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THE 78 BLOTTER RETURNS!: Police: Teens loot clothing from Flatbush Ave. store

78th Precinct

Park Slope

Illicit attire

Police cuffed two teens who they say swiped clothes off the shelves of a Flatbush Avenue boutique on June 19.

Surveillance footage caught the two girls, ages 16 and 17, inside the store between Park Place and Carlton Avenue at 1 pm, stuffing clothing into a white H&M bag, according to police.

Satisfied with their loot, the girls allegedly fled without paying, but police collared them Fifth and Flatbush avenues after a brief search, cops said.

Car hop

A vandal hopped up and down on the hood of a man’s brand-new Chevy on Fourth Avenue sometime overnight on June 13.

The victim told police that he parked his ride between Sixth and Seventh streets at 6:04 pm, and returned at around the same time the next day to find some jerk had used the hood of his 2016 Chevy as a trampoline.

Bike bandit

Some miscreant rode off with a man’s bike, after the owner chained it up on Fifth Street on June 12.

The victim told police that he secured his bicycle between 13th and 14th streets at 5 pm, and returned just before midnight to find a crook had snatched his wheels — though he kindly left the lock.

Sale is void

Cops arrested a checkout lady who they say gave her pals a pass on their $585 tab at the register of a Flatbush Avenue chain store on June 13.

A security guard told authorities he saw the suspect behind the counter of the retailer between Atlantic and Lafayette avenues at 5:30 pm, where she was swiping items handed to her from either friends or family members, but then hitting void, before letting them walk off with their ill-gotten goods.

iPunks

Two teen punks snagged a smartphone from a Seventh Avenue store on June 12.

An employee told cops that he was inside the business between Garfield Place and First Street at 6:15 pm, where he spotted the delinquents snatch an iPhone 5 and flee.

In the can

Cops busted a cabbie who they say hurled an aerosol can at another taxi driver inside a Butler Street garage on June 14.

The victim told police he was inside the car hanger between Third and Fourth avenues at 5:18 pm when he and the suspect started arguing over the use of a certain cab.

The matter reached its dramatic climax when the suspect allegedly hurled the can at the victim, injuring his shoulder, cops said.

— Colin Mixson