to force the man to empty his bank account, but the resourceful victim managed to escape after losing only $4. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Bad order

Crime: Yet another Chinese food deliveryman was robbed, this time at knifepoint in a Bay 17th Street building on Jan. 9. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Nightclub theft

Crime: A woman was partying too hard at a Bedford Avenue nightclub on Jan. 10 — and someone swiped her handbag, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Old gold

Crime: It was a bad week for old folks in Williamsburg. Plus all the crime news from the 90th Precinct. Comment.

Sweepscam

Crime: A 64-year-old Bay Ridge man is the latest victim of a widespread Canadian-based sweepstakes scam. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comment.

RAID! Two gunmen storm warehouse

Crime: Two gun-toting bandits raked in $9,600 from a heist in a Seabring Street warehouse on Jan. 5. Comment.

SAVED! Park worker was the hero when shots were fired

Crime: A heroic city employee protected 50 people, most of them tykes, in a Prospect Heights playground after two shots were fired in their direction on Jan. 9. He told the harrowing story exclusively to The Brooklyn Paper. Comment.

WHEELS! Man beats friend but loses car

Crime: A fight between two men ended up with one man’s car stolen and another beaten. Comment.

January 12, 2008

Villains ring in ’08 with crime

Crime: New Year’s Eve is a popular time for partiers to practice their hedonistic art, but it also proved to be a good time for criminals to get to work in Park Slope. At least five crimes — including an assault, two break-ins, a purse-snatching, and a car theft — all occurred in the hours just before or just after the ball dropped in Times Square. Plus other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Fire escaped

Crime: A thief made off with $2,700 in valuables from a Prospect Place apartment on Jan. 2. Plus all the other crime news from our newest precinct, the 77th in Prospect Heights. Comments (1).

Standoff! Slope comes to halt as man with shotgun goes nuts

Crime: Ninth Street was locked down late on Jan. 6 and early into the next morning after an emotionally disturbed — and possibly drugged out — man fired a shotgun inside his house. Comment.

School bully

Crime: A Fort Hamilton HS student assaulted a school security officer on Jan. 4. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

Babes at gunpoint

Crime: It was a bad week for 12-year-old boys in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. In two separate incidents on Jan. 3, two 12-year-old boys were robbed at gunpoint. Plus all the other crime news from Clinton Hill and Fort Greene’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Court slash

Crime: A woman was slashed with a razor after an argument at the criminal courthouse on Jay Street on Jan. 3. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Fork You

Crime: All the crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Heist! $1M worth of jewels lifted in Billyburg kidnap

Crime: A jeweler was kidnapped at gunpoint in the Hasidic section of Williamsburg on Dec. 31 and forced to drive to his warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where his captors stole more than $1 million worth of gold and jewels. Comment.

Cop: Muggers not singling out women

Crime: Park Slope’s top cop dismissed rumors that the neighborhood has been plagued by a recent spate of muggings targeting women walking by themselves. Comment.

Home invasion

Crime: A trespassing thief shot a man inside his 70th Street apartment while the victim was watching television on Jan. 5. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comments (1).

All bark, no bite

Crime: A gun-toting robber tried to stick up an eatery on Dwight Street, but left empty-handed. Plus all the other news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Cops seek help nailing bank thief

Crime: Here is the man whom police say robbed the Commerce Bank on Fifth Avenue on Dec. 23. Comment.

January 5, 2008

Now these are some smooth thieves

Crime: Police are looking for three men who stole more than $1,600 worth of lotion, cough medicine and eye drops from a drug store on Court Street on Dec. 29. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Police nab serial robber

Crime: A repeated robber of 24-hour delis on Court Street got caught because he struck too frequently — plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct Comment.

Fatal stabbing in Bay Ridge

Crime: A 39-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his 29-year-old roommate on Dec. 26 in their Fifth Avenue apartment building, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comments (1).

Kicked while down

Crime: Three thugs punched and knocked down a 28-year-old Grand Street resident, and then, as the coup de grace, kicked him while he was down on Dec. 30. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct Comment.

Elderly rob

Crime: An elderly couple had their Cropsey Avenue apartment robbed of cash and jewelry while they were away on Dec. 28. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Unwelcome guest at the Comfort Inn

Crime: Someone broke into the Comfort Inn — and stole water! Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
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