84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Pushed away
A hungry thief stole a food pushcart on Flatbush Avenue on Oct. 17.
The cart’s owner told cops the jerk removed the stand from its spot on the sidewalk near Fulton Street at around 8:50 pm by pushing it along the thoroughfare.
MetroTech madness
Two baddies stole a guy’s MacBook Pro laptop after getting into a fight with him on Willoughby Street on Oct. 18.
Authorities said one of the lawbreakers bumped into the victim and started fighting with him. A MetroTech security guard broke up the battle and in the process, the pair of villains ran off with the laptop, according to a report.
Mugged
Police arrested a man who they say stole a woman’s phone as she was walking on Plymouth Street on Oct. 19.
The victim was strolling towards Gold Street at 7:30 pm when the suspect approached her and demanded her phone, authorities said. The man then forcibly took it and fled, according to authorities.
Drunk and tired
An opportunistic sneak stole a drunk and very tired man’s phone and wallet from him during one of the two times he fell asleep on a 2 train on Oct. 21.
The man told police he got on the train in Manhattan with his belongings, but missed his stop and ended up in the Bronx. He then got on a Brooklyn-bound 2 train but fell asleep again and didn’t wake up until the locomotive made its last stop at Hoyt Street.
The man — who told cops he was drunk at the time — went to a diner to eat and realized his phone and wallet had been taken, according to a report.
— Lauren Gill
