84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Gone lifting
Cops arrested a pair of women who they say stole a bunch of clothing from a Fulton Street department store on Dec. 6.
A worker said the suspects came into the store between Gallatin Place and Hoyt Street at 8:30 pm stuffed their bags with merchandise, and strolled towards the exit.
Security stopped the suspects and police arrested them, according to a police report. Between the two of them, the accused had 57 pieces of merchandise in their bags worth $2,228, officers recounted.
Sweater getter
A thief stole 10 sweaters from a Montague Street clothing store on Dec. 2, police said.
An employee of the store between Henry and Clinton streets said she saw the suspect enter at 3:49 pm carrying a shopping bag.
She then saw the shoplifter load up the bag with sweaters and run out of the door, cops said.
Chokehold mugging
A callous crook choked a woman and jacked her cellphone and wallet on Columbia Heights on Dec. 2, the authorities stated.
The 32-year-old victim said she was on her way to her car between Pineapple and Clark streets at 5:37 pm when the villain came up from behind and put her in a chokehold.
She fought back, then the tough grabbed her stuff and took off running down Columbia Heights towards Squibb Park, cops said.
Date crashers
A group of toughs roughed up and robbed a guy who was waiting for an internet date in the lobby of a York Street building on Dec. 3, according to police.
The 28-year-old victim said he met a girl named Destiny on MeetMe.com, and was waiting for her in the building between Gold and Navy streets at 7:30 pm. Five goons showed instead, punching and kicking him, then taking his stuff, cops said. A member of the ambush team flashed a gun before they all melted into the night, police said.
Rude dude awakening
Two creeps tried to burglarize a woman’s Dean Street apartment on Dec. 7, but she woke up and scared them away, NYPD officials said.
The 29-year-old victim said she was sleeping in the apartment between Nevins Street and Third Avenue at 4:50 am when a cold draft woke her up.
She opened her eyes and saw the pair of prowlers reaching into the window and trying to open it, according to a police report. The would-be burglars saw the woman, climbed back down the fire escape, and vamoosed, the report says.
Construction flight
Someone stole a bunch tools from a Furman Street construction site sometime between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, according to the authorities.
Workers told cops they locked up a storage shed in the basement of the construction site, between Doughty and Joralemon streets, at 6 pm on Nov. 28.
When they returned at 8 am on Dec. 1, the shed’s lock was broken and the tools were nowhere to be found, officers related. The culprits made off with a Sawzall, a drill, and a drill hammer, cops said.
Customers are wrong
Cops cuffed a pair of women for allegedly attacking a clerk in a Fulton Street store on Dec. 1.
The 35-year-old employee said she was working between Pearl and Jay streets at 4:20 pm when the two suspects came in and started talking smack, then threw objects at her, including a sign.
Cops arrived not long thereafter and slapped the bracelets on the accused, officers recounted.
Grab bag
A shoplifter stole a duffel bag full of sneakers and clothing from a Fulton Street clothing store on Dec. 1, cops said.
A worker at the store between Pearl and Smith streets said he saw the scalawag saunter in at 1:39 pm, grab the bag, stuff it with items, and run out of an emergency exit.
The quick crook made off with six pairs of shoes and four pairs of pants, valued at $1,010, according to a police report.
— Matthew Perlman
