Rags to riches
A disheveled thief robbed a children’s boutique on Smith Street on July 10.
The villain, dressed in “dirty” and “torn” garb, entered Area Kids, between Butler and Douglass streets, at 6:20 pm and first asked if the shop sold bicycles. (Come on!)
He then simulated having a gun underneath his shirt that was pointed at the clerk. The employee, a 25-year-old man, gave the robber $250.
Full Nelson
Two muggers choked and punched a woman on Nelson Street before robbing her on July 9.
The dastards attacked the victim at 9:30 pm near the intersection of Hamilton Avenue. One fiend put her in a choke hold and the other punched her in the face, giving her a black eye and other bruises.
The culprits stole her bag, containing $70, a cellphone, her subway pass and banking and credit cards.
Burgled
An apartment on Union Street was burglarized on July 11 — and the thief got an iPod.
Cops said that the two roommies who live in the dwelling between Court and Smith streets were not in the apartment from 1:30 pm to 5:20 pm.
When the 23-year-old woman who lives in the dwelling returned, she saw that the front door was damaged. She and her roommate, a 25-year-old man, reported losing two laptops and an iPod.
Crooklyn
An armed robber mugged three teenage girls and struck one of the victims with the gun on Bush Street on July 8.
The hoodlum sneaked behind the young women, 17 to 18 years old, at 7:20 pm while they waited for an elevator in a building between Clinton and Court streets.
Evoking the borough’s rough-and-tumble past, he shouted, “This is Brooklyn! Put your stuff in the bag!”
The women surrendered three necklaces, a cellphone, $15, a Medicaid card, and a Green card.
