68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Caught off guard
A guy stole stuff from the doorman’s cabinet in a Ridge Boulevard apartment building sometime in the early morning of March 18.
The klepto walked into the building between 67th and 68th streets in Bay Ridge sometime between 3:46 am and 5:40 am and tried to get into a bicycle storage room, police said.
But the thief failed, so he jimmied open a doorman’s cabinet and took a television, digital video disc player, and residents’ packages, a police report states.
Tools taken
A sneak took $1,300 in construction equipment from a Gelston Avenue building site on March 19.
The burglar crept onto the site between 90th and 92nd streets in Bay Ridge sometime between 11 am and noon, taking a copper pipe, gas pipes, plaster, a water meter, and tools, police said.
Cat burglar strikes
Someone stole $500 and jewelry from a 64th Street apartment on March 22.
The burglar climbed into the dwelling between 13th and 14th avenues in Dyker Heights through a fire escape window sometime between 11:40 am and 7 pm, police said.
Purse pincher
A goon swiped two women’s bags in northern Dyker Heights on March 21, police report.
The first victim was at 68th Street and 10th avenue between 7:30 and 7:45 pm when a bandit swiped her pocketbook, police said.
Hours later, at 10:30 pm, someone snatched a bag from a woman on 10th Avenue between Bay Ridge Avenue and 70th Street, a police report states.
— Max Jaeger