76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Flintlock-up
Police say they found a handgun on a guy they arrested on July 26 for allegedly robbing a Lorraine Street resident last week.
An officer standing at the corner of Lorraine and Columbia streets in Red Hook saw the man at 3:39 am and realized he fit the description of a suspect cops were looking for in connection with a July 22 robbery, police said.
The officer arrested the man and found a .45-caliber handgun on him, officials said. He is also being charged in the July 22 robbery case, police said.
Sneak spooked
A scaredy-cat burglar crept into a Verona Street apartment on July 19 — but got spooked before he could steal anything.
The sneak climbed into the home between Dwight and Richards streets in Red Hook through an open first-floor window sometime between 5 am and 5:26 am, police said.
He knocked over some flower pots and managed to unplug a television set before fleeing through a rear door, a police report states. A witness saw the guy climb into the building and may have raised an alarm, police said.
Caper curtailed
Cops arrested a guy on Smith Street — who they say went on a crime spree with three buddies on July 27.
The collar and three other goons allegedly stole a gray Mercedes-Benz near Fort Greene and committed another crime in Brooklyn Heights before high-tailing it down to Red Hook, where they parked their ride at the corner of Halleck and Bay streets, police said.
A security guard saw the four and called the cops, so the chumps scattered, officials said.
Police picked up one of the four near Garnet Street in Carroll Gardens at 12:33 am, a police report states. Cops also found a handgun in the car, law enforcement sources said.
Purse pinched
A brazen bar fly stole a purse from the back of a patron’s chair at a Court Street pub on July 24.
The victim left her handbag hanging on her chair as she stepped out of the bar between Congress and Warren Streets in Cobble Hill to make a phone call at 1 am, but when she returned, her purse was gone, police said.
The bag contained an iPad, a wallet and credit cards, makeup, and keys, a police report states.
— Max Jaeger
