62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Honey, I’m home
A sly thief looted a man’s Cropsey Avenue apartment — while he was home — on Jan. 12.
The sneak crept into the man’s rental between Bay 14th Street and 17th Avenue at 8 am through an unlocked kitchen window on the ground floor. Once inside, the nogoodnik snatched the man’s jewelry collection before fleeing, according to police.
The victim later told police he was home the whole time, but said he didn’t hear or see anything suspicious during the home invasion, cops said.
Bling and bogies
Cops are hunting a burglar wanted for ransacking a woman’s W. Third Street apartment on Jan. 13, taking jewelry and cigarettes.
The victim told police that she left her home between Quentin Road and Kings Highway at 8 am, and returned at 10 pm to find her valuables had been snatched. The snake nabbed two pairs of earrings and a pack of cigarettes, after slithering in through a window, cops said.
Mystery cash
More than $1,000 vanished mysteriously from a woman’s Kings Place apartment on Jan. 12.
The victim told police that she left her home near Kings Highway at 7 am, and returned later to find $1,500 in cash had disappeared. All the windows and all the doors at the apartment were locked throughout the day, and nothing was broken, according to police.
However, the victim said her landlord, who she’s not on the best terms with, does have a key, cops said.
Tool time
Some crooks ripped off a 21st Avenue construction site to the tune of more than $8,000 in stolen equipment on Jan. 14.
A worker told police that the raider broke into the site between Benson Avenue and 86th Street at 10:50 pm through a wooden fence. The burglar made off with a pipe cutter, hammer drills, screwdrivers, and other materials, cops said.
Robbery fail
Cops busted two would-be robbers who they say beat a man on Cropsey Avenue on Jan. 13.
The victim told police he was near Bay Parkway at 4:52 am when the suspects jumped him. One of the men allegedly slugged the victim in the face, while the other attempted to grab his phone and bag, albeit, without success, cops said.
The suspects did, however, manage to take the man’s driver’s license, earning themselves a robbery charge in the process, according to police.
— Colin Mixson
