Pushy pushy

Pushy muggers robbed a man on Columbia Street on Nov. 5.

First, two villains sneaked up behind the 31-year-old victim near the corner of Lorraine Street at 6:45 pm and demanded his money. When the verbal aggression didn’t work, the hoods shoved the man, who was en route to Ikea. The pushing encouraged the man to surrender his bag, which contained a laptop, sunglasses, a rain jacket and various schoolbooks.

Huff and puff

Big bad burglars raided a Union Street home on Nov. 6 or 7.

The 32-year-old resident discovered that his front door had been damaged while he was not home from 8:15 am on Nov. 6 until 6:05 pm the following day.

The thieves took a laptop, digital camera, a bracelet and $20 from the abode between Clinton and Court streets.

Ring a ding

A thief smashed right through the deadbolt lock on a Union Street apartment on Nov. 6.

Between 8:30 am and 10 pm, a prowler stole several rings from a 33-year-old woman’s apartment between Smith and Hoyt streets by simply breaking the lock on the front door.

Two Apples a day

An office on Court Street was burgled overnight on Nov. 11.

The crooks took two Mac laptops from the business between Fourth Place and Luquer Street between 8 pm and 10 am the following morning. A worker found the front door pried open.

Pump it up

A successful burglar nabbed enough car accessories from a Van Brunt Street parking lot between Oct. 28 and Nov. 10 to set up a sweet sound system in his ride.

The livin’ large culprit stole four speakers, two amps, a receiver, plus a motorcycle helmet and toolbox from the carport between Commerce and Delevan streets.

Yes he can

A burglar kicked off a heist by kicking in the front door of a Butler Street apartment overnight on Nov. 13.

The 27-year-old resident of the flat between Smith and Hoyt streets said he was not home from 1 am until 3 am on Nov. 14. When he returned in the wee hours, he discovered that his bicycle was stolen.

— Mike McLaughlin

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