88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Robbed blind
A vindictive thief snatched a woman’s glasses right off her face after she refused to hand over her phone at the Atlantic Avenue B train platform on Aug. 4.
The victim was sitting down on a bench in the station near Flatbush Avenue at 9:30 am when a lady and a man sat next to her, police said. The woman told the victim to give up her phone, but she ignored her, getting up and walking away, according to a report.
The villain then followed the victim, snatched her Steve Madden glasses from her face, and fled, police said.
Knifepoint
Some nogoodnik threatened to kill a man with a knife if he didn’t hand over his money on Washington Avenue on July 20.
The victim was walking near Atlantic Avenue at 1:40 pm when the goon threatened to end his life if he didn’t give him $80, cops said.
The miscreant then flashed a knife he had tucked in his waistband, scaring the victim into coughing up $250, according to a report.
Wide open
A thief crept into a Carlton Avenue home on Aug. 5 and stole a woman’s pricey electronics.
The victim told authorities she noticed the front window of her home by DeKalb Avenue slightly open around 4:20 am, but in wasn’t until around 10 am when she noticed the window was wide open and someone had made off with her iPhone, two hardrives, MacBook, and brown leather bag.
Walked off
Some thief interrupted a woman’s morning walk on N. Elliott place on Aug. 6 when he grabbed her cellphone from her hand.
The woman was near Park Avenue at 8:30 am when the bandit snatched her phone from her hand and fled into Commodore Barry Park, police said.
— Lauren Gill
