Gun threats
Two hooligans held up a man for $45 with a handgun on Kingsland Avenue on Oct. 6.
The victim told cops that he had just gotten off the L train and was near Herbert Street at about 9:10 pm when the two masked men came up from behind — one holding a gun.
“Give me everything in your pockets,” the scary brute said while the jerk with the gun pointed it at the victim’s face.
When the victim hesitated, the gun-wielder said, “Move quicker or you’re going to get popped.”
That’s when the man dropped $45 and an old cellphone.
Bar flop
A thief held up a bar-hopper just outside The Abbey on N. 10th Street on Oct. 9.
The slurring victim told cops that he left the bar, which is near Bedford Avenue, at about 5:40 am when the thug came up and said, “I am going to take your money.”
The brute wrenched the man’s wallet and Blackberry cell phone out of his hands and fled.
Electro-burg
A burglar had all night to steal expensive electronics from a woman’s Richardson Street home on Oct. 5.
The 43-year-old victim said that she had been away all night — but when she returned to her home, which is between Lorimer and Leonard streets, at about 9 am the next day, her flat-screen TV, Playstation, computer and DVD player were gone. She told cops that she accidentally left the fire escape window ajar.
This stinks
A crook with a smell for expensive cologne broke into a Norman Avenue apartment on Oct. 8 and stole some expensive stuff, including the victim’s Gucci body spray!
The fragrant victim said that he left for work that morning — smelling great — but when he returned to his apartment, which is near Diamond Street, at about 9:45 pm, his cologne, backpack, computer and 40-inch TV were gone. He also noticed that his front door had scratches.
Busted through
A quick-handed cretin busted through the front door of a N. Seventh Street apartment on Oct. 8 and stole a bunch of electronics, all during the two-hour window that the tenant was gone.
The victim said she left the home, which is near Kent Avenue, at about 3:30 pm. When she returned at 5:30 pm, the door was broken open and her computers and wireless router were missing.
Killer app
A biking hoodlum snagged an iPhone out of a woman’s hand on Skillman Avenue on Oct. 6 and fled — not realizing that she had a fancy locator on the device.
The victim said that she was jogging near Kingsland Avenue at about 6:35 pm when the perp rode by and snagged the brand new phone. He rode away, but the victim later told cops that she has a special program that allows her to track her phone from any computer. Cops expect to make an arrest soon.
— Andy Campbell