March 8, 2008 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Boy robbed

By Joe Jordan

for The Brooklyn Paper

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A 16-year-old boy was beaten and robbed on Shore Road on Feb. 28.

Police say two perps jumped the boy and punched him in the face after following him down 87th Street at 7:50 am.

After beating the kid, the assailants went through his coat pockets and took his wallet, which contained $24, before fleeing.

Church swipe

You can even be robbed in church.

That’s what one 47-year-old woman found out on Feb. 26 after she left her pocketbook unattended in a Seventh Avenue cathedral, which is between 63rd and 64th streets.

A diabolical crook stole the woman’s purse and its contents, which are valued at $369, from an unwatched table at around 10:30 pm.

Hide the keys

A 41-year-old Bay Ridge Parkway mother dismissed her 8-year-old son’s claim that he saw a strange man standing in the vestibule of their house on Feb. 25 — but the next day it was clear that something had happened after all.

Police say the family’s car was stolen from the driveway of the house, which is located between Ninth and 10th avenues, using the car keys that are usually kept in the same vestibule. The car, a 2003 gray Volvo, is valued at $30,000.

Apartment rob

A thief got through the double-locked doors of a 65th Street apartment on Feb. 28 and managed to get lots of goodies in the 7 am heist.

The tenant of the apartment, which is between Third and Fourth avenues, lost jewelry, a laptop, a safe and personal documents.

Check scams

Police are investigating two check-cashing scams that occurred last week.

The first took place on Feb. 25 when someone wrote unauthorized checks in the name of a 94th Street woman that totaled $7,650.

A day later, four forged checks supposedly signed by an Fifth Avenue car dealership were cashed in Flatbush. The checks were made out to a former employee who ceased working with the company, which is located between 89th and 90th streets.

It’s unclear if the crimes are related.

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