84TH PRECINCT
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Beauty school burglary
A Dumbo beauty school was burgled in the early hours of Aug. 17.
A local called 911 to report a commercial break-in at around 5:30 a.m, police said. Someone had shattered a large glass door at the Aveda Arts and Sciences Institute on Pearl Street, slipped inside, and stolen two cash registers.
Luckily, cops said, the cash registers were empty at the time, and the thief only got away with the machines themselves, which were worth about $70. Officers searched the area, but couldn’t find the burglar.
Man arrested for office attack
An aggrieved man allegedly assaulted two employees at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office on Aug. 14.
Police said the perp entered the Jay Street office around 7:30 a.m. and was promptly escorted out by the of the victims, cursing and making threats the whole way.
About an hour later, the assailant allegedly returned, found the victim, and attacked him — punching him, forcing him to the ground, and kicking him in the face. When another employee tried to intervene, the perp punched her, too.
Officers arrested the perp on the scene. Both victims were left with visible injuries and pain, and were transported to a local emergency room for treatment.
Designer belt stolen on street
A man just trying to sell a designer belt was robbed at gunpoint on Aug. 11.
The victim told police he went to meet a potential buyer for his Hermes Constance belt, worth $950, at the corner of Duffield and Nassau streets at 7:15 p.m. As he waited, a man threatened him with a gun, grabbed the belt, and took off on foot toward Gold Street. The victim was not injured, and cops were attempting to access footage from nearby cameras to identify the thief.
Unlocked car swiped overnight
A car stored in a parking lot on Jay Street was stolen on the night of Aug. 13.
Cops said the victim parked his Kia Sedona in a lot near Tillary Street at about 2:30 p.m. He told police that he didn’t lock the vehicle, and left the key inside.
By 6 a.m. on Aug. 14, the Kia — worth $33,000 — was gone without a trace. License plate recognition technology had not pinged the car since before it was stolen, and the victim wasn’t able to track its location.
