March 8, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 10

Two schools were burglarized last week in incidents that netted criminals thousands of dollars in cash and electronics.

A Wilson Street facility was stripped of nearly $8,000 worth of computers sometime between 4 pm on Feb. 25 and 9:30 am the next morning.

Thieves hit four classrooms in the building, which houses an elementary and charter school, between Bedford and Lee avenues, making off with nine Apple and Dell laptops worth a combined $7,400.

Three days later, cops discovered another break-in at a second elementary school, this was one Berry Street between Grand and South First streets.

Cops said that between 1:20 pm on Feb. 25 and 10 am on Feb. 28, someone stole $1,365 that an employee had left in a lockbox within a locked closet. She said she’s the only person with a key to the closet.

Home invasion

Here’s a morning buzz-kill: A woman and her boyfriend awoke in their South 11th Street apartment on Feb. 27 to find a man squatting by the window, disconnecting computer equipment.

After the rude awakening at 9:05 am, the boyfriend grabbed the burglar, who said, “Sorry,” and then ran away from the apartment, which is between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street. He got away with $80 and a $120 computer mouse.

Jeep stolen

A $55,000 Range Rover was stolen from the corner of Graham Avenue and Scholes Street on Feb. 24.

The 32-year-old owner of the fancy set of wheels said he parked at 4 am. When he returned four hours later, all that remained of the 2006 SUV was some broken glass.

Cyclist-thief

A thief on a bicycle snatched a purse from a woman as she walked at the corner of Moore Street and Manhattan Avenue on Feb. 27.

The 31-year-old said that a guy on a bike rode by at 4:05 pm and snatched her purse, before pedaling toward Graham Avenue. Inside her bag, the Humboldt Street resident had been carrying an ID, a Medicaid card, and a cellphone.

Mugged

Several thugs choked a woman and punched her in the face, before stealing her purse on March 3.

The violent mugging happened at 11:55 pm, when the 20-year-old victim was at the corner of Cook Street and Graham Avenue. The thieves scored.

The victim, who was carrying $8,076 inside a leather purse, refused medical attention.

Gunpoint mug

A teenage boy was mugged at gunpoint on Kent Avenue on March 3.

Two hoodlums pulled a gun on a 17-year-old kid at 3 pm as he was walking between South Sixth Street and Broadway, on his way to work. They made off with $100.

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