76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Pizza pirates
A trio of toughs robbed a delivery guy of food on Jan. 25 in an apartment building on Hoyt Street, according to police.
The worker said he was bringing an order of pizza and calzones to a seventh-floor apartment between Douglass and Baltic streets, when he noticed a no-goodnik hanging out by the elevator. Then he saw an unsavory character walk out the door at his destination and walk into a nearby stairwell, cops said.
And finally a third goon, wearing a mask, ran out of the stairwell, grabbed the insulated bag carrying the food, and dashed back into the stairwell with the other two, the authorities said.
The desperados made off with $37 in food and the bag, which was worth $150, a report says.
Roaming fee
A burglar swiped a pair of cellphones from a Carroll Street apartment on Jan. 21, officers said.
The prowler climbed into the apartment between Clinton and Court streets in Carroll Gardens through a rear fire-escape window sometime between 8:45 am and 9:45 pm, according to the authorities.
The victim returned home to find the window’s screen removed, the front door unlocked, and an iPhone 4 and a Nokia 928 taken, according to a report.
Tools out
A crook made off with thousands of dollars in tools and supplies after breaking into a construction site in the Columbia Waterfront District between Jan. 24 and Jan. 26, police said.
The owner left the construction site locked up at 9:30 pm on Jan. 24, and when she returned at 7:30 am on Jan. 26, the break-in artist had forced the door open and removed hardware, furniture, plumbing, and building materials worth an estimated $12,800, according to a report.
— Noah Hurowitz
