Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill–Red Hook
He said she said
Cops collared a robbery suspect after they saw him allegedly assault a woman and snatch her purse on Visitation Place on April 18, according to a report.
Officers observed a man and woman struggling over a pocketbook between Richards and Van Brunt streets shortly before 3 am, a report said. The ruffian allegedly struck the woman in the face, grabbed her purse, and tried to beat a hasty retreat, police said.
The officers quickly found the rogue trying to hide underneath a nearby car and placed the 22-year-old Red Hook man under arrest, a report said. The victim, who had suffered slight lacerations to her shoulder in the kerfuffle, was uncooperative, telling the cops the bag was not hers — a claim that was quickly proven false when officers found her identification inside, a report said.
Some friend
Police arrested a brute after he allegedly punched a pal in the face and stole her cell phone on Columbia Street on April 14, a report said.
Cops collared the 44-year-old Red Hook man on April 15 at 10:20 am, a day after he allegedly got into a fight with an acquaintance between Bush and Lorraine streets, clocked the woman in the face, and ran off with her $100 gray Boost Mobile cell phone.
Police, who were familiar with the robber, arrested him at the 76th Precinct station house, a spokesman said.
Check for poltergeists
Several pricey pieces of jewelry went missing from a home on Cheever Place on April 19, according to police.
The owner of the missing bling told police she placed her valuables on a tray in her bedroom in her apartment between Kane and Degraw streets at 4 pm, and the next time she checked on them, they had vanished.
The woman is missing a diamond necklace worth $2,000, an aquamarine diamond necklace worth $2,000, and a topaz diamond ring worth $2,000, according to a report.
In and out
A woman with expensive tastes swiped a fancy handbag from a luxury department store on Atlantic Avenue on April 20, police said.
The plunderer strolled into the shop between Court and Clinton streets at about 2:05 pm, grabbed a $2,500 Saint Laurent handbag from the window display, and walked right back out, according to a report.
— Noah Hurowitz
