78th Precinct
Park Slope
Wall of shame
A gun-toting brute robbed a woman in the common space of an apartment building on Third Avenue in Gowanus on Nov. 12, police said.
The ruffian ambushed the woman inside her building between Baltic and Wyckoff streets, flashing a silver revolver and ordering, “Get your f—— hands on the wall,” according to a report.
The villain then grabbed the 19-year-old’s wallet and took off down a staircase, disappearing with $50 and the woman’s identification card, officers stated.
Gone with the wind
A bike thief made off with a pricey bicycle parked in front of a building on Fifth Avenue on Nov. 15, cops said.
The unlucky victim locked his ride, which he said cost him $1,400, to a bike rack in front of the building between Union and Sackett streets, he said. He was only inside for about 10 minutes, but in that time the crook snipped the lock and scrammed, a report states.
Run thief, run
A woman saw a sneak swipe the laptop from her bag at a Fifth Avenue bar on Nov. 14, but was unable to stop the theft, law enforcement officials said.
The 28-year-old victim left her bag on the floor next to her as she hung out at the tavern between Union and Sackett streets, then watched as the crook grabbed the laptop from her bag and dashed off, according to a report.
The lowlife fled the restaurant and took off on Sackett Street toward Fourth Avenue, then the victim lost sight of him, cops said. The thief was in his mid-20s, stood about 5-foot-10, and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a gray stripe down the arm, according to the victim.
Smash and grab
A galoot tore up a parked car on Bergen Street in Prospect Heights, cops said.
The victim left the car parked between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues on Nov. 12, and returned from vacation on Nov. 14 to find a passenger-side window shattered and the vehicle’s air-bags, a door panel, a speaker, and the central console gone, police reported. The losses and damages totalled $2,849 in goods, a report states.
Insult to injury
A heartless thief stole from a patient at a Sixth Street hospital on Nov. 13, officers recounted.
The patient was undergoing tests in another part of the medical center between Seventh and Eighth avenues, and left her wallet underneath the pillow on her bed, according to a report.
The woman was out of the room from 2:18 to 8 pm, and when she returned the sheets had been changed and her wallet — and the $65 inside — were nowhere to be found, police said.
— Noah Hurowitz
