No fun run

A brazen lady hood robbed a Duffield Street Chinese restaurant at gunpoint on Nov. 13 — but she didn’t get far.

The gun mol entered the restaurant, which is near the corner of Willoughby Street at around 6 pm, flashed her .22 piece and snatched an elderly man’s phone and keys while two customers watched in horror.

The thief fled, but cops quickly chased her down, recovered the burner and confiscated the pistol.

What a tool

Cops nabbed a lowlife who allegedly stole power tools out of an Atlantic Avenue building on Nov. 14.

A witness told police that he saw the thief enter the building, which is near Court Street, at around 6:30 pm, but the thug was arrested about an hour later nearby.

Black watch

A thief smashed through the flimsy wall of a Water Street theater’s box office on Nov. 15, getting away with a cash box filled with $470.

Cops say that the theater lover took advantage of the desolate DUMBO night to punch just enough of a hole in the Sheetrock wall to allow him to open the front door of the theater, which is near the corner of Dock Street.

Late-night mystery

A cat burglar sneaked into an Atlantic Avenue building on Nov. 1 and stole a fancy watch and a computer from an unlocked apartment.

The burglar entered the building, which is near State Street, in the wee hours and left very few clues, cops said.

DUMBO delinquents

Police are searching for a pair of hoods who were spotted guzzling a popular DUMBO bar’s wine stash on Nov. 12.

The janitor at the bar, which is between Jay and Adams streets, showed up a bit early for his morning shift to get the surprise of his life: two lowlifes drinking away.

The employee ran to get help, but when police got to the bar, the drunken perps had fled with $500 from the cash register. The late-night hangout, popular with Brooklyn Paper reporters, is filled with security cameras, so the thugs may not be on the run for long.

The sting

Yet another elderly resident fell for one of the oldest tricks in the thief book: the old bank withdrawal scam.

In this case, a lady thief approached her dupe at around 1:30 pm on Nov. 12 with a promise of giving up a portion of her cash in exchange for some help in getting the money out of a bank at the corner of Atlantic and Fourth avenues.

The senior citizen withdrew $3,000 and handed it to the scammer, who pocketed the loot and went back into the bank, presumably to get the larger sum of cash. When she came out, she handed an envelope to her new friend — but, of course, the envelope was filled with nothing but plain white paper.

Subway struggle

Cops collared one member of a gang of youths that jumped a teenager on the 3 train on Nov. 11.

The victim told cops that he was punched in the face, but kept a firm grip on his cellphone in the 3 pm attack near the Hoyt Street station.

Cops bagged one 14-year-old, but the other three were able to escape.

Zeke Faux

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