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Sidekicks are turning into a thief’s best friend
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del.icio.usAt least two more punks stole the popular Sidekick cellphones last week. Cops said the phones are lucrative for robbers because it is easy to reuse them by just buying a new data card. Here’s a round-up:
• Cops arrested a 14-year-old after he stole a 23-year-old woman’s phone on June 9. Patrol cops saw the woman chasing the punk along Jay Street near the Myrtle Avenue promenade, screaming, “He stole my cellphone!”
Cops chased the boy and recovered the phone.
• A thug punched a Boerum Hill woman and stole her phone on June 13 on Hoyt Street. The boy approached her from behind at around 1:40 pm, punched her face and kicked her in the stomach, and then grabbed the phone and ran off down Pacific Street, cops said.
Grand theft Bklyn
A Manhattan man’s 2004 Honda Civic on June 11 was stolen from a spot on Garden Place near Joralemon Street between 2:45 and 6:45 pm. The thief also got a satellite mapping system and a digital camera.
City stats show that car theft is up 125 percent this month — and 27 percent overall this year.
Smokin’ hot
A burglar snapped a padlock and broke into a Lawrence Street bodega on June 10, taking thousands in smokes.
The perp covered a security camera with a black plastic bag around 11 pm and then stole $2,800 worth of cigars, cigarette cartons, phone cards, digital music players and $750, cops said.
A clerk at the bodega, which is at Willoughby Street, noticed the broken padlock and front gate open when he came to work the next morning.
Distraction
Two punks mugged a 22-year-old man on Bridge Street, grabbing his bag, wallet, iPod and sunglasses.
The man told cops that he was near the York Street subway station at around 10:30 am when one perp distracted him by asking, “Where do you live?”
Meanwhile, the other grabbed his bag, cops said.
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