61ST PRECINCT
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Ice cream sneak
A knife-wielding shoplifter swiped cartons of ice cream from an Avenue U store on Jan. 13.
An employee told police that the crook threatened him with a box cutter inside the store near Ocean Avenue at around 7:40 pm, before snagging the frozen goods and running off.
Laundry change
A freebooter broke into a coin machine in an Ocean Avenue laundry room on Jan. 15.
An employee told police that the swindler cut open the machine near Avenue Y at around 5:50 pm and stole a handful of coins.
Ring bearer
A brute threatened an employee of a Coney Island Avenue store with a knife on Jan. 13.
The victim told police that the bruiser’s wife pawned the ring at the store near Avenue Y at around 4:15 pm before snagging it back from the employee and driving off in a BMW.
