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These guys are real tools

By Mike McLaughlin
The Brooklyn Paper

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Power-less

Renegades stole several power tools from a commercial van parked on Baltic Street on Feb. 14.

The plumbing company’s Ford was parked from 12:30 to 2:10 pm between Court and Smith streets. While the employee was doing what plumbers do — like laying some pipe on St. Valentine’s Day — someone broke his boss’s heart by nicking several drills and screw guns from the vehicle.

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Pene-fenestration

A burglar purloined a trove of jewelry from a Clinton Street apartment on Feb. 18 after slithering through a window.

The victim told police she was not home from 4 am to 2:45 pm. Upon returning to the dwelling between Fourth and Luquer streets, she said she discovered that her wedding band, watch, gold and diamond necklaces and a bracelet were gone, as well as $88.

Mug plug

A trio of hoodlum walloped a teen on Baltic Street on Feb. 11, but the group’s attempt to rob him failed.

One of the villains put the 17-year-old victim in a choke hold at 8:30 am and the other crooks forced him to the ground between Smith and Hoyt streets. One rifled his pockets, but did not take anything before fleeing.

— Mike McLaughlin

©2009 Community Newspaper Group

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