84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Botched burglary
A burglar thought he was slick breaking into a Smith Street clothing store and turning off the alarm on Sept. 28, but all he got away with was an empty box, the authorities said.
An employee of the store between Pacific and Dean streets told police a thief entered through a back door at 1:25 am, somehow scaling a 20-foot fence topped with barbed wire that protected the entrance.
The brazen burglar then smashed a window on the door, reached inside, and unlocked it, according to a report. Once in the building the prowler damaged the alarm panel and removed a lockbox from under the counter, which turned out to be empty, employees and cops said.
Front lawn follies
Park-goers reported two robberies in Brooklyn Bridge Park this week, officers said.
• First, a park prowler stole a man’s bag as he played soccer in the park on Sept. 23, cops said.
The 21-year-old player said he left his bag next to the soccer field near the corner of Joralemon and Furman streets at 6:30 pm while he played a game. When he went to get the bag at 7:10 pm it was gone, police said.
The gym bag contained two cellphones, $50 in cash, a credit card, and some paperwork, according to officials.
• Another bandit struck on Sept. 28, taking a woman’s cellphone and wallet out of her baby stroller, the authorities said.
The 31-year-old woman said she was playing with her kids in the playground near the corner of Furman Street and Atlantic Avenue at noon when the sneak took her stuff. She tried calling her cellphone 30 minutes later and the crook picked up, telling her he wanted to give the phone back, according to cops.
She waited for the guy outside of the park where he told her to meet him, but he never showed up, the report states.
Picked the wrong fight
Cops arrested a man who they say punched an officer in the face while the officer attempted to escort the suspect to the Transit Bureau station house inside the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station on Sept. 22.
The cop reported that he observed the suspect walking between subway cars at the station and tried to bring him upstairs to the police outpost. The 38-year-old suspect tried to walk away, telling the cop, “You’re harassing me because I’m black,” according to a police report.
The fellow then punched the officer in the face, the report says. Cops cuffed the suspect and found a bag of marijuana in his pocket, the authorities said.
Express take
A quick culprit snatched a woman’s cellphone from her hand while she rode an F train on Sept. 23, according to the authorities.
The 22-year-old woman said she was riding the Manhattan-bound F train at 1:36 pm, and was listening to her headphones and reading a book.
When the train pulled into the Bergen Street station, a lowlife came over, grabbed the phone, and ran off of the train, cops said.
Pill-fered
The authorities arrested a man for allegedly snatching a bottle of pills out of a fellow’s hand on Livingston Street on Sept. 24.
The 36-year-old victim said he was standing on the sidewalk between Nevins and Bond streets at 10:20 am when the suspect snatched his pills and ran. Cops cuffed the 52-year-old shortly thereafter.
Take the ruckus
A criminal snatched a woman’s purse while she was involved in a fight inside of a York Street deli on Sept. 20, police reported.
The 28-year-old woman said she got into an altercation with someone at 3:30 am inside of the store between Bridge and Gold streets. During the fight she fell down, and when she got up the purse was gone, cops said.
The bag contained debit and credit cards, one of which was used for more than $1,000 worth of purchases, officials said.
Shades raided
A degenerate stole three pairs of expensive sunglasses from an Atlantic Avenue store on Sept. 27, the authorities stated.
An employee of the store between Court Street and Boerum Place said he was helping a customer at 5:30 pm when the thief swiped the shades off of the display rack. He said the three pairs were worth $2,150 all together.
A scanner, darkly
A goon smacked a woman in the face with a palm scanner inside a Main Street computer testing center on Sept. 27, according to a police report.
The 36-year-old victim said she was working in the building between Water and Front streets at 8:25 pm, and was helping the brute when he picked up the device and hit her in the head with it.
Stealing sustenance
Police arrested a woman who they say tried to steal baby formula from a Clark Street supermarket on Sept. 28, then fighting a security guard when he tried to stop her.
The 55-year-old guard said he tried to stop the accused from leaving the store between Henry Street and Monroe Place at 7:10 pm, after he saw her remove the formula.
When he confronted her, the woman punched the worker in his face, according to a police report. Cops arrived and arrested the 44-year-old, finding four packages of Enfamil and some Kit Kat bars, the report states.
Shop and “Stop, thief!”
A sneak snatched a woman’s wallet while she shopped inside a Fulton Street clothing store on Sept. 22, police said.
The 35-year-old shopper said she was in the store between Bridge and Duffield streets at 5 pm, and that while she was browsing someone removed her bag from her stroller. The bag contained $50 in cash and a credit card, cops said.
— Matthew Perlman
