84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
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A maniac in an Adams Street bar threw a glass in man’s face on April 7 — leaving the victim with gashes on his mug, police said.
The victim was at the watering hole between Fulton and Tillary streets when the brute tossed a margarita glass at him shortly after midnight. Paramedics transported the man to Brooklyn Hospital.
Not a prayer
A sacrilegious sneak swiped a bag from a State Street mosque as its owner prayed inside on April 7, according to a report.
The victim left his satchel on a shelf as he went to pray in the place of worship between Clinton and Henry streets at 1:30 pm, but when he returned, a disrespectful thief had disappeared with the bag, which was valued at $30 and contained a $10 wallet, $18 in cash, and a pair of unlimited monthly MetroCards worth $116 each, police said.
Van-dals
Van thieves had themselves a time over the span of several weeks in early April, making off with three vehicles across the 84th Precinct, according to reports:
• A magician made a 1997 Dodge Caravan parked on Saint Marks Place disappear sometime between March 31 and April 2.
The victim left the van between Third and Fourth avenues on March 31, and when he returned on April 2, it had vanished, police said.
• A saboteur swiped a 2000 Dodge Caravan from Willow Street sometime between April 5 and 7.
The driver parked his ride between Hicks and Middagh streets, but when he returned on April 7 the van was missing, according to a report.
• A thief absconded with a 2014 Ford Econoline van left on Pacific Street on April 6, according to a report.
The owner parked the ride near Nevins Street on April 6, and upon his return on April 10 he found the van nowhere in sight, cops said.
Not theft proof
A pair of bullet-proof vests went missing from a locker in a Livingston Street government building on April 2, police said.
Someone swiped an Armor Express vest worth $1,690 and an Affinity vest worth $500 from the locker in a private room in the building between Bond and Hoyt streets, sometime between 10 am and 3:30 pm, according to a report.
Multiple employees had access to the room, and there was no evidence of forced entry, cops said.
Phone, wallet, keys
Someone swiped a wallet left at a security checkpoint in a Joralemon Street government building on April 7.
The victim told cops he placed his change purse in a bin and put it on a security conveyer belt in the building between Court and Adams streets at 6 pm, but forgot to take it out when he continued upstairs, police said.
The man realized his mistake about 15 minutes later, but when he returned to to fetch his billfold, it had vanished along with $200 in cash, according to a report.
Peas and coats
A brute attacked a man with a bag full of groceries on Joralemon Street on April 7, according to a report.
The victim told police he was between Clinton and Court streets when the fiend snuck up behind him, smashed him into a metal grate, and stole two bags of groceries, a bag of computer equipment, and the victim’s Forever 21 peacoat, police said.
— Noah Hurowitz
