88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
More auto burglaries
Cops warned people not to keep their valuables in their vehicles last week after a weeks-long rash of car break-ins in the 88th Precinct did not stop despite the arrest of a suspect with a long rap sheet. And it looks like they were justified.
A burglar broke into a parked car on Adelphi Street on March 13, busting in the window and stealing a purse from the passenger seat, cops said.
The 49-year-old victim told police she parked the car between DeKalb and Willoughby avenues at 5:30 pm and, when she returned a short while later, the deed had been done. The bag contained her phone, some cash, and a pair of prescription glasses, cops said.
A crook took a backpack from inside a work truck on Myrtle Avenue on March 10, authorities reported.
The 31-year-old victim said he parked the truck at the corner of Ryerson Place at 6 pm and noticed his bag gone when he got back. There was no broken window in this incident and the bag contained $20 in cash as well as credit cards, police said.
Chase case
A burglar was thwarted when a passerby saw him stealing packages from inside his building on Clinton Avenue and ran him down, police said.
The good Samaritan told police he saw the lowlife picking up boxes inside his building between Fulton Street and Gates Avenue at 4:43 pm and told him to halt. The thief booked it and the civilian gave chase for a block, then grabbed him and did not let go until cops arrived, according to a report.
Cops charged the 45-year-old suspect with the Clinton Avenue burglary and a similar package-snagging that took place on March 3 in a building on S. Oxford Street between Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place. That theft, of a box of clothes, was caught on video, cops said.
Mugs of fear
Two bands of marauders robbed two people in separate incidents on March 15.
In the first robbery, three punks held up a guy at knife-point on Saint James Place, cops said.
The victim was walking towards Greene Avenue at 3:10 pm when the trio approached him from behind, demanded money, and flashed a knife, according to authorities. Two of the goons held his arms and the third punched him in face and grabbed $80 in cash from his pocket, police stated.
The same day, at 5:23 pm, four toughs beat a 35-year-old man with a metal pipe and tried to rob him of his bicycle on Rockwell Place near Lafayette Avenue, according to a report. The fearsome foursome took off without the bike, police said.
Paintball sniper
A ruffian shot a 50-year-old man with a paintball gun from inside an apartment in the Ingersoll Houses on March 12, police said.
The victim reported he was standing in the parking lot on Carlton Avenue near the corner of Park Avenue at 12:30 pm when a frozen paintball hit him in the torso. The unlucky sap thought the projectile came from an apartment on the second floor of a nearby building.
Double barreled
Goons pistol-whipped two people in front of a bar on Myrtle Avenue in two separate incidents on March 16, cops said.
The first assault happened outside the tavern between Grand Avenue and Steuben Street at 3 am, when a cretin whacked a 28-year-old man in the head with a black handgun, according to police. That victim was uncooperative, according to a report.
An hour later, brutes slammed a 21-year-old lady in the face and head with a black handgun at the same bar, police reported.
The victim said she got into an argument with a woman in front of the bar and that a lout come out of nowhere and started whaling on her with the gun. The scoundrel jumped into a white and gray Suburban that was parked at the curb, and peeled off on Myrtle heading towards Grand, authorities stated.
Wheels of misfortune
Thieves tried to steal bikes from apartment buildings in two separate events, police reported.
A prowler tried to steal two bikes from a Fort Greene Place hallway on March 14, but only got away with one, cops said.
The 32-year-old victim told cops he heard loud noises coming from outside his apartment between DeKalb and Lafayette avenues at 4:40 am. When he opened the door to investigate, he saw his two bikes were missing and immediately got dressed and ran outside, according to a police report. He saw the thief trying to ride away on one of the bikes while ghost-riding the other and was able to grab the bike the guy was holding, the report says.
A crook jacked another bike from the hallway of a Fulton Street building in the early morning hours of March 10, authorities said.
The 46-year-old victim, who lives between Grand Avenue and Downing Street, said she saw the bike at 2 am and, when she got up at 9 am, the ride was gone.
Party foul
A bandit swiped a phone out of a woman’s hand while she was at a crowded party on Waverly Avenue on March 16.
The victim said she was holding the phone in her hand at the bash between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue at 3:30 am, when someone snagged it and ran into the crowd.
— Matthew Perlman
