78th Precinct
Park Slope
Meltdown
Some guy went ballistic on the front door of a Second Street day care center on June 26.
The gent was outside the center between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 8 pm, when something snapped and he started swinging, according to police.
The day care ultimately suffered several hundred dollars worth of damage in the form of a broken window before the rampage was over, officials said.
Cell off
Cops are hunting a sticky-fingered phone thief who ripped off a Flatbush Avenue cell store on June 26.
An employee told police that the crook waltzed into the retailer between Prospect Place and Carlton Avenue at 3:45 pm, then snatched a pricey $700 iPhone 6S off the shelf and fled.
Soap-a-dope
A stinky sleaze stole $250 worth of soap from a Ninth Street Pharmacy on June 28.
The foul felon stalked into the store between Fifth and Sixth avenues at 4:35 pm, collected two baskets stuffed with suds, and skipped past the register without paying a dime, cops said.
Mini thief
Cops busted a 14-year-old kid for allegedly snatching a $200 Samsung cell out the hands of a 56-year-old man on Eighth Avenue on June 28.
The victim told police that he was yapping on his phone near Fourth Street at 7:43 pm, when the pint-sized perp allegedly ripped it from his hands and fled.
Do you swipe pina coladas?
Cops arrested two foodies for allegedly treating themselves to a feast using a bogus credit card at a Fifth Avenue eatery on June 30.
A restaurant worker told police the suspects — along with another diner who was not apprehended — entered the Latin joint between Dean and Bergen streets at 8 pm, then proceeded to gorge themselves on $117 worth of Hennessy, chicken fingers, and pina coladas, before paying with a fraudulent card.
— Colin Mixson
