April 14, 2007 / News / Police Blotter / Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Man and son threaten tenant’s dog

By Lilo H. Stainton

The Brooklyn Paper

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An angry landlord and his son threatened to harm the pet dogs of a tenant they are trying to force from a Dwight Street building, police said.

The 52-year-old victim was at home, near Wolcott Street, when the family of thugs showed up around 12:30 pm on April 2. They reiterated their demands that he move out and asked when he was planning to leave. To underscore their demand, the son told the victim he would somehow hurt the man’s dogs.

Police have the names of the intimidating landlords and are investigating the harassment complaint.

Cleaned out

Strangely, they left the kitchen sink.

But burglars took just about everything else — including a washing machine and a safe stuffed with $5,000 — from a Lorraine Street apartment on April 4, police said.

The 50-year-old tenant left for work around 7 am, but when he returned after a long day, around 11 pm, his home, in a building near Hicks Street, had been ransacked.

In addition to the $250 safe, stuffed with cash, and the $600 washing machine, he also lost a DVD player worth $100 and several other items. Neighbors told police they never heard a thing.

Pipe-cleaned

Someone swiped dozens of copper pipes valued at over $1,700 from a plumbing supply store on Baltic Street last week, police said.

The copper-fiend came calling after hours, between 4:30 pm on April 2 and 7 am the following day. When workers arrived, they found the padlock on the yard had been clipped and more than a hundred different pipes were missing from the site, near Smith Street.

Package stolen

Someone swiped an express package with a $1,500 gold necklace that was delivered to a Warren Street building on March 26, police said.

The 52-year-old victim said the package disappeared from the lobby of her building, between Smith and Court streets, between 1:30 pm on March 26 and 10 pm on April 3. It was not clear why she waited to report the disappearance of a jewelry item that was purchased online, sent via an overnight shipper, and allegedly left by her door on March 26.

Burglar central

Car thieves hit the jackpot recently when they discovered a Jeep with a $100 stashed inside and another car with more than $3,000 in designer clothing — both near the same corner and just two days apart, police said.

Sometime between 6 pm and 9:15 pm on March 30, a burglar busted into a 2003 Mini Cooper parked on Congress Street, near Hicks Street. The 66-year-old owner lost a treasure trove of clothing and other valuables, including a laptop computer, a digital camera, two leather and silver belts worth $500 each, a $400 Hermes scarf and over $400 in cosmetics and toiletries, police noted.

Burglars struck again on April 1, between 7 pm and 11:45 pm, targeting a 2004 Jeep parked on Hicks Street, near the corner of Congress.

The 22-year-old owner told police the following items were missing: a credit card, a bank card, a personal check, a Massachusetts driver’s license, health insurance ID and a $100 bill.

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