68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Cash heist
A ne’er-do-well stole $24,800 in cash and jewelry from a 92nd Street home sometime between March 6 and 27.
The burglar broke the lock on the front door of the home between Third and Fourth avenues in Bay Ridge and made off with $23,000 in cash and an estimated $1,800 worth of jewelry, a police report states.
Door-buster
A brute bashed in the door to a Bay Ridge Parkway home and took a bunch of jewelry on March 27.
The goon burglarized the home between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge sometime between 9 am and 6 pm, police said.
Goon grabs bag
A galoot demanded a woman’s cash and then grabbed her purse on 68th Street on March 25.
The victim was between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 10th Avenue in Dyker Heights at 10:25 pm when a guy came up behind her, told her to give him her money, and snatched her purse, police said.
Purse pinched
A no-goodnik nicked a lady’s purse on 72nd Street on March 29.
The thief was wearing a gray hoodie when he came up behind a woman between 10th and 11th avenues in Dyker Heights and ripped her bag away before fleeing in a gray Bavarian Motor Works sedan, officials said.
An old con
Two tricksters conned a Shore Road man out of cash on March 27.
One grifter called the victim’s apartment between Bay Ridge Avenue and Mackay Place in Bay Ridge at 10 am, posing as the man’s grandson — and then a second man called pretending to be the grandson’s attorney, police said.
Both villains said the grandson had been in a car accident, was arrested for drunk driving, and needed cash for bail, a police report states.
The mark wired $1,800 to Lebanon before realizing the calls were a ruse, officials said. Police confirmed the real grandson is safe and living in Michigan, a police report states.
— Max Jaeger
