Atlantic panic

An armed thug mugged a 37-year-old woman on Atlantic Avenue on Oct. 5.

The deviant pulled out a black automatic handgun at around 11:15 pm near the corner of Third Avenue and demanded cash.

“Bitch, give me your money,” the perp said.

The victim reached into her purse and handed over a white envelope containing $325.

Midnight cowboy

A thief heisted $2,326 from a Court Street frozen yogurt joint on Oct. 5.

The crook — who had keys to the Yogo Monster shop between State and Schermerhorn streets — entered the eatery just after 1 am and snatched the cash from the office.

Police reports indicate that culprit was wearing black cowboy boots at the time of the crime.

Smoke and slash

A blade-toting bad guy slashed a 22-year-old after the victim asked him for a cigarette on Oct. 6.

The victim and the perp got into an argument on Court Street near Montague Street at 10:45 am after the victim asked for a smoke.

In the midst of the brawl, the culprit pulled out an unknown weapon and cut the victim on his face and left arm — leaving gashes that required treatment at Bellevue Hospital.

Door prized

Thieves stole doors from a Honda Accord parked on Hicks Street near Cadman Plaza West.

The crooks removed the driver’s-side door and a rear door — valued together at $1,400 — from the 2004 sedan between 5 pm on Oct. 6 and 6 am on Oct. 10. The bad guys also stole 300 CDs.

Hamburglar

A pickpocket heisted a 20-year-old woman’s phone as she exited a Fulton Mall Burger King on Oct. 8.

The perp grabbed the T-Mobile G1 from the victim’s pocket and fled from the fast food joint between Bond Street and Hanover Place.

This crime comes just two weeks after The Brooklyn Paper reported on a rash of stick ups in Downtown burger joints.

Hearing raid

Thieves snatched a student’s hearing aids from a Johnson Street school on Oct. 8.

The perps grabbed the listening devices — valued by cops at $16,000 — while the 20-year-old victim was in gym class inside the George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education HS near the corner of Lawrence Street.

Cane pain

Police locked up a 48-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man suspected of clubbing each other with a cane on the Fulton Mall on Oct. 9.

The pugilistic pair got into an argument at around 6:20 pm near Gold Street and began striking each other with the man’s wooden walking stick.

The male suspect allegedly caned the woman on the right leg and thigh causing “welts and bruising and pain,” while the female suspect purportedly struck the victim in the head causing “laceration and pain,” according to police reports.

Warrant Street

Three teenaged perps tried to mug a 16-year-old at gunpoint as he walked home from school on Oct. 5.

The trio surrounded the teen at the corner of Warren and Court streets at around 3 pm and demanded that he hand over his belongings.

“You — run your pockets and bag,” ordered a perp in a Red Sox hat, who was carrying a black and silver gun in the pocket of his black hooded sweatshirt.

The other muggers patted down the victim, but fled without taking anything.

Bag snag nab

A court officer locked up a 21-year-old suspected of heisting a 19-year-old woman’s purse on Oct. 8.

The thief allegedly shoved the victim into a street lamp at Livingston Street and Boerum Place at around 5:50 pm and grabbed her gray leather bag, which contained IDs, debit cards, two cellphones and a red wallet.

But the perp didn’t get far — a court officer stopped the suspect at the corner of Jay and Tillary streets and found him in possession of the victim’s purse.

Bump and run

A pushy perp jostled a 26-year-old woman and fled with her wallet on Oct. 6.

The female lawbreaker knocked into the victim at the corner of Court and State streets at 11:30 am and knocked loose a tan Guess wallet containing debit cards, credit cards, library cards, ID cards, a Metro Card, and cash.

Construction malfunction

Perps smashed three skylight windows in an unfinished Bridge Street residential building and heisted tools early on Oct. 6.

In an act of vandalism, the crooks broke the glass windows — valued at $6,000 — before entering the construction site near the corner of Plymouth Street and snatching Craftsmen tools, a beam clamp, and a Dewalt radio.

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