78th Precinct
Park Slope
Vicious brutes
Police arrested two men who allegedly attacked a man and stole his iPod while he was on Third Avenue on Aug. 7.
The 20-year-old victim told cops that he was near Carroll Street at 9:20 pm when the 25-year-old suspect grabbed his electronic music device from him while the suspect’s 27-year-old accomplice punched and kicked the victim, causing bruising and swelling to his face, police said.
The younger perp — who cops said had a warrant out for his arrest — then threw the iPod at the victim and grabbed his waistband as if he was armed, according to a police report.
Both perps face robbery charges.
To go bag
An offending taxi driver drove away with a woman’s suitcase holding more than $1,000 worth of goods after he dropped her off at a Union Street barbecue restaurant on Aug. 6.
The 36-year-old victim told cops that she got out of the yellow cab in front of the eatery between Third and Fourth avenues at 9:30 pm and went to grab her luggage out of the trunk, which was locked. When she asked the driver to unlock the trunk, he said okay, but continued to drive away with her suitcase holding her MacBook Pro, clothes, shoes, perfume, and toiletries.
The victim later contacted the driver and he said that he didn’t have her luggage in his trunk, cops said.
Wedding crashers
A sly bandit made off with a woman’s purse while she was at a wedding at a Third Street venue on Aug. 10.
The 47-year-old victim told cops that she left her brown leather pocketbook in an office of the venue between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 6:30 pm for safekeeping. When she returned about an hour and a half later her bag — containing her credit cards, $130, cellphone, and Metro-North train tickets — was missing.
Party gone wrong
A brazen crook stole a woman’s car keys while she was at a private party at a Flatbush Avenue bar — and then jacked her vehicle that she left parked on Saint Marks Place — sometime overnight on Aug. 8.
The 44-year-old victim told police that her friend parked the red Nissan on the street between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 11:20 pm and then they both went to the bash near Saint Marks Avenue. While at the party, the victim’s friend left the car keys on the table, and the victim discovered them missing at 2:15 am. Shortly after, her ride — which contained her Gucci sunglasses, Tom Ford sunglasses, a dress, jeans, and a suit — was also gone.
Yard fail
A man’s angry brother punched him and bashed him in the face with coffee mugs while the man was having a yard sale in front of his 11th Street house on Aug. 11, according to police.
The 56-year-old victim told cops he was in front of his abode between Sixth and Seventh avenues at 4 pm when his brother showed up, bought coffee cups, and then the two began to argue.
“I’m going to take your house,” said the violent brother, who punched the victim in the face and struck him with the coffee cups, causing cuts and bruising to the victim’s face, according to a police report.
Bathroom break
A crook snatched a woman’s cash and bankcards that she left unattended inside a Seventh Avenue coffee franchise on Aug. 10.
The 33-year-old victim told police that she was in the chain store between First Street and Garfield Place when she went to use the bathroom at 1:15 pm, leaving $60 and her debit and credit cards on the counter. When she returned about 10 minutes later her belongings were gone.
The perp made purchases with her credit card, according to a police report.
Sneaky snatcher
A sly bandit snagged a woman’s small purse from inside her pocketbook while she was walking on Flatbush Avenue on her way to the Long Island Rail Road on Aug. 2.
The victim told cops that she purchased her ticket for the train and went to get a snack near Atlantic Avenue at 10 am. The woman was making her way through a crowd and was pushed. She then realized that her purse containing her debit card, $95, and driver’s license, was missing.
Two-wheeler theft
A thief stole two bicycles from the basement of a woman’s Sackett Street apartment on Aug. 6.
The victim told police that the perp took the two-wheelers from the residence between Fourth and Fifth avenues sometime around 8 pm.
Car gone
A criminal jacked a man’s car that he left on Flatbush Avenue on Aug. 7.
The 53-year-old victim told cops that he parked his tan Honda on the street in Prospect Park at 9:10 am and when he returned close to 3 pm his ride was gone.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
