June 3, 2009 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Bay Ridge

The psychic was mugged!

By Thomas Tracy

Community Newspaper Group

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Visionary villains

She should have seen this coming!

A would-be “psychic” was robbed when two thugs violated her inner sanctum on Fourth Avenue near 90th Street on May 28.

The woman told police that the two suspects, both in their 20s, entered her prophesy parlor at 9:30 pm and demanded that she fork over her property.

The woman screamed, which attracted one of her minions, but the thieves easily pinned him against the wall as they punched the woman in the face and swiped a $400 gold chain and $55, officials said.

Lockbox looted

Thieves snagged a cash-filled box from a Seventh Avenue home on May 28.

The 26-year-old tenant told police that he left his home, which is near 83rd Street, at 11 am and returned exactly 24 hours later to discover that someone had crept through a rear window and taken the lockbox.

Robbed on Sixth

Cops are looking for a threatening thug who robbed a 15-year-old of his cash and phone on May 30.

Police said that the teen was nearing the corner of Sixth Avenue and 81st Street at 11:45 am when a 6-foot, 190-pound man jumped him.

“Give me your phone and money or I’m going to snuff you,” the man seethed.

The thief wasn’t holding a weapon, but his words carried enough weight to encourage the frightened victim to hand over his property.

Construction con

An 83-year-old man says he was robbed by two construction workers he hired to redo his bathroom in his 80th Street home on May 28.

The victim said that the two men entered his apartment, which is near Tenth Avenue, at 1:10 pm.

But as they started work, one of the men distracted the senior in the kitchen, and the other man removed several watches and a gold chain from a jewelry box.

The senior didn’t realize that the items had been taken until after the thieves had left, cops said.

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