76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Free-booter
A malefactor broke into a guy’s Court Street apartment and stole his jacket and boots on Dec. 15, police said.
The victim told police the jerk entered his apartment between Verandah Place and Warren Street at 10:15 am through an ajar front door and swiped his gray and brown NorthFace jacket and a pair of boots, according to authorities.
Bad bruiser
A good-for-nothing punched a woman in the face on Columbia Street on Dec. 17, police said.
The 37-year-old woman told police the lout socked her on the right side of her face at about 10 pm after they got into an argument near Mill Street. The brute fled in a silver car and the victim turned down a trip to the hospital, according to authorities.
Fire starter
Cops cuffed a woman after they say she started a fire outside a Clinton Street house on Dec. 16, police said.
The suspect allegedly started a small blaze at the home between Mill Street and Centre Mall at about 4 pm, leaving scorch marks on the floor, according to authorities.
Police also found hypodermic needles and a controlled substance on the suspect, and charged her with trespassing, arson, and reckless endangerment, officials said.
Rookie mistake
A nogoodnik swiped two laptops from a woman’s Union Street apartment on Dec. 16.
The victim told police she thinks the sneak got into her apartment between Court and Smith streets sometime between 1 am and 11:30 am with the spare key she leaves under the rug, then stole her two laptops, a pair of house keys, and a mouse pad, according to authorities.
Caught him
Cops arrested a 21-year-old man after they say he threatened two different guys with weapons and broke into an apartment on Bush Street on Dec. 13.
The suspect allegedly first pulled a handgun on a guy on Columbia Street near Mill Street at about 9 pm and swiped $39 from him, before fleeing to an apartment between Columbia and Hicks streets, officials said.
The occupant told the suspect to leave, but the guy then allegedly grabbed a small kitchen knife and held it to the man’s head, saying, “I don’t want to kill you,” according to authorities.
The two got into a brief struggle and then cops arrested the suspect on Hicks Street, police said.
— Julianne Cuba
