84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Dine and dash
A sneaky thief stole the bag of a diner at a Cadman Plaza West restaurant April 30, police said.
The victim sat down to eat at the establishment near Everit Street at 2 pm, and put her bag on the floor. She noticed her purse missing from where she left it a mere 15 minutes later, she told police. The designer bag contained a MacBook and a camera.
Collect call
A nature-loving crook stole a bag from a man making a phone call at a bench in Columbus Park on May 2, police claim.
The victim said he sat on the bench at 11:20 am, and later noticed his leather bag — containing credit cards, $70 and a library book, among other objects — gone.
Profound Pro lost
Someone stole a MacBook Pro that was left unattended at a store on Court Street on May 2, police said.
The owner was near Livingston Street at 1:30 pm when the laptop went missing, police said.
White collar crime
A robber took a purse that was hidden in an office desk drawer inside a Jay Street building on May 1, police said.
The last time the victim saw her bag at the office, between John and Plymouth streets, was at 9:30 am, she said. She didn’t noticed the bag was missing until she was leaving for the day. It contained a cellphone and $75 in cash, among other valuables.
iNab
A quick-acting thief stole the iPhone from the hands of a woman about to put it away while she was walking on Dean Street on May 1, police said.
The theft occurred at 4:24 pm between Smith and Hoyt streets.
Lie phone
A bold-faced liar of a thief stole the iPhone of a woman walking through the Dekalb Avenue train station on May 1, police claim.
The victim noticed the suspect walking behind her at 2:45 pm and asked him if he had her phone.
“I don’t know what you are talking about,” the perp said. “You can check me.”
But he then ran off — and sure enough, the woman’s phone was gone.
Big steal
A very peculiar, perhaps industrious crook stole a desk from a Livingston Street office on April 29, police said.
The victim noticed the desk was missing shortly after midnight.
Things that make you go hmmm
Someone stole $7,500 from a Bond Street home office during the night of April 30 or early on May 1, police claim.
The woman told police she kept $9,000 in a purse in her office cabinet, which was there when she last checked on April 30. At 9:36 am on May 1, she noticed that $7,500 of that money was gone — cut from a hole in the bottom of the purse.
Many people — housekeepers, a babysitter, guests — had access to her home, near Atlantic Avenue, she said.
Cashed out
An ambitious baddie took $7,200 from an automated teller machine on Hoyt Street early in the morning of April 29, police said.
Police say the machine, which is partially in a restaurant near Schermerhorn Street, had its window smashed in, presumably so the thief could rip apart the machine. The theft likely occurred between 4:50 and 9:30 am.
That’s sick
A 29-year-old man spit on another person in Brooklyn Criminal Court on May 5 taunting that he was HIV positive, police claim
Police say the suspect was in the courthouse on Schermerhorn Street at 4:40 pm when he launched a loogie on his victim. Of course, HIV can’t be spread through saliva, but the man was arrested for assault all the same.
Easy to see a thief
A 24-year-old guy tried to steal the bike — and glasses — of someone walking on Duffield Street May 2, police said.
The theft occurred at 1 pm, between Concord and Tillary streets.
Teens
Four teens, about 14 and 15 years in age, assaulted two other boys and stole one of their eyeglasses in Colcondra Park on April 30, police said.
The victims were near Nassau Street at 4:45 pm when the teens, who were wearing matching outfits, first forcefully rummaged through the victims’ pockets, police said. Finding nothing, they punched the pair, stealing the glasses of one, cops claim.
— Jaime Lutz
