A thief snipped the locks to Park Slope Seafood, 215 Seventh Avenue, last Sunday night, taking $400 in receipts.
Police were told that workers had closed for business and had rolled down the security gates before leaving for the night at 8 p.m. on October 4.
At 8 a.m. the following morning, workers discovered that someone cut the locks to the security gate, rolled it back up and went inside.
Workers found the cash registers forced open and empty.
The break-in at Park Slope Seafood was one of three commercial burglaries where thieves entered by cutting the locks holding roll-down security gates in place.
Officials said that someone snipped the locks to the front of Amigos Deli and Grocery, 453 Third Avenue near Ninth Street sometime between 10 p.m. on October 7 and 7 a.m. the following morning.
Thieves removed the store’s Lotto machine, 25 cartons of cigarettes, a $500 cash register, and $400 in receipts.
The following night, someone broke into Lin’s Garden, 175 Fourth Avenue at Degraw Street, using the same mode of entry.
About $50 in receipts were taken, workers said.
Cops are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 78th Precinct at (718) 636-6411. All calls will be kept confidential.
Police are trying to track down the thief who raided an Eighth Avenue home last week, but left the apartment lights on so the tenant would know something was wrong.
The 34-year-old victim told police she was instantly concerned when she returned to her home near Ninth Street at 2 a.m. on October 11 and found her lights on.
When she went to investigate, she discovered that someone had crept in through the bedroom window, removing a Dell computer, an iPod, a Canon camera and $106.
Blame it on the thief who couldn’t drive straight: A car swipe on Fourth Avenue never got off the ground because of the crook’s poor driving skills.
Police were told that someone broke into a 1998 blue Chrysler parked near 13th Street at 6 p.m. on October 6.
The thief tried to drive off with his prize, but ended up abandoning the vehicle after it hit another car, police said.
Cops were looking for the thief as this paper went to press.
Did Dexter the serial killer come to Brooklyn when no one was looking? If so, he would be a prime suspect in a recent theft on Sterling Place where a bunch of cutting tools were removed from a car.
Police were told that someone had entered a blue Ford parked on Sterling Place near Sixth Avenue sometime between 1 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on October 7, taking three saws, as well as $60 in cash and an iPod.
All Dexter needed was some cellophane and he was off to the races, that is, if he was real.
The victim told police that his car was closed, but not locked when the theft took place.
Cops are investigating a complaint that a former disgruntled employee to a 12th Street business lined his own golden parachute.
Officials said that the employee somehow managed to get his hands on a number of business checks, put his name on them and deposit them into his own account.
It’s believed that the former employee bilked the company of $9,000 before the fraud was discovered, officials said.
A night of revelry at a Flatbush Avenue bar ended on a sour note when a sticky-fingered thief ran off with a woman’s purse.
The 24-year-old victim told police that she was sitting at the bar in the local watering hole, located between Sixth Avenue and Bergen Street, at about 10 p.m. on October 6 when she put her purse at her feet.
In the hours that followed, someone managed to reach down and grab the bag, as well as her cell phone, credit cards and glasses, officials said.
Thieves broke into adjoining Park Slope restaurants last week, officials said.
Cops were told that someone broke into Tofu On 7th, 226 Seventh Avenue, after closing on September 29.
Workers did not realize that they had been burglarized until they opened for business at 11 a.m. the next day and found the register was empty.
On October 1, thieves got inside into Miracle Grill, 227 Seventh Avenue at Third Street, after forcing open the cellar door.
The thieves spirited away 61 bottles of liquor, an iPod and a wireless router.
