68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
That escalated quickly
A bunch of louts beat up a guy, robbed him, and tried to steal his car on 14th Avenue on July 11, according to police.
The victim was sitting in his car with his wife near 62nd Street around 4:20 am when a guy came up and asked for a cigarette. The victim refused, so the guy asked him for his car keys instead. He again refused and the rogue started to punch him in the face through the window.
The driver got out to defend himself, but two of the nogoodnik’s buddies jumped him from behind, the police report said. One of them grabbed his wallet — with $300 in it — in the chaos and the three of them split, cops said.
Mid-day heist
A burglar barged his way into a woman’s 72nd Street apartment on July 14 and ran off with her jewelry, police said.
She left her apartment near Fort Hamilton Parkway around 10:30 am and came back around 6 pm to find her once-locked bedroom door kicked in, cops said.
Her room was ransacked and she discovered her jewelry — including three diamond rings, a pearl ring, and pearl earrings — were nowhere to be found.
Not cool
A jewel thief also hit a Third Avenue apartment on July 16, according to police.
The homeowner left her place near 100th Street around 7:25 pm and returned a few hours later only to discover that someone had entered her bedroom by pushing in her air-conditioning unit and cutting her screen open. The good-for-nothing grabbed diamond jewelry, police said.
Cash grab
A housebreaker trashed and robbed a 93rd Street home on July 11, according to police.
The victim came home and saw the front door was unlocked and the apartment completely turned over, police said. The freebooter got away with $300.
Heavy haul
A looter broke into a guy’s work van parked on Marine Avenue and swiped more than two dozen tools and materials sometime overnight on July 15, law enforcement officials said.
The victim parked his car around 8 pm and returned at 10 am the next day and saw his stuff was missing. There were no visible signs of a break-in, police noted, but the thief managed to steal a voltage tester, hammer drill, and band saw.
The crook also took the guy’s Ray Ban sunglasses and reading glasses, police said.
— Dennis Lynch
