68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Agates a-gone
A jabroni jacked hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry from a 99th Street residence while the homeowner was away from April 18 to April 22.
The intruder snuck into the home between Third and Fourth avenues in Bay Ridge through a rear window and took $3,000 in cash and another $212,000 in jewelry, police said.
Checked out
An opportunistic bookworm checked out a woman’s cellphone and wallet after she left them unattended at a Third Avenue library on April 22.
The woman didn’t take her stuff when she went to the bathroom in the bibliotheque between Ovington and Bay Ridge avenues in Bay Ridge at 3:40 pm, and when she returned, someone had taken the phone and wallet, police said.
Cafe con larceny
A caffeinated cretin copped a woman’s purse from a Third Avenue coffee house on April 21.
The lady left her luggage on a hook in the cafe between 74th Street and Bay Ridge Parkway in Bay Ridge when she went to the loo at 4 pm, but when she returned 30 minutes later, the bag was gone, police said.
Buggy burglar
A punk pinched clothes and credit cards from a parked car on 92nd Street between April 23 and 24.
The driver left her ride between 92nd and 93rd streets in Bay Ridge at 11:30 pm, but when she returned at 4:30 am the next day, her stuff was gone, police said.
— Max Jaeger
