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

An extreme crook jacked the skateboard from a 13-year-old on April 9, but cops ended the four-wheeled joyride the next day.

The young skater was riding around the corner of Broadway and Union Avenue at around 3 pm when the crook shoved him to the sidewalk, cops say. Before the victim could get to his feet, the thief grabbed the $160 board and rode away.

But he didn’t have much time to enjoy his new ride — cops arrested their 16-year-old suspect the next day.

The right call

A would-be mugger got scared when his victim dialed police on April 10.

The crook trailed his victim as he walked home from synagogue at around 9:15 pm. The thug made his move on South Eighth Street between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue.

“Give me your money,” the rather direct crook said as he started to frisk the victim.

But when the quick thinking victim yanked his phone from his pocket and dialed 911, the would-be crook changed his mind and fled.

Unchained

A crook tried –– and failed –– to snatch a woman’s necklace as she waited for the subway on April 10.

The thug ripped the chain from the woman’s neck at around 2:45 pm while she waited for the L train at the Morgan Avenue station.

But the woman fought back, jerking the chain from the crook, who fled empty-handed.

Dropped call

A crook snatched a woman’s cellphone from her ear while she chatted in a park on April 12, but cops nabbed a suspect before he could reach out and touch that many people.

The thief approached the Flushing Avenue woman at around 5:30 pm in Lindsey Park, on the corner of Montrose Avenue and Lorimer Street, snatching her Sidekick phone and sprinting off.

The next day, a 14-year-old suspect was collared and charged with the crime.

Bicycle thief

A thug smacked his victim, snatched his phone, and escaped on a bicycle on April 13.

The pedal-pushing perp punched his victim in the head and grabbed his cellphone at around 1:25 pm on the corner of Montrose Avenue and Humboldt Street.

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