84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Sacked
A brute beat a woman on the Bergen Street subway platform on June 23 and stole a bag of her clothes, cops said.
The 27-year-old victim was waiting for a train on the Brooklyn-bound platform of the station at Bergen and Smith streets at 6:44 pm, when the cretin came up from behind and started punching her in the face, according to a police report.
The woman fell and the punk took her bag and ran, the report says.
Out of sight
An eagle-eyed thief snatched a woman’s purse while she was shopping for eyeglasses inside a Fulton Street store on June 20, according to the authorities.
The 45-year-old woman reported she was visiting the optical outlet between Pearl and Jay streets at 4:30 pm, and left her purse hanging from the back of a chair. When she finished perusing the specs, she realized the purse was gone, police stated.
The woman said her bag contained $110 in cash, a birth certificate, a Social Security card, and debit and credit cards.
Quick pick
A fast-moving pickpocket grabbed a man’s wallet aboard a B train on June 23, and then dashed off into the station, cops reported.
The 22-year-old victim said he was riding a Brooklyn-bound train at 2:40 pm, and as it pulled into the DeKalb Avenue station, the fleet-footed sneak snatched the wallet and disembarked as the doors were closing.
The victim said the wallet contained $50 in cash, plus debit and credit cards.
Lush worker
A thief who preys on sleeping train passengers struck on an A train on June 17, a report says.
The groggy 32-year-old rider told cops he was dozing on a Queens-bound train at 3:20 pm, when he felt someone tugging at his pocket. He woke up to see the bandit run off the train at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop, then noticed his wallet was gone, police said. The wallet contained $27 in cash, a debit card, and a credit card, officers related.
Copper caper
A crook with metal on his mind plundered a Flatbush Avenue Extension school of a bunch of copper wire sometime between June 20 and 23, cops said.
School officials reported that the wire was lifted from the school between Bridge and Tillary streets sometime after 3:30 am on June 20 and before 1 am on June 23. The 16 rolls of copper are valued at $2,600, according to a police report.
CitiTake
Cops busted a 13-year-old who they say stole a CitiBike on Hanover Place on June 26, authorities said.
A 66-year-old woman said she saw the suspect take the ride from its docking station near Fulton Street. Police reported slapping cuffs on the teen at 11:20 am.
Chain bang
Cops booked a 30-year-old inmate who they say punched a fellow prisoner in the face inside a Central Booking cell on June 26, according to a police report.
The two jailbirds were in a holding cell inside the courthouse between Smith Street and Boerum Place at 11:30 pm, police stated. A 49-year-old man waiting to be booked told officials the suspect whacked him without provocation.
Bad night out
A fiend snatched a woman’s purse from the back of her chair while she dined in a Montague Street restaurant on June 27, police said.
The 66-year-old woman told cops she and her husband were at the eatery between Hicks Street and Pierrepont Place at 9:21 pm, and she left her handbag hanging from the back of her chair.
The rapscallion then grabbed the bag and ran, cops said. The bag contained $60 in cash, her cellphone, eyeglasses, and other stuff, she said.
The price is bike
A burglar bagged a bike worth several thousand dollars from inside a Pacific Street building sometime between June 27 and 28, according to the authorities.
The 49-year-old owner recounted that he last saw the pricey ride in a common area of his apartment building, between Bond and Nevins streets, on June 27 at 11 am. He noticed it was missing the next day at 7 pm, cops said. The bike was a Colnago C59, according to a police report.
— Matthew Perlman
