Two perps teased a woman and then stole her purse on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade on Aug. 17 around 11:30 pm.
The woman and her friend were sitting on a bench near Pierrepont Street when suddenly one of the perps approached her and said, “I hope you know we were stealing your purse.”
As the perps then raced off, the victim’s cellphone fell out. When she grabbed it, the perp said, “What is that?,” snatched it from her hand, and fled.
Power outage
A burglar broke into a Pierrepont Street apartment on Aug. 24, impersonating the building’s superintendent and stealing a computer.
The victim, who lives between Henry Street and Monroe Place, received a call around 6:45 pm from a man who said he was the building’s super and that there was a leak in the apartment and the power was out. The tenant then went to check the fuse box outside of the apartment, but when he returned, the burglar had left and taken the victim’s laptop with him.
Solid gold
A burglar broke into an apartment in a luxury building that is still under construction on Gold Street on Aug. 15.
Construction crews were working on two high-floor apartments at the building, which is near Flatbush Avenue Extension, and left for the day. But when they returned the next morning at 6 am, the door was wide open and a $5,000 television was missing. Cops said they are looking at the building’s security video for the suspect.
Bilked bike
A perp stole a Downtown man’s motorcycle overnight on Aug. 18, cops said. The man parked his Yamaha bike in front of a Livingston Street building around 1 am, and when he returned four hours later, the bike was gone.
Vacation bust
A burglar broke into a Brooklyn Heights man’s first-floor apartment while he was on vacation from Aug. 1 through Aug. 20. When the victim, who lives on Hicks Street between Joralemon and State streets, returned, he noticed that his front door had been preyed open with a crow bar and several pieces of jewelry were missing.
Foiled
Cops arrested a would-be bank robber after he unsuccessfully tried to rob a Montague Street bank just before noon on Aug. 21. The robber approached the tellers’ window at the bank, which is near Clinton Street, and passed a note that said, “I have a bomb. $100, $50, $20, and make it fast,” cops said.
The teller didn’t flinch, and instead walked away from the window and did not pass along any money. Cops arrived 20 minutes later, and arrested the man.
In the neck!
Two perps attacked a woman on Aug. 21 at the corner of Bond and Fulton streets, stealing her of a cellphone and cash.
The men approached their 26-year-old victim just after midnight as she was walking to the No. 4 train at Nevins Street; one stuck an unknown object to her neck while the other stole her two.
The perps fled on bicycles.
