90th Precinct
Southside–Williamsburg
Making a withdrawal
A thief made away with $30,000 in cash on July 21 after breaking into the car of an automated teller machine owner who had stopped to service one of his machines on Meserole Street.
The victim told police that he kept a briefcase containing $30,000 in his glove box to refill his cash dispensers, and upon returning to his car after working on the machine near Bushwick Avenue, he found the car broken into, and his glove box emptied.
The victim also lost his license, some credit cards and his checkbook, cops say.
While she was sleeping
A safe containing more than $100,000 went missing from a woman’s Montrose Avenue home while she was sleeping on July 17, according to the police.
Based on what the victim has told the police, they have reason to believe one of her neighbors in her apartment building off Lorimer Street may be involved in the six-figure theft.
Wrong place
A trigger-happy marauder shot a man near Bushwick Avenue on July 23.
The victim told police that he was on his way to pick his sister up from his grandmother’s house near Boerum Street around midnight when he heard two gunshots and quickly realized that he had been shot in the thigh.
He was taken to Woodhull Hospital and treated for his wounds. The reason for the shooting remains unclear.
Bar thief
A scoundrel robbed a Meserole Street bar on July 26, cops say.
The forgetful burglar made away from the watering hole near Waterbury Street with approximately $600 in cash and a MacBook computer, but not before leaving his flashlight at the scene of the crime.
The owner of the bar told police that he is aware of the thief’s identity and had seen him in the bar recently.
Bad reception
Two men robbed a cellphone store on Havemeyer Street at gunpoint in broad daylight on July 26.
The two pillagers announced their presence in the store off S. Fourth Street at 2 pm by shouting “Get the f— up, open the registers m———– before I shoot you all,” cops reported.
The pair then emptied the register, taking nearly $800 in cash and more than 40 smartphones and tablets, before fleeing to parts unknown, according to the police report.
— Harry MacCormack
