August 19, 2009 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Fort Greene

They took on the wrong men

By Robin Riskin

The Brooklyn Paper

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3 vs. 2

Two thugs picked the wrong targets on Carlton Avenue on Aug. 16, trying to mug three men, but ending up getting arrested instead.

Three friends were coming back from a restaurant at around 1:30 am when two crooks came up from behind between DeKalb and Willoughby avenues.

One of the thugs demanded, “Give me everything you have!” while the other brandished a firearm.

Instead of handing over their wallets, the men — two aged 31 and one age 32 — decided to fight back, and the perps gave up and ran away.

Cops say that they later caught the villains on Carlton Avenue — and they had pot on them.

Talk about sick

A purse-snatching duo was on the loose in Brooklyn Hospital on Aug. 12 — but cops quickly put an end to the reign of terror.

The men were walking through the corridors of the hospital, which is on DeKalb Avenue between St. Felix Street and Fort Greene Place, with three purses, and hospital officials quickly figured out that something was up.

The pair was caught at around 12:30 pm.

Body work

A serial crooked robbed the Bath & Body Works again on Aug. 15.

The manager of the shop, which is in the Atlantic Center Mall near Flatbush Avenue, recognized the repeat offender when she entered the store around 11 am and confronted the perp, who had stocked up a shopping bag and was attempting to leave.

The thief then bit the manager’s right hand and broke the manager’s nail, fleeing with $300 worth of toiletries.

Thief in disguise

A mustachioed thief posing as a hobo took advantage of a Good Samaritan on Aug. 15.

Cops say that the man approached his victim as he sat in a cab on Flatbush Avenue near DeKalb Avenue at around 5:45 am and asked, “Can I get a dollar?” The man gave him a buck, but that wasn’t enough.

The crook walked away, but came right back and reached inside the cab and stole the charitable man’s bag right out of his lap.

The 45-year-old man lost $900, his cellphone, and some cards and documents.

Subway snatch

A thief sneaked into a Subway restaurant on Fulton Street and stole from the owner herself on Aug. 6.

The 39-year-old victim had left her purse in the back of her restaurant, which is near Red Hook Lane, but when she looked for the bag at around 4:30 pm, she discovered that $3,000 was missing.

Run it

Three crooks overtook a man late on Vanderbilt Avenue early on Aug. 13.

The 26-year-old victim was near DeKalb Avenue at around 2:30 am when the thieves blocked him and one commanded, “Run your s—t.”

The victim handed over his black knapsack, which contained a MacBook, iPod, camera, and phone.

Flashy crime

A crook broke into a Lefferts Place apartment on Aug. 11, pulled out a handgun and robbed electronics and cash from the tenant.

Cops said that the thief entered the residence, which is between Grand and Classon avenues, at around 4 pm and hit the 26-year-old with the gun. He then took a Playstation game, a cellphone, and $200 before fleeing.

Freaky eyes

A crook with eye of different colors was on the prowl on Aug. 15.

At around 6 am, the thief set his multi-shaded eyes on a woman on Washington Avenue and shouted, “Shut up and give me your money!”

She turned over $40, and the thief fled from the scene, which is between Fulton Street and Gates Avenue.

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