78th Precinct
Park Slope
No game
Two thugs beat up a man on Fourth Avenue on March 9, cops say.
The 24-year-old victim told cops he was walking near Douglass Street at noon, when two jerks pushed him to the ground and grabbed his $300 portable videogame player.
Cops arrested a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old the same day.
Cold criminal
A punk swiped a fancy coat from a woman on Douglass Street on March 8, cops say.
The 32-year-old victim told cops she was near Fourth Avenue at 6:15 am when a man grabbed her $300 black leather jacket and ran.
Police arrested a 28-year-old suspect the same day.
Bad change
A jerk stole a laptop from an apartment on 12th Street on March 5.
The 25-year-old victim told cops she left her home near Seventh Avenue at 7:30 am, went to work, then came back at 9 pm. That’s when she discovered her $1,250 Mac and a cup full of change gone — with no sign of forced entry.
Photo op
A crook snatched some goodies from a car on Flatbush Avenue on March 8.
The 22-year-old victim told cops she parked her white 2004 Mitsubishi near Ocean Avenue at 2:30 pm, came back about an hour later, and discovered the window broken — and a $120 Sony camera and $100 Coach wallet gone.
Oh, baby
A quick-moving creep stole a purse from a woman at a mailing center Seventh Avenue on March 5.
The 37-year-old victim told cops she set her purse inside her baby’s stroller at the UPS store near 11th Street at 1:15 pm, then looked away for 15 minutes. That was enough time for the jerk to snatch the purse — and the $60 inside.
Key clue
Someone stole some cash from a liquor store on Park Place on March 8.
A worker at Park Slope Liquor near Seventh Avenue told cops she left the shop at 9:30 am, came back the next day at 10 am, and discovered $1,400 missing from the register — with no sign of forced entry.
Only six people have keys, she told police.
Free ride
A punk stole a motorbike parked on 11th Street on March 9.
The 46-year-old victim told cops he left his white 1999 Suzuki Motorbike near Fourth Avenue at 6 am, then came back at 10 am. That was enough time for the jerk to swipe his $2,500 ride.
G snatch
Crooks snatched a fancy cellphone from a G train straphanger on Ninth Avenue March 6.
The 27-year-old victim told cops she was leaving the Seventh Avenue subway station at 4:45 pm when two men bumped her from behind. One of them grabbed an iPhone from her pocket. The other yelled, “We didn’t take anything!” — then they both ran away.
— Natalie O’Neill
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
