84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Pickpocket and rocket
A scoundrel ran off with a guy’s wallet and phone on Atlantic Avenue on July 26, police said.
The guy was near Smith Street around 9:10 pm when the good-for-nothing approached and asked if he had any money, according to a report.
The trickster did not wait for a response, though — instead he reached for the guy’s pockets, grabbed his wallet and phone, and split, authorities said.
Nailed
Police cuffed a guy who they say broke into a Livingston Street nail salon sometime overnight on July 30.
The suspect allegedly snuck into the place near Nevins Street through an unlocked basement door sometime between 9 pm and 11 am the next day. He broke some locks off a cabinet to snag $1,400 and two Apple iPads, police said.
Welcome home!
A burglar rode off with three bikes from a man’s Warren Street apartment while he was on vacation from June 8 to July 29, police said.
The victim locked up his place around 6 pm on June 8 and returned more than a month later to find the security gate under the stairs unlocked and the mountain bikes missing, according to law enforcement officials.
Free rides
A pickpocket lifted a man’s wallet while he rode the 4 train from Manhattan to Borough Hall on July 26, according to police
The victim told police he hopped on the New Lots-bound locomotive at City Hall around 1:45 pm and hopped off about 20 minutes later at the station near Court Street. He was walking up the stairs when he reached for his billfold and realized it was not there, he told police.
He checked his bank account and found the jerk had charged almost $600 on his credit card, cops said. The sneak also got away with the guy’s monthly MetroCard, according to the police report.
— Dennis Lynch
