January 5, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 1

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.

The bandits were caught on video stealing 88 bottles of lotion, 28 boxes of cold and cough medicine and 24 bottles of Visine from the store, which is at the corner of Court and Joralemon streets.

If caught, the well-moisturized men will face felony charges because the theft was more than $1,000.

Brutal beating

A woman barely escaped with her life when several thugs threw her head first into a mailbox, beat and kicked her and then put a knife to her throat to steal her wallet and earrings on Dec. 23.

The victim escaped the 4 am attack when the hooligans ran off after spotting a police car speeding to the corner of Jay and Chapel streets, where the 20-year-old woman was bleeding on the sidewalk.

The attackers escaped, but the woman was treated.

Purse punch

A 36-year-old woman told police that a man punched her in the face and stole her purse as she was walking down the sidewalk near Metrotech Center on Dec. 28.

The robber, who attacked the woman at the corner of Adams and Willoughby streets, got away with $829 and her school safety ID badge.

Watch your bag

A quick-moving thief stole a woman’s handbag as she was trying on shoes on the Fulton Mall on New Year’s Eve.

The 23-year-old victim told police she was admiring a pair of shoes that she had just picked out when she noticed that her purse was missing.

The thief got $60 cash, a $150 Sprint cellphone, a $20 wallet and an $80 purse.

Jewel heist

An employee at a Fulton Mall jewelry store was arrested on New Year’s Eve for stealing almost $10,000 from the nightly deposit bags.

The 26-year-old suspect had $4,480 in stolen cash on her when the cops picked her up in the store’s office. She allegedly stole $9,800 from the deposit bags on at least two occasions beginning on Dec. 21.

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