84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
High crimes
Police arrested a 13-year-old boy who they say robbed two women in separate elevator incidents on Jan. 12, the authorities said.
• The first victim said she entered a building on Bridge Street, between York and Prospect streets at 7:55 am, and got into the elevator. The suspect followed her in and when she tried to exit at the seventh floor, he blocked her way, according to a police report. When the elevator reached the 14th floor, the suspect grabbed the woman’s purse, which contained $20 in cash and a credit card, and ran, the report says.
• The second victim said she got into the elevator of a building on Sands Street between Gold and Navy streets at 8:30 am, along with the suspect. When the elevator reached the 12th floor, the suspect allegedly pushed her to the ground and took her purse, according to officers. Her purse contained $850 in cash and credit cards, police said.
Police arrested the teen two days later and charge him with both robberies.
Comfy criminals
A crew of miscreants stole a bunch of bedding from a Front Street store on Jan. 16, cops said.
A worker at the store between Main and Washington streets said the treacherous trio entered at 6:45 pm and started stuffing things in to tote bags.
“Ain’t nobody stealing up in here — mind your business,” said one of the louts when a worker told them to stop, according to police.
Then the goons took off without paying, the report says. Their haul included 10 linen duvet covers, eight linen shams, 10 organic duvet covers, 16 organic shams, and five sets of sheets, police said. The store reported that the items sell for $5,300 altogether.
Inmate uprising
Officers arrested three men who they say attacked jailers in Central Booking on Schermerhorn Street on Jan. 13.
An officer said he told one of the prisoners to move to a different cell in the building between Smith Street and Boerum Place at 3 pm, and that the prisoner refused. As the officer tried to cuff the suspect, two other prisoners jumped on him and pulled him away, the report says.
Three other officers heard the commotion and came into the cell to help, police said. Two officers were injured in the fracas, one in the leg, the other in the face, neck, and shoulder, cops said.
Jailhouse rocked again
Police charged another man with allegedly assaulting two officers, also inside Central Booking, on Jan. 16.
The defendant had just seen a judge and had his bail set at 12:50 pm and was brought back to a cell to be searched, according to cops. The suspect was talking on his cellphone and when an officer told him to hang it up so they could search him, he refused, officers said.
The pair of jailers approached him and the suspect became belligerent, kicking and flailing his arms to avoid being cuffed, police said. Both officers were injured, according to a police report.
Locker room larceny
Someone swiped a ton of belongings from a woman’s locker in an Atlantic Avenue gym on Jan. 14, cops said.
The victim said she got to the gym between Court Street and Boerum Place at 7 pm and locked up her things before going for a workout.
She returned a half hour later to find that the items were gone, law enforcement officials said. The culprits made off with two pairs of boots, two jackets, a sweater, a pair of jeans, a hat, a pair of gloves, earrings, sunglasses, a watch, and a wallet, a report says.
Laptops looted
An antisocial lowlife swiped a pair of laptops from a Schermerhorn Street school on Jan. 15, per police.
A teacher in the school between Boerum Place and Smith Street said he had a cart with 15 laptops in a classroom at 1 pm, and that by the end of the period two of the devices were gone.
Group grab
Three toughs stole a man’s cellphone as he walked down Fulton Street on Jan. 15, officers said.
The victim said he was between Pearl Street and Boerum Place at 5:30 pm when the threatening threesome approached him. One of them tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he was in a gang, but he did not respond and kept walking, according to a police report.
At that point one of the goons grabbed the victim, punched him in the face, and took his phone, then the fiends fled, the official account says.
Gone gadgets
A pair of crooks swiped four cellphones from a Montague Street store on Jan. 15, according to police.
An employee of the store between Clinton and Henry Streets said the dastardly duo came in at 6:20 pm and took the phones from the display case, then took off running on Montague towards Clinton Street.
Senior in danger
A group of eight teens robbed an elderly man at the corner of State Street on Jan. 15, the NYPD said.
The 72-year-old victim said he was near Sydney Place, headed to a friend’s house at 8:20 pm, when the gaggle of goons approached.
One of the delinquents showed him a knife and demanded his phone, according to the authorities. The man handed it over, along with $50, and the group took off, a report says.
— Matthew Perlman
