84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
A scent for sore eyes
Cops cuffed four teens who they say beat a woman up on Adams Street on July 8, spraying perfume in her eyes and stealing her purse.
The 48-year-old victim said she was sitting on a bench between Fulton and Johnson streets at 1:23 am when the group surrounded her.
One of the kids shined a flashlight on her face while another misted her eyes, according to a police report. A third punched her in the face and grabbed her handbag, the report says.
The crew fled on foot, but cops caught up with them on Jay Street between Fulton and Johnson streets, police said. Officers arrested the whole bunch after the victim identified them, cops recounted. The teens included a 15-year-old boy and three girls, two 15 and one 13, officers stated.
Getting the goods
A man was arrested for allegedly shoplifting underwear, vitamins, and shaving cream from a pharmacy on Atlantic Avenue on July 12, cops reported.
Officers apprehended the 56-year-old suspect after employees of the store, between Third and Fourth avenues, saw the man stuffing merchandise into his pockets at 10:50 am, officers said. An employee tried to stop the guy and he started fighting back, store personnel reported.
An officer saw what was going on and arrested the suspected shoplifter, receiving a cut on his wrist during the struggle, according to a police report. The man had four packages of Hanes boxer briefs, two bottles of Centrum Silver, and eight bottles of shaving cream in his pockets, officers said.
Downtown trouble
A menacing mob robbed a man on Fulton Street on the evening of July 12, law enforcement officials said.
The 18-year-old victim reported he was on the sidewalk with a friend between Gallitan Place and Hoyt Street at 9 pm when a group of five or six brutes came up from behind. One of the fiends pulled a silver handgun out of his waistband and told the victim and his buddy to turn around, according to a police report.
“If you all move, I’ll shoot you,” the villain supposedly said.
The scalawags relieved the victim of $200 in cash and a cellphone, then the gunman demanded they walk away without looking back, police stated. The pair boarded a B41 bus and left the scene without turning around, cops said.
Bad taste
A burglar broke into a car parked on the corner of Livingston and Smith streets on July 7 and stole a woman’s purse while she ate dinner, cops said.
The 43-year-old victim reported she was having dinner at 6 pm, and when she came out to her vehicle afterwards she found the rear passenger-side window smashed and her purse gone. She said the bag contained a debit card and a navigation system.
Shoes are made for stealing
A cretin snatched a cellphone from a 13-year-old and almost stole his shoes at an Atlantic Avenue bus stop on July 8, the authorities said.
The teen said he was waiting for the bus between Court Street and Boerum Place at 6:20 pm when the 20-something bully approached. The lout demanded the kid give him the sneakers from his backpack, then returned them, cops said.
“You’re lucky they’re not my size,” the villain purportedly growled, then turned his attention elsewhere, cops said. “Give me your cellphone or I will shoot you.”
The teen said the guy then reached to his waistband and he thought he saw the barrel of a gun. The youngster forked over the phone and the goon hopped on a B61 bus headed down Atlantic towards Flatbush Avenue, law enforcement officials said.
Funny money
Cops arrested a woman on July 10 who they say passed $6,000 in fake bills at a Fulton Street store over the last month.
Staff at the store between Jay and Lawrence streets reported that a 23-year-old woman started buying items with counterfeit cash on June 10 at 9 pm and continued to do so until July 10 at 9:50 pm.
Store employees also stated that the woman exchanged the purchased items for real money at other locations.
Thieve the bangles
A sneak thief stole jewelry from a Wyckoff Street home on July 11, according to the authorities.
The 55-year-old victim said she left the building between Smith and Court streets at 8 am and, when she returned at 4 pm, she found the front door unlocked and noticed her jewelry boxes spread on the bed. The sneak snatched three gold chains, according to cops.
Bag burgled
An anti-social shopper snagged a woman’s wallet from her purse inside a Fulton Mall store on July 11, police stated.
The 44-year-old woman said she left the bag unattended on the floor at 1:30 pm while she shopped for shoes in the store between Hoyt Street and Gallitan Place.
When she returned a few minutes later, she noticed the wallet had been taken, officers said. The wallet contained $40 in cash, credit cards, and a cellphone, according to a report.
Locker-room larceny
A cretin took a man’s wallet from his locker while he showered in a Livingston Street gym on July 12, officers said.
The 26-year-old fitness buff said he was showering inside the facility between Elm Place and Bond Street at 9 am and left his bag in a locker. When he came out, the wallet had gone for a walk, cops said.
A security guard of a nearby building later saw a lowlife throw the wallet into a garbage can on Bond Street between Fulton and Livingston streets, according to a police report. The merchandise minder fished out the billfold and turned it over to neighborhood law enforcement, police stated. The wallet was the victim’s, but it was missing his credit and debit cards, the report says.
— Matthew Perlman
