68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Busted in
A thief busted through a front door and swiped $2,000 from a Third Avenue home on Sept. 22, said police.
The burglar broke down the front door of the apartment between Ovington Avenue and 72nd Street at 1:30 pm, ransacked several rooms, swiped the cash, and fled on foot, said police.
Crafty bandit
A bandit stole clothes, books, and toiletries from a woman’s car parked on Ridge Boulevard on Sept. 21, said police.
The victim told police she left the items inside her silver Hyundai at 81st Street, and when she returned at 10 pm the items were gone.
When officers found the stolen belongings and the thief later that night, the man stated, “I took it from a silver car, I needed the money,” before he fled on foot, according to a police report.
Grab and run
A pilferer ran up behind a man, grabbed his iPhone, and sped off in a getaway car on Fifth Avenue on Sept. 28, said police.
The victim told police he was between 86th and 87th streets at 9:30 pm when an unknown woman ran up to him and snatched the phone out of his hand. The woman ran to a doubled-parked car and sped off with the goods, cops said.
Cutpurse
A cutpurse slashed a man’s pocket open and ran off with his wallet on Fifth Avenue on Sept. 19, said police.
The victim told police he was sitting on a bench between 76th and 77th streets at 1:30 am when someone approached him and cut his right pants pocket open.
The thief ran off with the victim’s black leather wallet, which contained a debit card and a medical insurance card, said police.
Bag snatcher
A nogoodnik swiped a woman’s bag from her parked car at 86th Street on Sept. 20, said police.
The victim told police that she parked her vehicle between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 7:10 am, stepped into a nearby store for a few minutes, and when she returned to her car the pocketbook was gone.
A witness said that someone who appeared to be homeless went into the car and stole the purse.
Wallet thief
A baddie stole a man’s wallet out of his car parked at Fort Hamilton Park Way sometime between Sept. 20 and 21, said police.
The victim told police that he left his vehicle between 66th and 67th streets overnight, and upon returning the next night at 10 pm he noticed his wallet was gone. The victim said that he left his windows down and the wallet contained multiple debit and credit cards, said police.
— Caroline Spivack
