78th Precinct
Park Slope
Off-road rage
Some jerk shoved a 63-year-old man on Dean Street amid an argument over a parking space on Aug. 20.
The victim told police he was between Sixth and Flatbush avenues at 10:15 pm when he got caught in an argument with a younger man. Their disagreement turned violent when the goon shoved the driver, causing him to scratch his hand, cops said.
Spooned
A vandal hurled a wooden spoon at through a window screen at a woman’s Dean Street apartment on Aug. 24.
The victim told police that she was inside her home between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues at 10:10 pm when the ladle came soaring through her window.
Jacked
A thief drove off with a woman’s Nissan Maxima she parked on Sixth Avenue on Aug. 22.
The victim told police she left her car near 13th Street at 2:30 pm, and returned later to find an empty spot where her ride had been.
Cops were unable to turn up surveillance footage of the crime and the case has been closed without arrests, according to police.
Loot and scoot
A burglar looted a 68-year-old woman’s Lincoln Place home on Aug. 24, cutting his way through a window screen to nab her valuables.
The victim told police that the crook made a hole in her window screen and slipped into her house between Sixth and Seventh avenues at 5 pm.
The thief then proceeded to ransack her home, taking her wallet and cash, along with her senior citizen Reduced Fare MetroCard.
Bad burglar
Cops busted a man for an alleged attempt to burglarize a man’s Prospect Place home on Aug. 28.
A witness told police he spotted the man enter the victim’s home between Flatbush and Carlton avenues through the front door at 4:10 pm, and proceed to the first floor. The suspect then came outside, paused for a moment, and went back in, this time heading to the second floor, cops said.
The victim told police he was on the third floor while all this was occurring, and didn’t come outside until he heard a strange noise on the second floor. That’s when his neighbor informed him of the alleged burglary attempt, and he chased the suspect down, according to police.
The alleged intruder was found in possession of a fake driver’s license, and repeatedly gave police false information regarding his name and birth date, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
