76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Phone it in
A crook broke into a guy’s Sullivan Street apartment on Dec. 12 and stole his cellphone, officials said.
The victim told police the malefactor broke in to his pad between Van Brunt and Conover streets through his front door at about 10 am and swiped his Samsung Galaxy phone from his jacket pocket and then fled, officials said.
Scared off
A good-for-nothing tried to break into a woman’s apartment on Dikeman Street on Dec. 12, police said.
The woman was in the home between Van Brunt and Richard streets at about 10 am when the crook pushed on the door. But something scared the would-be burglar away, according to authorities.
Viral
A cyber criminal swiped money from a woman after sending her a threatening message telling her she would get a computer virus if she didn’t pay $369 on Dec. 10, police said.
The woman was on Amity Street near Henry Street when she received a text message that her computer software would go haywire if she didn’t give her bank information to make the payment. The woman coughed up the $360.99 — but it all was a hoax, according to authorities.
Bloody bar brawl
A malefactor punched a guy in the face outside a Van Brunt Street bar on Dec. 10, sending him to the hospiral.
The 60-year-old victim told police they were in front of the watering hole between Verona Street and Visitation Place at about 10:30 pm when the brute socked him in the face, cutting on his lip. Emergency responders took the victim to New York Methodist Hospital, according to authorities.
Street brawl
Cops cuffed a 32-year-old guy who they say punched a man on W. Ninth and Smith streets on Dec. 12.
The guy told police the suspect whacked him at about 9 am, according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
