78th Precinct
Park Slope
Bra spree for free
A trio of male perps made off with more than $1,200 worth of bras from a Flatbush Avenue franchise lingerie store on March 5.
A surveillance video showed the bandits swipe a total of 44 brassieres from the store near Atlantic Avenue at 7 pm, according to cops.
One of the thieves viewed on the tape was previously arrested for a similar incident at the same store in Queens, police said.
Keg haul
A thirsty criminal stole three beer kegs from the back of a delivery truck parked in front of Hanson Place on March 18.
The truck driver who works for a beer distributor told cops that he left the vehicle on the street near Flatbush Avenue unattended to go make a delivery to a restaurant at 11:20 am.
When he returned just 10 minutes later he noticed that three 330-ounce kegs of craft beer were missing.
Unlucky shopper
An opportune thief swiped a wallet a man left behind in a department store on Atlantic Avenue on March 22.
The 33-year-old victim told police that he mistakenly dropped his wallet on the floor when he was leaving the store near Flatbush Avenue at 4:20 pm.
He noticed that his wallet — containing his driver’s license, Social Security card, and bankcards — was missing about 20 minutes later, and when he went to retrieve it, it was no longer there.
The store’s surveillance video showed a woman pick up the wallet and leave the location, according to police.
Easy steal
A crook snatched a woman’s belongings while she was in a Union Street bar on March 17.
The 29-year-old victim told cops that she placed her pocketbook and her gray coat on a chair in the bar near Fifth Avenue at 3 am and walked away.
When she came back 20 minutes later her coat and purse — holding her iPhone, wallet, iPod, $40, and bankcards — were missing.
Gold digger
A devious swindler ripped off a man who took the thief home with him after a night out on March 15.
The 40-year-old victim told cops that he brought the culprit back to his Eighth Avenue apartment between Lincoln and Berkeley places sometime in the night after the two were out at a Manhattan bar.
When the man awoke the next day at 10 am his iPhone, iPad, $60, 30 euros, and bankcards — along with the person he brought home — were missing.
The man could not recall the exact time of the incident or any information about the perp, cops said.
Check in, check out
A thief looted some pricey jewelry from a Third Avenue hotel room on March 16.
The 32-year-old victim told police that she left her white diamond medallion and some change on the nightstand in the room of the hotel between 13th and 14th streets at 6:40 pm.
When she returned to the room the next day at about 3:20 pm she noticed that the medallion, change, plus a white-gold chain she had put in the drawer were gone.
Laptop crook
A crook burglarized a woman’s Eighth Avenue apartment on March 22.
The 25-year-old victim told police that she left her apartment between Eighth and Ninth streets for work at 9:45 am. When she returned nearly 12 hours later she noticed that her Apple MacBook and Apple laptop were gone, and that she had left her back window unlocked.
The desk under the window had a footprint on it leading to the rear window, which officers believe was the thief’s entry point, cops said.
The woman told police that she was also the victim of a burglary last year.
— Natalie Musumeci
Reach reporter Thomas Tracy at ttracy@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-2525.
