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Panty raider

The Brooklyn Paper

A thief who favors sexy undergarments stole $3,200 worth of lingerie from the Victoria’s Secret on Flatbush Avenue on Jan. 16.

An employee at the store between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue told cops that a man entered the store at around 7:30 pm carrying a large bag, which he stuffed full of underwear. The perp then left without paying.

Shots fired

A man was grazed by a stray bullet on Jan. 17, but didn’t realize it until a few minutes later.

The tough victim initially told cops that he thought he had been shot on Waverly Street, but after further reflection, decided it must have happened on Monument Walk in the Walt Whitman houses at around 3 pm when he was exiting a cab and heard a couple of shots.

He then waltzed into Brooklyn Hospital.

Path marked

A trip to the Atlantic Terminal Pathmark turned rotten on Jan. 12, as a thief swiped $1,500 of fancy gear from a careless shopper.

The victim told cops that he had left his property unattended at the grocery store at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues for a mere five minutes around 2:30 pm when he realized it had been stolen.

Some of the more valuable items he lost included a $500 pair of sunglasses, a $300 Louis Vuitton wallet and a $400 Ralph Lauren coat.

Buick old mobile

A thief jacked a 1987 Buick from Washington Avenue.

The owner told cops that he had left his car between Lafayette and Greene avenues around 3:45 pm on Jan. 12. When he returned four days later around 8 pm, it was long gone.

Bodega bash

A thug flipped out in a DeKalb Avenue bodega on Jan. 13, threatening the cashier with murder and getting himself arrested hours later.

The cashier of the bodega between Washington Avenue and Hall Street told cops that the lunatic customer approached him at around noon and began pushing items off the counter.

After storming off, the rowdy customer returned and threw a coffee pot at the employee, screaming, “I could murder you right now!”

Three hours later, Officer Sean Rogers arrested the bozo.

Air conned

A thief ransacked a Clinton Avenue apartment on Jan. 13, stealing two computers and an assortment of jewelry.

The victim told cops that she left her place, which is between DeKalb and Lafayette avenues, at around 8 pm and returned three hours later to find her property missing.

Cops noticed that the air conditioner hanging over the fire escape had been tampered with.

Out gunned

Two crooks brandishing a gun and knife robbed a Fulton Street bodega on Jan. 14.

The cashier told cops that he was working at the bodega between Clinton and Waverly avenues around 7 am when two masked madmen stormed into the bodega, and one said, “Stop! Don’t move!” and then took $500 from the register.

Beat down

A brigand jumped a man on Jan. 14, pushing him to the ground and kicking him in the face before stealing his wallet.

The victim told cops that he was on Hall Street near Willoughby Avenue at around 7 pm when a man jumped him from behind.

He could not give cops a description of the attacker.

Nighty-night

A thug attacked a 14-year-old boy with an unknown object on Jan. 15, causing cuts and swelling to his face.

The young victim told cops that he was at the corner of Fulton Street and Carlton Avenue at around 11 pm (out pretty late for a 14-year-old, no?) when his 18- to 20-year-old attacker made his move.

The kid was sent to Brooklyn Hospital.

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