84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Apple jacked
A maniac put a fruit vendor in a chokehold for trying to stop him from stealing an apple at the corner of Willoughby Street on May 30, cops said.
The crazed fruit lover was with a woman and two small children when he snagged the produce from the stand at Adams Street at 9:10 pm, according to a police report. When the 43-year-old hawker tried to stop him, the brute started punching him in the face, grabbed him by the neck, and slammed him to the ground, officers stated.
The galoot then snatched $300 from the vendor’s pocket and herded his family into a cab at the corner of Jay and Willoughby streets, police said. Cops later tracked down a cabbie who said he dropped the clan off at Willoughby Avenue and Emerson Place.
Worst burglar ever
A bungling 52-year-old burglar broke into a Columbia Heights house on May 30 and stole a bunch of electronics, then gave everything back and took off, but left behind his jacket containing his identification. cops said.
The 31-year-old victim came home to her apartment between Clark and Pierrepont streets at 11:30 am and found it ransacked, according to a police report. The woman said five laptops, a baby monitor, a watch, and a wallet were all missing.
She went outside and encountered the lowlife sitting on her steps and when she confronted him, he gave everything back, according to the authorities. The prowler vamoosed, but forgot his jacket, which police found to contain numerous forms of identification, cops said. Officers also said the baby monitor captured video of the intruder inside the apartment.
Dinner disrupter
A quick crook snatched a woman’s purse while she dined with her boyfriend at a sidewalk table on Dean Street on May 26, the authorities said.
The 37-year-old and her beau were eating outside a restaurant between Bond and Hoyt streets at 10:15 pm when the scoundrel snuck up and grabbed her handbag from the back of her chair, cops said.
The woman told police the guy took off on Bond Street towards Bergen Street. The pouch contained $20 in cash, a cellphone, and debit and credit cards, she said.
Whack attack
Cops cuffed a 23-year-old who they say punched a woman and took her cellphone on Schermerhorn Street on May 27.
The victim reported she was between Hoyt and Bond streets at 2:10 pm when the suspect bashed her in the stomach and snatched the gadget.
The lady found a police officer and they tracked the phone to Glenwood Playground in Canarsie at the corner of Farragut Road and E. 59th Street. There they found the accused and the missing phone, according to a police report.
Mystery arrest
A 35-year-old man was arrested for assaulting an officer and resisting arrest Warren Street on May 29, though it is not clear what led to the encounter.
Police stopped the suspect between Bond and Nevins streets at 4:40 pm and tried to slap the bracelets on him, a police report says.
The guy punched one officer in the shoulder and started flailing his arms and kicking to prevent him from putting the cuffs on, cops said.
Night moves
Police arrested a 22-year-old who they say climbed up a fire escape on Remsen Street and broke into an apartment on May 30.
The 33-year-old victim told police he was sleeping in his apartment between Henry and Clinton streets at 2:41 am and woke up to find the burglar in the home.
Stuck up underground
A gunman and an accomplice assaulted and robbed a 36-year-old inside the Bergen Street subway station on May 30, the authorities said.
The victim was walking down the stairs into the station at the corner of Smith and Bergen streets when the two goons came up to him, one with the piece drawn, according to a police report.
“Give me all your money,” the ne’er-do-well with the heater said.
The tagalong rifled through the victim’s pockets and fished out his wallet and phone, cops reported.
The victim fought back when the predatory pair tried to remove his backpack, but the gunman pistol-whipped him and yanked it off, officers said.
The victim told cops the terrible twosome made off with his phone, $200 in cash, a debit card, a set of keys, and some work clothes.
Jewels run
A couple of toughs jumped a man for his jewelry on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights on May 31, police said.
The 25-year-old was near Henry Street at 2:30 am when two guys came up from behind and started punching him, the authorities said. The dastardly duo grabbed a gold ring, a Cartier watch, and a gold neck chain, according to a police report.
They also jacked his phone, $70 in cash, and a debit card, officers related.
Wallet woes
A scalawag snatched a woman’s wallet as she chased her child in a clothing store on Fulton Mall on May 30, police said.
The 25-year-old mom was shopping in the store between Bond Street and Hanover Place at 3:30 pm and left her purse on her baby stroller when she ran after her spawn, cops said.
When she returned home she noticed $300 and her debit and credit cards missing from the bag, police said.
Nothing Gold can stay
A nogoodnik stole a delivery guy’s motorized bike while he was making a delivery to a Gold Street apartment on May 31, the authorities said.
The 23-year-old worker left his ride locked up outside the building between Concord and Tillary streets while he dropped off some food on the eighth floor at 9:40 pm, cops said. When he emerged his wheels had vanished, officers stated.
— Matthew Perlman
