October 13, 2009 / News / Police Blotter / Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Inspector Grabit

By Ben Muessig

The Brooklyn Paper

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Fast food, brutal crime

Gun-toting robbers posing as restaurant inspectors raided a Fulton Street fast food joint on Oct. 6 and tied up an employee during a horrific stick up.

One perp convinced the lone employee at Crown Fried Chicken to open the door at around 10:15 pm after the crook showed an ID and claimed to be an inspector.

When the victim let the crook in, two other robbers rushed into the restaurant — which is between Washington Avenue and St. James Place.

Once inside, the trio bound the employee, heisted $400 from the register, and stole the restaurant worker’s cellphone, iPod, watch, and $60 from his pocket.

Beggar’s banquet

A cruel crook asked a 75-year-old woman for change on Oct. 7 — then slashed the senior’s hand when she wouldn’t hand over her purse.

The female robber approached her victim near the corner of St. Edwards Street and Myrtle Avenue at 9 pm and asked for help.

“Can I have money to eat?” asked the woman, who was wearing a red skullcap.

When victim reached into her purse to retrieve some cash, the perp grabbed the handbag and attempted to tug it away. After struggling over the bag, the assailant stabbed the senior’s hand, snatched the bag — which contained $88 — and fled into Fort Greene Park.

Moist marauder

A metrosexual marauder heisted facial creams and body powder from a home near the corner of Emerson Place and Myrtle Avenue home on Oct. 9.

The 37-year-old resident of the apartment awoke at around 4:40 am when she heard noises coming from her living room. When she went to investigate, she discovered that her screen window had been removed and her “Rejuvenate Anew” face cream and “Sweet Honesty” body powder — which had been placed by the window — were gone.

The victim looked out the window and spotted a slim man in a white sweater fleeing down the fire escape.

Docs and robbers

A thief heisted a doctor’s wallet inside Brooklyn Hospital on Oct. 5.

The crook grabbed the Kenneth Cole billfold from the 30-year-old woman’s purse — which was left unattended inside an “on-call” room between 7:30 am and 7 pm.

The thief fled from the medical center, which is at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and St. Edwards Street, with the doctor’s IDs, bankcard and $40.

Navy scarred

A thief snatched $2,000 from the register of a Flushing Avenue bodega on Oct. 10.

The perp entered the Navy Grocery, which is near Clinton Avenue, at around 7:05 am and grabbed the cash while an employee was busy cleaning up.

Apple-jacked!

A burglar ransacked an Adelphi Street residence on Oct. 5 and escaped with costly Macintosh electronics.

The perp climbed into the home — which is between Lafayette and Greene avenues — through a window sometime after 6 am Once inside, the thief snatched a MacBook, two iPods, two pairs of Apple earphones, a hard drive and a Dell laptop. The crime was discovered at 6 pm that night.

Burg averted

A bungling burglar fled from a Carlton Avenue home on Oct. 6 after running into his would-be victim.

The perp tried to open the victim’s kitchen window from the second-floor landing of an adjoining building at around 2 am, but a 26-year-old resident scared him off.

Before fleeing from the building, which is near DeKalb Avenue, the crook claimed he was attempting to climb through the window to visit an upstairs neighbor.

Targeted!

A crook snatched a 53-year-old woman’s credit cards while she shopped at Target at Flatbush and Atlantic avenues on Sept. 30.

In a crime that has become a regular staple of our police blotter, the thief grabbed the charge cards between 7 pm and 7:30 pm and made $136.14 of unauthorized purchases.

Snatch and ride

A bike-riding thief snatched a 37-year-old’s woman’s purse while she waited at a red light at the corner of Fulton Street and Classon Avenue on Oct. 6.

The crook heisted the bag — which contained two cellphones, a checkbook, Coach wristlet, $375, credit cards and an ID — at around 11:05 pm and pedaled away.

Deadbolt defeated

Crooks forced their way through a locked Clinton Avenue front door on Oct. 8 and heisted a computer and video game.

The perps tampered with the deadbolt to get into the residence between 10 am and 6:40 pm. Once inside the residence, which between Lafayette and Greene avenues, the thieves heisted a laptop, a Playstation PSP, and $10.

Bike bandits

A pedal pusher gershed a Specialized bike — and an Apple laptop — from Fort Greene Place on Oct. 10.

The crook removed the Sirrus-model bike from the front of the 23-year-old victim’s home while he walked his girlfriend to her vehicle just after 1 am.

The thief got away from the block between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street with the fancy bike, as well as a saddle bag containing the computer.

Laptops snagged

Thieves stole four laptop computers from an Adelphi Street home on Oct. 11.

The crooks heisted two Macs, a Gateway, and a Toshiba between 12:30 am and 8 am. The thieves also heisted a Blackberry cellphone and blank checks from the residence, which is between Park and Myrtle avenues.

Un-safe

Thieves heisted a safe from a Gates Street middle school on Oct. 9.

The perps shattered a glass door and ransacked a room inside the Satellite Three school before they found the safe — which contained $360.48, notebooks, miscellaneous papers, and other items.

Witnesses said the perps might have gained access to the building, which is near Downing Street, because the basement door was left open due to construction.

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