62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Gamed
Thieves slid through a side window of a Bay 32nd Street house on Feb.13 and made off with a laptop and video games.
The victim told cops that she left her house between Bath and Benson avenues at 12:30 pm. When she returned a half hour later, she found her electronics missing.
Nerd heist
A thief stole two laptops from a 23rd Avenue home on Feb. 8.
The victim told cops that she left her house between Bath and Cropsey avenues at 9:30 am. When she returned at 10:30, she found that someone had broken in through her basement window and taken her computers.
Cops arrested a suspect later that day.
Big scores
Thieves stole at least $76,000 in jewelry and electronics from three homes on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, though cops say the crimes are likely not linked.
• Creeps stole $24,000 in jewelry and electronics from a Bay 31st Street home on Feb. 8.
The victim told cops that he left his house between Benson Avenue and 86th Street at 7:45 am. When he returned at 1:15 pm, he found his first-floor window busted, and four luxury watches, a ring, necklace, and iPad missing.
• Burglars busted into an 85th Street home on Feb. 8 and made off with $29,000 in jewelry and electronics.
The victim told cops that she left her house between Bay Parkway and 21st Avenue at 7:15 am. When she returned at 6:20 that night, she found her necklace, earrings, bracelet, camera, laptop, and DVD player missing.
• Perps broke into a 66th Street home on Feb. 7, making off with $23,000 in jewelry and electronics — and sleeping pills.
The victim told cops that she left her house between 16th and 17th avenues at 8:25 am. When she returned at 3:25 pm, she found her electronics, jewelry, and Ambien missing.
Cell reception
Two stick-wielding punks held up a man for his cellphone on 20th Avenue on Feb. 13.
The victim told cops that he was near 66th Street at 10:10 pm when the thugs approached him and demanded his phone.
One man grabbed the victim by his neck, while the other wielded a stick.
Once bitten
A shoplifter bit a security guard while trying to make his getaway from the Bay Parkway Kohl’s on Feb. 7, say police.
Store owners told cops that the man was trying to leave the store near Bensonhurst Park at 9:30 am with clothing and jewelry that he had stolen.
When the guard tried to stop the man, he allegedly bit the employee on the forearm. Cops then arrested him.
— Dan MacLeod
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