78th Precinct
Park Slope
In the blink of an eye
A sneaky perp snatched a woman’s tote bag out of her cart while was not looking inside an Atlantic Avenue department store on May 5.
The 57-year-old victim told police that while she was perusing the store near Flatbush Avenue at 10:15 am, another shopper pushed her cart into her leg.
After the victim looked down at her leg and back up, her purple bag — containing $24, her Social Security card, college ID card, and bankcards — was missing.
Rim job
A crook jacked all four rims and tires from a car parked on Lincoln Place sometime overnight on May 7.
The victim told police that she left her blue Infiniti on the street between Seventh and Eighth avenues at 7:30 pm, and when she returned the next day at 7 am she found her ride tireless and rimless — at a cost of about $6,000.
Car gone
A robber made off with a man’s van that was parked on 15th Street and filled with nearly $3,000 worth of tools on May 10.
The 64-year-old victim told cops that he left his white Chevrolet on the street between Seventh and Eighth avenues at 2 pm, to go to work at a construction site. He returned an hour later to find the ride, containing 10 power tools, gone.
Busted
Police cuffed a 40-year-old suspect who allegedly stole a car parked on 10th Street sometime overnight on May 7.
The 57-year-old victim told cops that he left his 1998 Honda on the street between Seventh and Eighth avenues at 9 pm, and when he came back the next day at 5:50 am, the gray ride was gone.
Dresses for free
A thief looted three pricey dresses from a Bergen Street boutique on May 3.
An employee at the clothing store between Fifth and Sixth avenues told cops that the attire worth more than $1,000 was likely taken sometime between noon and 6:30 pm.
MyPhone
A quick-handed perp snatched the iPhone out of a woman’s hand while she was walking on Berkeley Place on May 6.
The 44-year-old victim told police that when she was on the street between Fifth and Sixth avenues at 5:20 pm when the crook swiped the cellular device from her and fled westbound on Berkeley Place.
It happened so fast that the victim was unable to identify the perp, according to a police report.
Not so sly
Cops collared a 33-year-old man who allegedly slipped the wallet out of a woman’s purse while inside a Vanderbilt Avenue diner on May 9.
The 35-year-old victim told police that she was inside the eatery near Atlantic Avenue at 7 pm when the suspect removed the wallet, containing credit cards and a driver’s license, from the victim’s purse.
The suspect ran off when the victim confronted him about the wallet, according to a police report.
Hot for motorcycles
Two motorcycles were stolen last week. Here’s the rundown:
• A criminal stole a man’s motorcycle parked on Sixth Avenue sometime between May 2 and May 4.
The 43-year-old man told police that he left his silver 1995 BMW on the street between Seventh and Eighth streets at 7 pm on May 2, and when he returned two days later at 8 am his $3,500 two-wheeler was gone.
• Another thief got away with a man’s motorcycle parked on Berkeley Place sometime overnight on May 8.
The 41-year-old victim told cops that he left his covered black Suzuki two-wheeler on the street between Fifth and Sixth avenues at 6 pm, and when he returned the next day at 4 pm the $4,000 ride was missing.
Gym rat
A crook stole a gym-goers bankcards that was left inside a locker at a Ninth Street fitness center on May 5.
The 32-year-old victim told cops that he left his belongings inside the locker of the gym between Fifth and Sixth avenues and went to go work out at 3:15 pm.
When the man returned more than an hour later his locker was still locked, but his debit and credit cards were gone.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
