88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Triple shots
Cops say they arrested a man in connection with a shooting at the Ingersoll Houses on March 21 — a day after gunfire killed another man on Monument Walk.
The 22-year-old victim told police he was near Park Avenue at 5:36 pm when a gunman shot him in the chest and groin.
Police arrested a suspect after chasing him into 9 Monument Walk.
Authorities have grappled with two other homicides this year:
· On March 5, police responded to a 911 call in the Walt Whitman Houses on Carlton Avenue and found a 20-year-old man shot dead. Cops arrested a 25-year-old suspect days later.
· On March 20, a thug sprayed bullets into a 21-year-old man in the Ingersoll Houses. Emergency responders transported the victim to Brooklyn Hospital, where he died.
Hot ticket
An irate customer struck a deli worker with a wooden stick at a Myrtle Avenue bodega on March 20.
The 31-year-old victim told cops he was at the shop near N. Portland Avenue when an acquaintance began arguing with him over a lottery ticket.
The patron left the store, returned with a club, and yelled, “I’ll kill all of you!” That’s when he whacked the shopkeeper on the hand and fled.
Beer haul
A wily bandit snatched a woman’s purse from a Fulton Street biergarten — making off with an iPhone and $500.
The victim told police she was at Der Schwarze Kolner near S. Oxford Street at 1:05 am when she left her bag on a sofa at the rear of the bar.
That’s when a strange woman sat down, took the pocketbook, and vamoosed.
Tech heist
A ballsy burglar stole nearly $6,000 in electronics from an Adelphi Street home on March 23.
The 30-year-old victim told cops she left her apartment near Park Avenue at 9 am. When she returned that evening, her door was unlocked and her stash of cameras, lenses, memory cards, lighting, and MacBook were gone.
Mail drop
Some jerk snatched a woman’s iPhone from the Myrtle Avenue post office on March 19.
The 20-year-old victim told police she was at the mail depot near Grand Avenue at 1:45 pm when the crook plucked her phone and Pratt Institute ID and fled.
In the bag
A devious bandit attacked a woman in the lobby of her Irving Place apartment — stealing her iPhone and purse.
The 28-year-old victim told cops she entered her building near Putnam Avenue at 3 am when the crook demanded her pocketbook.
He fled with her bag, $5, iPod, and cards.
Photo finish
A sneaky thief stole a MacBook from the Pratt Institute photography department on Willoughby Avenue on March 19.
The employee told police she left her computer in the office near Steuben Street at 5 pm. When she returned the next morning, her laptop and adapter were gone.
There was no forced entry; whoever snatched her stuff entered by key.
College pry
A rogue lifted a laptop from a Pratt Institute classroom on Willoughby Avenue on March 22.
The 20-year-old victim told police she was in the class near Steuben Street at 2 pm when she left to do a project in the hallway. When she returned three hours later, her MacBook and Coach case were gone.
Target-ed!
Cops say they arrested an employee of the Atlantic Terminal Target on March 24 for passing $1,580 in items to friends.
A manager of the department store near Flatbush Avenue told police that the dishonest worker allowed pals to over the past month.
Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect.
— Kate Briquelet
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