August 4, 2007 / News / Police Blotter / Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Cement mixer is taken

By Chris Cascarano

for The Brooklyn Paper

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A new cement mixer was stolen from a construction site in DUMBO on July 20. The thieves managed to remove the tool from the worksite at Front and York streets, despite the fact that it was fully enclosed. The $30,355 piece of equipment and was reported to be new and has not been recovered. The robbery occurred at about 5 pm.

Phone tag

A woman’s purse was stolen and her cell phone was held for ransom on July 22 at a restaurant near Pacific and Smith streets. The handbag, with the phone inside, was stolen from the counter in the restaurant at around 1:30 am. When the woman called her phone the thief answered and agreed to return it to her for $40. Without alerting authorities, the woman complied and made the exchange at Bond and Baltic streets. None of her other belonging were recovered.

Choke Rob

A man was choked and robbed on July 28 near the entrance to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on Sands Street. The mugging occurred around 9:30 pm when the victim, a 40-year-old man, was approached by as many as nine younger men. The man was thrown to the ground and choked while the attackers took $600 and his watch. The victim suffered bruises to his knees and neck.

Bag man

On July 26, thousands of dollars was stolen from a Staten Island man’s bag at a diner near the corner of Pacific and Smith streets. The man entered the restaurant around 2 pm and set his bag on the counter. The man left the room and returned to find his pouch — and the $4,550 it contained – had been swiped. Later the bag was found empty outside the restaurant.

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