78th Precinct
Park Slope
Rock for an Apple
A criminal hurled a rock threw the window of a car parked on President Street and stole a laptop from inside sometime between June 21 and June 22.
The 31-year-old victim told police that she left her black Chevrolet parked on the street between Fourth and Fifth avenues on June 21 at 10:30 pm.
When she returned the next day at 8 am she found a rock through her car window and her MacBook Pro missing.
Cleaned house
A crook looted $1,550 from a city Sanitation worker while he was working at the Hamilton Avenue Sanitation garage on June 20.
The 43-year-old victim told police that he left the lump sum in his locker at the garage near Second Avenue at 5:50 am. When he came back about four hours later the cash was missing.
Coin thief
A bandit burglarized a Carroll Street apartment and made off with $15 in coins on June 23.
The 42-year-old victim told police that the crook entered through the front door of the building near Eighth Avenue using a spare key left in a sneaker outside the front door at 1:15 am.
The crook waltzed in the apartment, snagged the box of loose change, and fled through the front door, taking the keys, according to a police report.
Gymrats
There were two separate instances of gym goer’s bankcards stolen out of their lockers at a Ninth Street gym on June 8 and June 21.
• A crook looted a gym-goer’s bankcards and driver’s license while he was working out at the fitness center near Fifth Avenue on June 8.
The 45-year-old victim told police that he left his property in the locker of the gym at 11 am.
When he returned two-and-a-half hours later his debit and credit cards and driver’s license were gone. He later found out that there were charges made on both cards totaling $3,300.
The thief made charges at a nearby home improvement store and hardware store.
• On June 21 a thief stole another gym-goer’s bankcards while he was working out.
The 39-year-old victim told cops that he placed his wallet in the locker at 4:35 pm. Close to 6 pm the man received a phone call from his bank while he was working out in regards to suspicious charges made on his debit card.
When he went back to the locker it was still locked, but his credit and debit cards were missing.
The crook made charges at a nearby gas station and home improvement store, according to a police report.
MyPhone
A perp snatched an iPhone out of a woman’s hand as she was talking on it on Sixth Avenue on June 18.
The 34-year-old victim cops that she was near First Street at about 7:55 pm when the swift crook grabbed the cellular device out of her hand.
Poached two-wheeler
A bandit stole an electric bicycle that was left in front of a Fifth Avenue Thai restaurant on June 14.
The 35-year-old victim told police that he left the ride on the street near Berkeley Place at midnight and when he returned at 10 am the $2,100 ride was gone.
Family drama
Police cuffed a 22-year-old who they say choked his mother inside their Third Avenue apartment on June 22.
The 46-year-old victim told cops that she was having an argument with her son over cleaning the residence between Wyckoff and Baltic streets at 8 am. The quarrel escalated about 20 minutes later when the woman’s son choked his mother with both hands, causing redness and loss of breath, according to a police report. The man also allegedly grabbed his mother’s wrist, causing it to bruise.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
