84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Boxcutter bandits
A pair of teen troublemakers bashed a 57-year-old man and slashed him with box-cutters on Hicks Street on June 30.
The victim was near Love Lane at 11:10 pm when he noticed the two scoundrels hiding in a building’s doorway with the blades, and as he continued his stroll, one of the delinquents approached him and demanded money, a report said.
When the victim refused to hand over his cash, the knave cut him on the jaw with the box-cutters as the other baddie pushed him down to the ground, according to authorities.
No change
Two louts asked a man for spare change then stole his $100 bill as he was looking for coins to give them on Fulton Street on July 3.
The victim told police he was near Boerum Place at 2:30 pm when one of the freeloaders asked him for change. He pulled out his Benjamin accidentally, and the rogue grabbed it from his hand as the other reprobate watched, before both fled into a nearby train station, according to a report.
Benched
A nogoodnik punched a woman and tried to steal her iPhone while she was sitting on a bench on Joralemon Street on June 27.
The lady was resting on the seat by Adams Street at 11:20 am when the punk struck her in the face and stomach as he tried to pull her phone from her hand, police said. The victim sustained a broken fingernail and went to Methodist Hospital, according to authorities.
What a tool
A crook snuck into a Bergen Street apartment on June 26 and stole a guy’s power tools, T-shirts, and bass guitar.
The victim was asleep at home at 8 am when the cur entered his residence near Hoyt Street through a hatch on the roof, police said. The thief then took three hammer drills, two saws, one electric saw, one jigsaw, 25 short-sleeve shirts, a duffle bag, and the four-stringed instrument, according to a report.
Bad talk
A snake lifted a woman’s bag as she was gabbing away with her co-worker on Court Street on June 26.
The victim told police she had put her bag on the ground while she chatted with her friend outside the building near Joralemon Street at 12:15 pm, and when she looked down, she noticed her Longchamp bag — containing her iPad mini, iPhone, and credit cards — was missing.
Ride away
Some rogue stole a woman’s pricey bicycle after she locked it up on Court Street on June 30.
The lady secured her Xtracycle wheels in front of a building near Bergen Street at 8:30 am, but when she returned at 3:30 pm she saw the lock had been cut and her two-wheeler was gone, authorities said.
Cowabungle
A punk broke into a Water Street store and stole four skateboards sometime overnight on June 26.
The owner told cops he locked up the shop by Main Street at 10:30 pm and headed home for the night. But when he returned at 7:30 am, he discovered that some looter had thrown a rock through his shop’s window and removed the Arbor decks, police said.
— Lauren Gill
