61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Doorknob breaker
A burglar robbed a house on Southgate Court on July 18, cops say.
A witness told cops he saw the thief breaking the doorknob of the house near W. First Street around 8 pm, so he went around the corner to call the police. When cops arrived, the sneak had already fled, taking $20,000 with him, police reported.
Phony lease
Some swindler tried to break into an E. 28th Street apartment on July 13, police say.
A witness told cops she saw the sneak trying to enter the apartment near Avenue V with a locksmith around 4 pm. When the witness confronted him, he showed her a lease that turned out to be phony, officers reported.
The creep and the locksmith both fled the scene in a white Jeep, according to authorities.
— Ben Verde
