88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
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A crew of men robbed a woman on St. Edwards Street on Aug. 7.
The 32-year-old victim told cops she was at Willoughby Street at 11:30 pm when three men approached her from behind, choking her before running off with her iPhone.
Gang of six
A pack of crooks robbed a man in the Lafayette Avenue C train station on Aug. 5.
The 32-year-old victim told cops he was with his wife in the station at Fulton Street and S. Portland Avenue at 8 pm when six men surrounded him. The victim said the men started bumping him and took his iPhone out of his pocket.
Into thin air
A crook stole a laptop from an apartment on Carlton Avenue sometime between Aug. 5 and 8.
The 33-year-old victim told cops she left her place between DeKalb and Willoughby avenues at 7 pm on Aug. 5, returning three days later at 9 pm to find her MacBook Air gone.
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A criminal threatened a young teen with a pocket knife and stole his iPhone on Hanson Place on Aug. 6.
The 15-year-old victim said was between Fort Greene Place and St. Felix Street at 5:40 pm when the crook approached him, displayed the knife, and demanded his smartphone.
Wheelin’ and stealin’
Someone stole a man’s bicycle from St. Felix Street on Aug. 10.
The 65-year-old victim told cops he left his bike near Lafayette Avenue at 7 pm to go see a show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and returned at 8:30 pm to find his Specialized road bike gone.
myPhone
A crook stole a phone from a woman on Fort Greene Place on Aug. 7.
The 44-year-old victim told cops she was making a call on her phone between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place at 1:30 pm when the crook walked by and snatched the phone from her hand.
Electro-heist
A burglar broke into an apartment on Clinton Avenue on Aug. 9 — and swiped the tenant’s computer.
The 54-year-old victim told cops he left his place between DeKalb and Lafayette avenues at 11:30 am, returning at 2:30 pm to find his computer gone.
Bike’s gold
A thief stole a fancy bicycle from a Clinton Avenue apartment building sometime overnight on July 26.
The 37-year-old victim told cops he left his $2,650 bike in the lobby of his building between Park and Myrtle avenues at 9:30 pm on July 26, returning at 10:30 am the next day to find the bike gone. Cops said the victim reported the crime on Aug. 6.
Air control
A thief stole some cooling equipment from an Adelphi Street apartment sometime overnight on Aug. 6.
The 34-year-old victim told cops she returned to her home between Park and Myrtle avenues at 7 pm with two working air conditioning condensers on the side of her building, but when she woke up the next day at 8 am, the two units were gone.
Nuthin’ but a Beats thang
A crook stole a woman’s headphones on DeKalb Avenue on Aug. 7.
The 24-year-old victim told cops she was between Carlton Avenue and Adelphi Street at 6:15 pm when the crook grabbed her pricey Beats by Dr. Dre headphones off her head and fled.
— Eli Rosenberg