84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Citizen cane
A cane-holding menace struck another person with his walking aid at a Veterans’ Hospital on Flatbush Avenue on July 9.
The perp attacked the victim in the hospital near Nevins Street at 8:15 am and then fled.
Wanted: a livery
A 17-year-old was cuffed for robbing a cab driver working on Atlantic Avenue back on on May 4.
The robbery, which occurred near Hoyt Street at 3:24 am, was reported on July 9.
Grand petty theft
A lucky thief robbed a woman — only to find $20,000 in her wallet — on Hicks Street on July 10.
The theft happened near Clark Street at 12:06 pm.
Signals crossed
The padlocked security gate leading to the signal room at the Hoyt Street subway station was broken into on July 6.
No items were taken from the security room other than the chain and lock outside. The break-in happened at 10 am.
Hot box
A thief tried and failed to take a cash box containing $1,300 from a restaurant located in a religious temple on Schermerhorn Street on July 8.
The thief ran out of the building near Nevins Street with the box — but got scared, dropped it, and ran away — at 2:30 pm.
— Jaime Lutz
