68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Felicitations
A fiend greeted a guy on 78th Street, punched him in the face, and took his money on May 14.
The victim was between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Bay Ridge at 1:15 am when someone said “Hello” and abruptly punched him in the face, police said. The force knocked the victim flat, and the bruiser took $25 from the guy’s pocket before fleeing, a police report states.
Grate crasher
A punk pried open a security gate and stole cash, cigarettes, and electronics from a Third Avenue store sometime overnight on May 11.
The rake ripped open a rear window in the building between 73rd and 74th streets in Bay Ridge sometime between 8:30 pm and 9:50 am, police said. He made off with $150, cartons of cigarettes, and a digital video recorder, a police report states.
Burglar busted
Cops collared a guy who they said cribbed cash from an Ovington Avenue apartment on May 15.
Police are accusing the man in custody of sneaking into the building between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Bay Ridge by climbing through a side window between 7 pm and 8 pm, police said.
The man allegedly made off with $380, a police report states. Investigators saw security footage of the suspect allegedly breaking in and arrested him a short time later — finding cash in his pocket, officials said.
— Max Jaeger