78th Precinct
Park Slope
Pricey heist
A crook looted nearly $10,000 worth of goods from a man’s Ninth Street apartment on Aug. 15.
The 27-year-old man told police that the perp broke into his residence near Fourth Avenue while he was at work around 2:30 pm by pushing in the air conditioner in the window on the first floor and climbing inside.
The thief made off with a MacBook laptop, a Michael Kors watch, a Movado watch, a Philippe Patek watch, an antique diamond ring, a pearl necklace, and a Swarovski bracelet.
Crutched away
A handicapped crook stole a woman’s purse while she was working at a Fourth Avenue candy story on Aug. 14.
The 31-year-old victim told police that the perp, who was walking with one crutch, made his way into the basement of the establishment near Seventh Street at 11:40 am and snagged the woman’s purse, which was holding her Yemen passport, $700, and $112 unlimited MetroCard.
The thief then crutched his way down Fourth Avenue.
Jacked two-wheelers
A bandit swiped a man’s two bicycles that were chained to a bike rack on Ninth Street on Aug. 17.
The 38-year-old victim told police that he locked up the folding two-wheelers — each priced at $1,500 — on the rack between Fifth and Sixth avenues at 5:10 pm. When he returned just 10 minutes later, the bikes were gone.
Tag team
Two perps waltzed into a Seventh Avenue Thai restaurant and made off with a worker’s belongings on Aug. 15.
The 23-year-old victim told cops that the male and female duo walked into the eatery between Lincoln Place and Saint John’s Place at 4 pm and asked about the menu. The face-tattooed blonde woman kept the staff busy as the man walked into the back of the restaurant and grabbed the employee’s purse, debit and credit cards, and identification.
The victim said that the perps made a $91 purchase with her debit card at a subway station, according to a police report.
Ransacked
A criminal burglarized a woman’s Prospect Park West apartment and made off with a MacBook laptop on Aug. 12.
The 39-year-old victim told police that the perp broke into her home between 13th and 14th streets while she was at work sometime between 7 am and 7:30 pm. When she returned to her abode she found her apartment in disarray and with the back window open and the screen slashed, according to a police report.
Car loot
A robber stole a bunch of items from a man’s car that was parked on Third Avenue sometime between Aug. 12 and Aug. 13.
The 31-year-old victim told cops that he parked his black Toyota near Baltic Street on Aug. 12 at 8 pm. When he returned the next day at 2:45 pm he noticed that his navigation system, bicycle, first-aid kit, canister, and eye-washing water bottle were missing from his ride.
Choked out
Cops arrested a 52-year-old woman who they say choked another woman at an Eighth Avenue community center on Aug. 15.
The 53-year-old victim told cops that the suspect strangled her after the two got into an argument inside the establishment between 14th and 15th streets.
Ride gone
A thief stole a man’s car that he left parked on First Street sometime overnight on Aug. 16.
The 50-year-old victim told police that he left his blue Volvo on the street between Fifth and Sixth avenues on Aug. 16 at 5:30 pm. When he returned the next morning at 7:15, his ride was missing.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
