84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Push comes to shove
A pair of pushy crooks shoved a woman onto an F train at the Jay Street–MetroTech station on Jan. 19, then grabbed her purse and took off as the doors closed, cops said.
The victim said she was standing on the Manhattan-bound platform waiting for a train at 8:30 pm, and that when it arrived, the two goons came over and did the deed.
Purse in hand, they took off towards the station exit at Willoughby and Jay streets, according to a police report. The purse contained $100 in cash and two credit cards, officers said.
Worked out
Fitness buffs reported two thefts in an Atlantic Avenue gym on Jan. 19, the authorities said.
First, a crook broke into a locker in the gym, which is between Court Street and Boerum Place, cops said.
The victim said his wallet and cellphone were in the pocket of his coat when he locked it up before his workout at 1:20 pm. He finished exercising at 2:40 pm, and returned to the locker room to find his cubby had been pried open and his wallet and phone removed, according to a report. The wallet contained debit and credit cards, officers said.
A second victim said he left a bag containing a bunch of clothing, a credit card, and $8 in cash, on the floor next to the basketball court at 1:50 pm while he played a game. He finished at 3 pm, and when he went to get the bag, it was gone, police said.
Take four
Someone snuck into a Sydney Place apartment between Jan. 16 and 19, and stole a laptop and four rings, according to law enforcement officials.
The victim said she left the door to her apartment between Aitken Place and Joralemon Street unlocked when she left at 8:30 am on Jan. 16. She returned three days later at 4:30 pm to find the items gone, cops said.
Copper caper
A sneak thief stole a big bundle of copper pipe and some tools from a Furman Street construction site overnight on Jan. 17, the authorities said.
A worker at the site between Doughty and Joralemon streets said he locked up at 3:30 pm, and returned at 9 am the next day to find the lock to the storage room cut and the copper gone.
The culprits made off with more than 1,100 pieces of copper piping and connectors, along with pipe cutters, a screw gun, and a drill, police said.
Three’s a crowd
A threatening threesome robbed a teenager at gunpoint on Nassau Street on Jan. 20, a report says.
The victim said the trio of toughs followed him to the back of a building between Navy and Gold streets at 8:23 am, and one flashed a piece.
“Give me all of it,” the goon supposedly grunted.
The other two took a cellphone, headphones, and a wallet from the teen, then took off, the report says. The wallet contained $3 in cash, police said.
Dorm room raided
A couple of crooks stole shoes and clothing from an Atlantic Avenue dorm room on Jan. 20, police said.
The victim said he locked up his room, which is in a building between Hoyt and Smith streets, when he left at 1:30 pm. Security footage shows the two thieves enter the room 10 minutes later using a key, then leaving, according to a police report.
Inside, they snagged took a pair of Jordans, a pair of Timberlands, and three pairs of Levi’s jeans, officers said.
Trouble-taker
Police arrested a student from a Flatbush Avenue Extension school who they say stole her teacher’s credit cards and cash on Jan. 20.
The teacher, who works in the school between Bridge and Duffield streets, said he left the wallet in a backpack in his classroom at 1:45 pm, and that when he returned, the billfold was light $150 in cash and two credit cards.
PayPal then notified the teacher that someone attempted to charge $365 in merchandise to one of his cards, according to cops. The name attached to the PayPal account was the suspect’s, so officers cuffed the kid, a report says.
Sneak attack
A tough guy robbed a man at the corner of Hoyt and Warren streets on Jan. 22, after sneaking up from behind and punching him in the head, police said.
The victim said he was heading home from the store at 8:15 pm when the bandit blindsided him. The victim fell against a fence in the ensuing struggle, and the crook took his cellphone and ran, per cops.
— Matthew Perlman
