68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Wooden wallop
A pair of goons robbed a man on 68th Street while threatening him with a two-by-four on Jan 27.
The victim told cops that he was near Fourth Avenue at 2:30 pm when the duo came behind him and demanded his cash.
“Run your pockets, what you got?” one said.
That’s when one thug brandish the two-foot-long piece of lumber, while the other swiped the victim’s wallet, cops said.
But the duo didn’t get much for its troubles: the victim only had $2 on him.
Not playing
Two thugs beat up a teen for his handheld video game on Ovington Avenue on Jan. 29.
The victim told cops that he was near 12th Avenue at 1 pm when the pair came up from behind him and punched and kicked him until he was on the ground, then robbed him of his Sony PlayStation Portable.
House bandits
Thieves swiped nearly $2,000 in electronics from a 72nd Street house on Jan 26 while its owner was away.
The victim told cops that she left her home between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 2 pm. When she returned to her house at 7 pm the next day, she found her MacBook and video camera missing.
Jeweled!
Thieves scored when they ripped off a $30,000 ring from an 81st Street house on Jan 26.
The victim told cops that he left his house between 11th and 12th avenues at 9:45 am. When he returned at 10 pm, he found the house ransacked and the platinum and diamond ring missing.
—Dan MacLeod
Reach reporter Dan MacLeod at dmacleod@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-4507.
