77th Precinct
Prospect Heights
Major heist
A crafty thief stole $78,000 worth of property from a moving van on Prospect Place overnight on April 30.
The 32-year-old victim told cops she was in the process of moving and called it quits for the day at 2 am, leaving the parked vehicle between Underhill and Vanderbilt avenues. When she returned at 10:30 am the next day, she discovered that her stuff was gone.
iSnatch
A crook stole a woman’s iPhone on Eastern Parkway on May 5.
The 23-year-old victim told cops that she was in front of the Brooklyn Museum at Washington Avenue at 4:10 pm when a man walked up to her, snatched her phone, and fled into the train station.
Pointed
A thug robbed a man at gunpoint on St. Johns Place on May 4 — making off with $15,000 worth of electronics.
The 30-year-old victim told cops he was between Washington and Underhill avenues at 2:10 am when he was approached by a man with a gun.
“Give me your backpack,” the brute demanded. The victim handed over his satchel containing the gadgets and the thief fled.
Door rob
Two robbers stole $9,000 worth of electronics from an apartment on Dean Street on May 4.
The 36-year-old victim told cops she came back to her apartment between Washington and Underhill avenues at 7 pm and was unable to open her front door. She started yelling and screaming before the two crooks emerged — and then fled with her valuables.
Murder
A vicious gunman killed another man on Washington Avenue on May 1.
Witnesses to the murder between Sterling and St. Johns places told cops that the 36-year-old victim was standing in front of Louis & Shorty’s barbershop at 9:51 pm when he was shot in the head and killed.
— Eli Rosenberg
