76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Bad sport
A freebooter stole a bunch of sports-team merchandise and other valuables from a guy’s room at a self-storage facility on Lorraine Street sometime between June 18 and June 25, police said.
The victim told police the thief got into his storage locker between Clinton and Court streets by breaking through the roof’s mesh wire. The sneak took his National Football League Steelers, Colts, and Saints jerseys; 25 NFL fitted hats; an authentic Major League Baseball umpire shirt and jacket; a pair of Nautica sneakers; and a Barnes and Noble tablet, according to authorities.
Bad housekeeping
Police cuffed two men who they say swiped home items from a Beard Street furniture store in two separate incidents on June 23.
• Officers say a 58-year-old guy put 11 flatware boxes and a duffle bag in his own bag, and then left the store at 2 pm.
• A 55-year-old guy allegedly tried to pilfer six different sets of sheets from the store at 11:01 am, but security held him until police came, according to officials.
Backseat driver
Police cuffed a 22-year-old woman for damaging the inside of a taxi on Hamilton Avenue on June 26.
The driver told officers the suspect was acting disorderly in the backseat. She got out of the car between Van Brunt and Bowne streets at 3:50 am, at which point she reached into the vehicle and messed up the driver’s identification card display case by cracking and dislodging it, according to authorities.
Over the counter
Two dopes tried to steal a bag full of non-prescription drugs from a Court Street pharmacy on June 26, police said.
The shoplifters tried to exit the store between First and Second places with $583.86 worth of drugs, including packages of Allegra, Nexium, and Plan B Step One at 6:15 pm, but a manager stopped them and got the stuff back, according to authorities.
Break in
A jerk threw a rock through a woman’s car window while it was parked in a lot on Hamilton Avenue on June 24 and stole her bag, police said.
The nogoodnik smashed her way into the passenger-side window of the vehicle parked between Court and Smith streets at 11 am, and took the woman’s Gucci bag — containing her Apple iPhone 5, Connecticut driver’s license, three credit cards, $30, and a gun permit, according to authorities.
— Julianne Cuba
