69rd Precinct
CanarsiE
Breaking down walls
A trio of toughs busted their way into a Rockaway Parkway cellphone store but lost the loot as they tried to escape on June 10.
The threesome stole a sledgehammer from the shed of a Conklin Avenue home near the store around 3 am, according to police. Then they used the tool to smash the wall of an electronics store near Flatlands Avenue, removing a stash of laptops, phones and chargers, police said. The ne’er-do-wells fled across neighboring buildings’ roofs before hopping into a van on E. 96th Street, according to police. Investigators conducted a search of the area and recovered the stolen items, officials said.
Grandma attack
A brute robbed a 73 year-old woman on Rockaway Parkway on June 9.
The goon punched the granny in the head from behind near Glenwood Road and Conklin Avenue at 6:20 pm, knocking her down, police said. While she was on the ground, the lout called her a b—- and took her bag, which contained her social security card, debit card, and $150.
Safe for now
Cops arrested a man who allegedly tried to rob a Rockaway Parkway fast-food joint of its safe on June 10.
An employee told cops the suspect entered the restaurant near Avenue L around 1 pm, whipping out a knife and ordering them to “get the safe,” according to police. The employee subdued the guy and took him outside, where cops arrested him an hour later, according to a police report.
Cold-hearted
A creep robbed an autistic man of his reduced-fare MetroCard on Avenue N on June 19.
The man told police he got off a bus near Rockaway Avenue around 3 am and noticed two men following him on Avenue N. The pair asked the victim for money, but then they threatened to shoot him, according to police report. Fearing for his safety, he handed over the subway pass, police said.
Violent home invasion
Brigands ambushed a 60-year-old man in his Paerdegat Street home on June 19.
The man was waiting for friends to come to his house near E. 80th Street, when the bell rang and two men he did not know pointed a gun in his face and pushed their way his home, police said. The curs clocked him with the gun and escaped with a laptop, credit card, and a debit card, officials said.
Scamp on the barbie
Someone climbed a barbecue grill to break into a Avenue L home for gadgets and jewels on June 16.
The man told police that a burglar entered his home near Remsen Avenue through an unlocked bedroom window sometime between 7 am and 6 pm. Police found a barbecue positioned under a window that the sneak may have climbed to get in, officials said. The suspect got away with a laptop, a tablet, and a gold wristband, according to police.
— Alexandra Simon
