68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Cutthroat cretins
A pair of good-for-nothings robbed a guy at knifepoint on 62nd Street on July 22, according to a police report.
The guy told police he was near Eighth Avenue just before 2 am when the bandits approached from behind. One put the knife to his throat and the other blocked him from running, a police report stated.
The knife-wielding lout told the victim to cough up “all you got,” and the guy handed over his wallet with $200 inside, according to the report. The pair fled towards Fort Hamilton Parkway, police said.
Burning up
Two galoots stole a bunch of over-the-counter heartburn medication from a Third Avenue pharmacy on July 19, according to police.
They walked into the pharmacy near 93rd Street at 9:12 pm — one acted as a lookout while another stuffed five different kinds of indigestion medicine into his pockets.
It took them only five minutes to complete the caper, authorities said.
Basement break-in
A burglar broke into a 92nd Street home on July 18 and stole an array of jewelry, police said.
The family members told cops they were out of the house between Ridge Boulevard and Third Avenue by 8 am, and when the kids returned around 4:40 pm, they found the lock on the basement door broken and the door wide open. When the mother came home she found her bedroom ransacked, police reported.
The thief grabbed three bracelets, a brooch, a necklace, and a pillow case — presumably to stuff the goods in, according to a police report.
Tools nabbed
A freebooter broke into a man’s commercial truck parked on 92nd Street on July 19, authorities said.
The guy parked on the street near Seventh Avenue around 10 pm and returned at 8 am the next day to find the lock popped on the rear passenger-side door, according to police. A power washer, drill, a sawzall, and a grinder were missing, police said.
Easy grab
A thief snuck into a guy’s car parked behind an Ovington Avenue building on July 16 and stole his wallet, police said.
The victim told police he parked behind the building at Fifth Avenue around 9:15 am and left it unlocked, he told police.
He came back an hour later to find his wallet — containing his credit and debit cards — was missing.
— Dennis Lynch
