Bye bye bicycle
A weasel stole a kid’s bike as he was riding it on Coney Island Avenue on Nov. 16, police said.
The malefactor rode up to the 12-year-old on a citi bike near Avenue U and said “Give me your bike,” and then grabbed his feet and lifted him off, causing him to fall to the ground, at about 4:30 pm, according to authorities. The punk rode off with the kid’s $700 bike, leaving the citi bike behind, officials said.
Backdoor bandit
A rogue broke into an Avenue U candy store and ran off with cash, a computer, and other goods on Nov. 19, police said. The nogoodnik broke in through the rear window near E. 23rd Street and swiped a lottery book ticket, a laptop, cigarettes, and cash worth a total of $16,350, according to authorities.
Tool thief
A baddie broke into a Kings Highway and E. 14th Street storefront and stole a bunch of tools and electronics sometime overnight on Nov. 17, police said. A store employee told police she locked up an office on the second floor on Nov. 17 at about 9 pm and when she returned on Nov. 19 at about 1:30 pm noticed the door was open and the place had been ransacked, officials said. The jerk ran off with a laptop, chase drive, tools, hair dye, and a laptop charger worth a total of $570, according to authorities.
Shut out
A punk tried, unsuccessfully, to break into a guy’s Dunne Court house on Nov. 19, police said.
The 52-year-old homeowner told police the reprobate pried open his rear window near E. Seventh Street sometime between 9 am and 9:30 pm but a dead bolt and safety lock on both his front and back doors stopped the lawbreaker from getting into his house, officials said.
— Julianne Cuba
