78th Precinct
Park Slope
Bad romance
Police cuffed an angry girlfriend who allegedly cut her boyfriend with a knife inside of a Third Avenue hotel on March 8.
The 51-year-old man told cops that after he and his girlfriend indulged in a few alcoholic drinks they got into an argument at the inn near 13th Street at 11:40 pm.
The enraged girlfriend — who faces a charge of assault — picked up a small knife and cut two of her lover’s fingers on his right hand, cops said.
Police recovered the knife from the floor next to the bed upon arrival.
Key in the ignition
An opportunist criminal effortlessly made off with a man’s car on March 10.
The 48-year-old victim told police he left his silver Nissan running on Butler Street between Third and Fourth avenues at 7:15 am while he clocked in at the nearby taxi depot where he works. When the man returned about 20 minutes later, the crook had already gotten away with his ride.
Surveillance video at the location shows a man in a blue baseball cap circle the vehicle twice, enter the car, and flee the scene, according to cops.
Crime time
A bandit swiped a woman’s purse that she left behind at a Prospect Park West movie theater on March 3.
The 35-year-old victim told police that she left the movie house near 14th Street after the film ended at 7:50 pm. When she returned about 10 minutes later she noticed that her pocketbook — which she had placed in an empty seat beside her — was missing.
The purse contained $80, her debit card, and Social Security card.
Ransacked
A burglar broke into a 14th Street apartment and made off with a bunch of pricey electronics and other goods on March 4.
The two men who live at the residence between Fifth and Sixth avenues told cops that they left for work at 8:50 am. When one of the roommates came home nearly nine hours later he walked into a clearly rummaged-through apartment.
The thief got away with an Apple computer monitor, an Apple router, an Apple keyboard, a Burberry purse, an Apple laptop, and a black watch.
Stolen memories
A thief stole a camera and lens from a concert-goer at Atlantic Avenue’s entertainment mecca and home of the Brooklyn Nets on March 3.
The 30-year-old victim told police that he left his Canon camera and 45-millimeter lens on a chair in a suite in the Flatbush Avenue arena at 11 pm.
When he returned about five minutes later his belongings were gone.
Sneaky thief
A sly perp slipped more than $3,000 worth of goods out of a woman’s purse while she was riding on a bus in Park Slope on Feb. 5.
The 39-year-old woman told cops that she got off the bus at Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue at 8 pm and noticed her platinum-and-diamond ring, platinum-diamond earrings, black leather Chanel accessory, bank cards, and unlimited MetroCard were missing from her pocketbook.
Hot car gone
A perp stole a man’s 2013 blue BMW car from its Dean Street spot sometime overnight on March 3.
The 36-year-old victim told police that he left his $46,000 car on the street between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues at 9:30 pm and when he returned the next day at 6 pm his hot ride was missing.
There was no broken glass found at the scene, cops said.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
