61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Bad holiday
A pillager punched a woman in the head and swiped her purse as she was walking home on Avenue S on July 4, police said. The woman told police she was near E. 12th Street at 11:30 pm when the cur socked her in the back of the head and then grabbed her black purse containing her iPhone 6S, a black umbrella, and driver’s license inside. The knave fled down E. 12th Street toward Avenue T, according to authorities.
In front of a baby
A knife-wielding man threatened a woman with a baby and stole her wallet while she was standing outside a store on Kings Highway on July 5.
The woman told police she was outside the store at E. 16th Street at 5:32 pm when the malefactor came up to her with a blade and demanded her wallet while grabbing her arm. The 6-foot-tall cad then took off with her wallet containing cash, a debit card, credit card, social security card, and identification card inside, police said.
Dangerous encounter
Marauders beat and robbed a woman as she left her E. 24th Street home to go to work on July 8.
The victim told police the punks came up to her on Avenue U at 4:20 pm, pushed her to the ground and then kicked and punched her, causing cuts on her ribs. One of the jerks yelled “Give me your bag or I’ll f—— kill you!” and then grabbed her purse containing cash, credit cards, medication, and identification cards. The robbers took off down E. 24th Street towards Gravesend Neck Road, according to authorities.
Smoke alarm
A jerk walked into a woman’s house and stole an ashtray while she was in her backyard on E. 28th Street on July 6, officials said.
The home invader entered her house on Avenue P at noon and swiped the ashtray, according to authorities. The woman told police she’s not sure if she had left her front door open, and saw a suspicious blue van near her house that may have been involved.
Walked right in
Police cuffed a 17-year-old guy for allegedly taking cash, a credit card, and a flashlight from a Gerritsen Avenue home on July 8.
The man told police the suspect entered his house near Seba Avenue while he was working in the backyard at 11 pm and swiped the items along with $174 in cash. There were no signs of forced entry, and the guy’s basement door may have been left unlocked, according to authorities. The suspect charged about $300 to the man’s credit card, police said.
— Julianne Cuba
