68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
What a tool
A lug head stole tools and gardening equipment from a Bay Ridge Avenue home sometime overnight on July 28.
The guy crept in the back door of the home between 13th and 14th avenues in Dyker Heights sometime between 5:30 pm and 9 am the next day, police said. He took gardening shears, work gloves, and a screwdriver, a police report states.
All work, no gain
A brute broke through the wall of a Fourth Avenue business on July 29, but he didn’t steal anything afterward.
The intruder tore down the wall of the store near 87th Street in Bay Ridge at 10:20 pm, but left the merchandise intact, police said.
Ripped off
A compulsive collector stole a handmade antique from a Third Avenue store on July 31.
The guy took it from the store between 90th and 91st streets in Bay Ridge at 3:15 pm, officials said. The collectible was worth $1,083, police said.
Phone filcher
A lout lifted a woman’s iPhone on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 65th Street in Sunset Park on Aug. 8.
The goon ran up behind her at 5:15 pm, snatched the mobile device, and fled, police said.
— Max Jaeger
