78th Precinct
Park Slope
Thorny situation
Cops cuffed a knife-wielding man who they say stuck up a flower shop inside a Seventh Avenue supermarket on April 25, according to a report.
The alleged slasher, clad in blue sweatpants and a blue sweatshirt, barged into the market near Carroll Street at 11:25 pm, waving a knife in the face of an unlucky employee and demanding cash, police said. With the knife held to his stomach, the employee had no choice but to allow the suspect to snatch the cash drawer and dash out, police said.
The alleged thief did not make it far, a report said. A witness spied the suspect walking into the back entrance of a pizza restaurant on Fifth Avenue between Garfield Place and First Street, where cops managed to track him down and arrested him, according to a report.
In-and-out
A burglar managed to swipe thousands of dollars in loot from an Eighth Street apartment on April 22 — as the occupant slept on the couch, according to cops.
The victim awoke sometime after midnight to the sound of a loud thump from the rear of his apartment between Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park West, but went back to sleep, police said.
When the man awoke again at about 4 am, he found a sneak had crept off with a laundry list of belongings, including a MacBook, cashier’s checks, and handbags, a report said.
There was no sign of forced entry, according to police.
Low blow
A thief broke into the basement storeroom of a Fourth Avenue convenience store on April 19 and raided the inventory, according to a report.
The crook snuck into the basement of the store between President and Union streets and swiped about $200 worth of shampoo, boxers, T-shirts, lighters, and fruit snacks, cops said.
When the store owner reported the burglary he told cops another burglar had struck only a day earlier, according to a report.
— Noah Hurowitz
