April 15, 2009 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Bay Ridge

No mugging — just burglaries

By Emily Lavin

for The Brooklyn Paper

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Burglemania

At least two neighborhood homes were burgled last week. Here’s a roundup:

• On April 8, a thief broke into a 66th Street home, making off with more than $15,000 in jewelry. The 35-year-old resident told cops that she had left her house, between 13th and 14th avenues, at around noon. When she returned less than six hours later, she found her front door open and several expensive bracelets and necklaces missing.

• On the same day, a thief broke into a 77th Street home after the owner had left for work at 7:30 am. When he returned 12 hours later to the home, which is between Fifth and Sixth avenues, he discovered that his laptop, digital camera and several hard drives were gone.

Car carrying

Someone broke into two cars left unlocked on neighborhood streets in separate incidents last week.

• First, someone stole a wallet from an unlocked car that had been parked on 80th Street between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard on April 7. The 36-year-old victim told police he parked his car at around 8 pm and returned less than half an hour later to find the wallet gone.

• On April 11, a thief broke into a car parked at a 91st Street garage.

The 30-year-old owner of the vehicle told cops he entered the garage, between Ridge Boulevard and Third avenues, to retrieve his car at around 5:30 pm. As he approached the car, he saw a middle-aged man dressed all in gray open the unlocked driver’s-side door and grab his iPhone and run away.

— Emily Lavin

©2009 Community Newspaper Group