Darkest before dawn
Three men beat up another man in a pre-dawn mugging on West Ninth Street on Aug. 1.
The 55-year-old victim said the brutes punched him in the chest, shattered his eyeglasses, snatched his phone and stole $60 at 4:45 am near Hamilton Avenue.
Computer down
A prowler stole a computer from a Baltic Street apartment on Aug. 3.
The tenant, who lives between Hoyt and Bond streets, told police that she was not home from 3 to 11:30 pm. When she returned, her desktop computer was gone, but there was no sign of forced entry.
She thinks the intruder might have found a key that she recently misplaced.
Missing twins
A burglar stole two Mac laptops from Nelson Street roommates on the supposedly fortuitous day of 8/8/08.
The tenants, both women in their 20s, told police they were not home from 8 am to 9 pm. During that time, someone took their comparable computers.
It’s believed that the crook entered through an unlocked basement door the duplex, which is between Hicks and Henry streets.
Didn’t see it
A man attacked another man Aug. 5 on Lorraine Street for no apparent reason.
The 38-year-old told cops that he was attacked from behind at 9 pm between Otsego and Columbia streets. The assailant punched and kicked the victim and hit him with a baseball bat.
— Mike McLaughlin
