76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Need school supplies
Police arrested a teenage girl who they say stole school supplies from a Smith Street store on April 11, according to authorities.
The 17-year-old stuffed two packages of pens and an eraser into her bag and attempted to leave the store between Baltic and Warren streets at 8:45 am, police said. But store workers caught her and she was held by security until police arrested her at 9:15 am, a police report states.
Finally caught ’em
Police cuffed a guy — who has a long history of car break-ins and burglaries in the area — for breaking into a Smith Street restaurant on March 30, according to authorities
Police say the man used a brick to break the sliding glass doors of the eatery between Butler and Douglass streets at 6 am.
The suspect fled on a bike that was in the store and was arrested on April 4 for burglary and possession of a controlled substance.
— Julianne Cuba