68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Food on-the-run
A perp stole an idling car while the driver was ordering from a popular halal cart on 86th Street on April 6, police report.
The victim said he left the motor running in his Beamer near Fifth Avenue at 1:15 am while he got out to pick up food at the wagon. The gyro trailer’s security cameras show an unknown punk jumping into the unlocked car five minutes later and speeding off toward Fourth Avenue.
Shoplifted
A crook busted into two cars in the parking lot of a supermarket on 66th Street on April 7 and made off with thousands in loot while the owners were inside the store, police say.
Both victims told cops they went in to the grocery near Fort Hamilton Parkway at 6 pm and came out 15 minutes later. One found her vehicle broken into and her Coach bag with $350 inside gone. The other had her pocketbook with $30 and her iPhone taken. Police say there are no cameras in the area.
Fired up
A thief broke into a minivan in an Eighth Avenue parking lot and ripped off a pair of fire extinguishers — plus the radio and global positioning system — from inside the vehicle sometime overnight on April 6, according to cops.
The victim reported that he left the vehicle in the parking area near the corner of 63rd Street at 11:30 pm, and came back at 9 am the next day to find the two retardant pumps and electronic gadgets gone.
Padded down
Two lowlifes lifted an iPad from a Third Avenue grocery store on April 7, cops claim.
The store owner said he had his gadget out on the counter when the pair of perps walked into the shop between 86th and 87th streets at 10:28 am. When the dastardly duo walked out two minutes later, the businessman realized the high-tech device was gone.
Logged out
A burglar pillaged a 75th Street apartment and plundered a laptop and modem from within on April 6, police state.
The victim said she left her home between Ridge Boulevard and Colonial Road at 6 pm and returned at 7:15 pm to find her electronics jacked.
— Will Bredderman
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