77th Precinct
Prospect Heights
Polite thug
A crook with manners stole a cellphone from a woman on Park Place on Aug. 30
The 37-year-old victim told cops that she was talking on her iPhone near Underhill Avenue at around 1:45 pm when the thug ran up, snatched the phone and shouted, “Thank you!” before running away.
Computer sneak
A jerk stole a laptop from an apartment on Park Place on Aug. 30.
The 38-year-old victim told cops that she forgot to lock her apartment, which is near Vanderbilt Avenue, when she left at 8 am. She came back around 6 pm and discovered that her $950 MacBook Pro was gone.
Wheels gone
A quick-moving thief jacked a sweet bike on Lincoln Place on Aug. 31.
The 47-year-old cyclist told cops that she locked her Ventura racing bike to a gate near Classon Avenue at 8 pm then came back 40 minutes later to find that the thug had cut the lock and stolen her $850 ride.
— Natalie O’Neill
