Cell block
A thief was arrested on March 5 after swiping a cellphone out of a woman’s hand on Strong Place.
Cops say that the thief approached the 37-year-old victim from behind near Kane Street at around 1:50 pm, grabbed the phone and fled north.
But a witness and the victim gave chase to the corner of Clinton and Degraw streets, where Officer Patrick Barbato made the collar.
Bridge too far
A pack of thieves set upon a man as he walked over the footbridge at Henry Street and Hamilton Avenue on March 3, pulling a knife and getting away with $40.
Cops say that the victim was on the bridge at around 8:30 am when the thieves pounced.
Road rage
A driver claims that he was brutalized by two men in a road rage incident on West Ninth Street on March 2.
The victim told cops that he was driving westbound near Smith Street at around 11 pm when he was cut off by a gray Infinity four-door sedan. Seconds later, two men leaped from the fancy car, hurling threats. One man pulled a knife and the other grabbed a piece of metal off the street to threaten the man further.
After bashing the victim’s car with the implements, the men hopped back into their vehicle and drove off.
Welcome home
A woman returned to her Columbia Street apartment on March 2 to find that it had been ransacked while she was away.
The victim told cops that it’s unclear if anything was taken from the apartment, which is at Van Brunt Street, while she was away for four days.
Nothing gone
Another thief broke into a Sackett Street apartment on March 2 and also didn’t take anything.
The resident of the unit, which is between Court and Smith streets, said she returned home at 4:10 pm to find a rear window damaged, but nothing missing.
Car bust
A thief broke into a construction worker’s van on Union Street on March 5, taking tools and lots of cash.
The victim told cops that he had parked the truck between Court and Smith streets at around 11:30 am, but when he returned to the vehicle at 3 pm, he discovered that a door had been breached, allowing the thief access to a trunk-release latch that revealed the true booty: flooring tools, sanders, nail guns, a mitre saw and $3,500.
