February 16, 2008 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick

Man dead

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper

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Man dead

A man was found lying face up in his apartment on Feb. 3, apparently murdered.

Cops found his body at 11:20 am. The 78-year-old lived on Maujer Street, between Graham Avenue and Humboldt Street.

Hack attack

On Feb. 3, a cab driver allegedly pushed and kicked two of his passengers following an argument over the fare, and then stole one of the passenger’s expensive LG cellphone.

The argument broke out after the driver delivered his riders to the corner of South Eighth Street and Driggs Avenue at 3 am. Neither victim was seriously injured. The driver sped off.

Twelve hours later, a passenger held a cab driver up at knifepoint after the hack drove him from Astoria to Borinquen Place, between Keap and Hooper streets. The passenger asked the 45-year-old, Queens-based cabbie if he had change for a $100, then put a knife to the driver’s ribs and demanded, “Let me get your money, ” taking $190.

Dumb driver

A driver left her car unlocked while she ran an errand on Feb. 1 — and it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what happened next.

The 27-year-old woman parked her car at 11:20 am at the gas station at the corner of Lorimer and Maujer streets, leaving her purse in the car, and the doors unlocked while she ran inside.

When she returned 10 minutes later, her wallet was missing from the purse. She lost $10, a driver’s license, two credit cards, a $25 gift card, and a MetroCard with $39 on it.

Burglarized

A thief slunk off with $2,000 in electronics after apparently breaking into a South Second Street apartment on Feb. 2.

One of the apartment’s tenants, a 22-year-old guy, came home on the next morning at 11:30 to discover his bedroom window broken and certain pricey items missing.

The victim had last been in the apartment, between Havermeyer Street and Marcy Avenue, at 3 pm the day before. He and his roomie lost a DVD player, a box containing $20 in change, 10 CDs, an iMac, and a camera.

Navigation rip

A thief broke into a car in broad daylight on Feb. 3, making off with more than $1,200 of booty.

The owner of the 2000 tan Ford vehicle, a 53-year-old woman, had parked it on Manhattan Avenue, between Ainslie and Devote streets, at 1:30 am. When she returned at 10 am, the rear driver side window was broken. She lost a TomTom navigation system, $800 worth of power tools, and two Home Depot shirts worth $40.

Another burg

A thief made off with some fancy electronics from a Roebling Street apartment on Jan. 29.

The 22-year-old victim told cops that he left home at 1 pm on Jan. 29 and returned 12 hours later to discover that someone had stolen his Playstation 3 and his Xbox 360.

The resident of the apartment, which is between South First and Second Streets, said he had noticed keys missing before leaving for work.

Another car rob

A thief stole hundreds of dollars worth of swag from a car parked on Cook Street, between Manhattan and Graham avenues, on Jan. 29.

©2008 Community Newspaper Group