September 30, 2009 / Brooklyn news / Police Blotter / Williamsburg

Do white boys have all the money?

By Sabrina Jaszi

The Brooklyn Paper

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The natural

A thief, bitter about the high price of health food, robbed a man exiting Brooklyn Natural on Sept. 23.

As the victim exited the Moore Street establishment at around midnight, a man approached and asked for money. After the victim handed over just $2, the greedy beggar got angry and displayed a firearm.

“You f—in’ white boys all have money so give it up!” he demanded. At that point, the victim gave another $80.

Chain gang

A burglar took two Mac laptops from a Maujer Street apartment on Sept. 22.

The woman who lives in the unit, which is near Lorimer Street, told cops that she was not home between 4 pm and midnight when she returned to discover that the chain was on from the inside, and the lights were on, too.

Frightened that the thief might still be at work, she called the police, who kicked in the door. The thief was long gone, though.

Biking menace

Two cycling thugs mugged a man at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge on Sept 3.

The victim had just finished admiring the night skyline at around 9 pm when two bicyclists rode up behind him.

“Don’t run or I’ll shoot you,” said one, displaying a black semi-automatic.

The victim gave up his Blackberry and $200, at which point his muggers sped off down Bedford Avenue.

A good neighbor

Two robberies occurred in the same Grand Street building on Sept. 24. A coincidence? Cops think not.

One man left for work at 10:30 am and returned that evening to find his Apple laptop missing.

The two burglars were spotted by a neighbor at a second apartment in the building, which is near Manhattan Avenue. The second victim was also at work when the two perps forcefully broke down his door and carried off a Macbook Pro, a camera and his Sony Playstation 2. The neighbor saw the guys rushing down the stairs and called the cops at around 3:30 pm, but it was too late to save the man’s stuff.

Totally batty

A man was detained for assaulting a young woman with a baseball bat outside of a residence on S. Fourth Street near Havemeyer Street on Sept. 25.

The victim said she was ringing random doorbells trying to get into the building at around 4:45 pm when the man came out and started cursing at her and swinging the bat. He caught her in the elbow and on the side of the face.

Cache?

A party prowler lifted a woman’s purse at a Bedford Avenue apartment on Sept. 25.

The victim, who was visiting from France, had carefully hidden her purse under her coat at the party. But a lurking thief went under the outerwear to find the valuables underneath. He didn’t get much: just a few silk scarves, some French ID cards and a Nokia phone.

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