Louseguests
Greenpointers averted at least two burglaries when they stumbled upon the would-be crooks inside their homes last week:
• A Freeman Street woman broke up a burglary when she spotted a stranger squatting in the corner of her bedroom on June 2.
The 53-year-old Greenpointer returned at around midnight and noticed a female in her early 20s.
“Who the hell are you?” the resident asked.
The would-be thief didn’t answer. Instead, she stood up, walked to another room, grabbed her jacket, and left the apartment, which is between Franklin Street and Manhattan Avenue, empty-handed.
• Cops nabbed a failed thief suspected of breaking into a Richardson Street apartment on June 5.
The burglar got into the apartment through a bedroom window at around 3:40 pm, but when he encountered the 32-year-old resident, he grabbed her Sony laptop and fled.
He didn’t get far.
Witnesses spotted the thief running from the apartment, which is between Humboldt and North Henry streets, and held the 32-year-old perp until police arrived and nabbed him.
Computer bug
A crook broke into a North 11th Street building and snatched an Apple laptop while the victim was away.
The thief got into the residence, which is between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street, between May 20 and June 5 and snatched the laptop, which was sitting on a desk in front of a window facing the street.
Rock scar
A crook stole a teenaged rocker’s purse while she was playing a concert Public Assembly on June 5.
The thief got into a back room in the North Sixth Street venue which is between Kent and Wythe avenues, while the 17-year-old victim was on stage at around 6 pm. The crook escaped from the concert space with the victim’s bag, which contained a debit card, cash, iPod, and sweatshirt.
Teen tormented
A band of hoodlums kicked, slapped, and punched a 15-year-old while she walked to the train station on May 27.
The hooligans confronted the victim at the corner of Meserole Avenue and Leonard Street at around 2 pm and attacked the teen.
Cutter
A thief cut through the canvas top of a convertible overnight on June 4 and ransacked the vehicle.
The crook sliced open the car’s flimsy roof between 4 pm and 7 am the next morning and stole leather bucket seats, the dashboard, and the steering wheel from the car, which was parked at the corner of Wythe Avenue and North Third Street.
Poison Oak!
Thieves took over the Union Avenue bar Royal Oak and snatched at least two unattended handbags from booths on June 6:
• One 24-year-old reveler’s purse was lifted between 2:45 am and 3 am. The thief escaped from the venue with the victim’s credit cards, wallet, and keys.
• A 27-year-old woman lost a purse that she’d left unattended for about three minutes while she danced at around 3:20 am.
In this case, the thief escaped from the drinking hole, which is near the corner of Richardson Street, with the victim’s credit cards, camera, and cellphone.
