April 19, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 16

A burglar sneaked into a Willow Street apartment and stole a cornucopia of jewelry and electronics from the four female inhabitants on April 7.

The roomies told police they were not home between 8:30 am and 1 pm when one of the ladies discovered the theft.

It was not apparent how the thief broke into the apartment, which is between Pineapple and Orange streets, but he got away with four laptops, a digital camera and assorted jewelry.

Money for nothing

Police arrested a subway-riding miscreant and his buddies for attempting to rob another passenger on the N train at the DeKalb Avenue station on April 12.

The ruckus began when a 21-year-old troublemaker took an umbrella from another man. He returned it to the victim, but then aggressively panhandled him and other straphangers.

Police arrested the alleged pest and his two companions, aged 19–21, at around 4:20 am.

Hacker

A crook hacked into a car parked on Livingston Street and stole two computers on April 10.

The owner told police he left his car between Smith Street and Gallatin Place at 4:30 pm and came back a half-hour later, which was enough time for someone to finagle the lock and steal the computer and laptop that had been inside.

Call baiting

A fleet-footed mugger stole a cellphone right out of a woman’s hand on State Street at around 1 pm on April 8.

The man robbed the victim so fast near the corner of Clinton Street that she didn’t even get a look at the culprit.

Hours later on Livingston Street, a similar incident happened. This time, a thief ripped a cellphone from a man’s hand, near the corner of Nevins Street, at 7:40 pm.

What a mess

A woman’s office was ransacked while she received some training in another part of the Remsen Street building on April 9.

The 23-year-old worked left her workspace at 3 pm, with her pocketbook tucked under her desk. She came back at 4:10 pm to find papers strewn about the floor in her office, between Court and Clinton streets, and her wallet missing.

She lost $25.

Gold rush

Cops say someone broke into a woman’s Gold Street storage space sometime between April 7 and 12.

The victim told police that she locked the unit at 5:30 pm on April 7, but when she returned at 4:15 pm on April 12, the locker was cracked open and her computer, flat-screen TV, leather jacket, bicycle and silverware had been stolen from the building, which is between Tillary Street and Tech Place.

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