68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Copper copper
A clod copped $500 in copper wire from a Bay Ridge Avenue home sometime overnight on April 9.
The guy got into the house between Sixth and Seventh avenues in Bay Ridge by sneaking through a basement door some time between 8 pm and 8 am the next day, police said.
Keep the change
A klepto jacked cash and collectible coins from an 11th Avenue residence on April 9.
The bandit walked right in the front door to the home between 81st and 82nd streets in Dyker Heights sometime between 9:15 am and 4:30 pm, police said. The sneak took $870 in cash and some silver coins, a police report states.
Cat burglar
A nimble no-goodnik climbed into a Gelston Avenue home and nabbed $33,206 in swag on April 7.
The cat burglar climbed a fire escape on the building between 92nd and 94th streets in Bay Ridge sometime between 6:45 am and 9 pm, police said. He took jewelry, four laptop computers, three gold bars, and $2,500 in cash, a police report states.
Bag bandit
A rustler looted a woman’s purse inside a Third Avenue house on April 5.
The victim left her purse on a chair in an apartment between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue in Bay Ridge at 1:30 am, but when she returned half an hour later, the bag was short $200 and her credit cards were missing, police said.
— Max Jaeger
