61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay–Homecrest–
Manhattan Beach–Gravesend
Brutal beating
Two toughs beat and robbed a man on Emmons Avenue on Dec. 21. The victim was near the corner of Bragg Street around 7 pm when the louts crossed the street and approached him, according to police reports. He had just finished at a cash machine and had a hefty sum on him, police said. The pair pummeled him, grabbed $6,000, and fled, law enforcement sources said.
Grinch steals Christmas
A sneak managed to steal a man’s custom bike and some other stuff out of his Avenue V apartment while he napped on Christmas Day. The guy snoozed for a couple hours starting at 6:30 pm, but he left his front door to apartment near E. 14th Street unlocked, so the thief had an easy time getting in and out with the $10,000 bike, some credit cards, and some watches, police said.
No Christmas spirit
A cretin cribbed a baby monitor from an E. Fourth Street apartment on Dec. 23.
The owner left the door to his apartment near the corner of Avenue V unlocked for less than two minutes just after 2 pm, giving the thief just enough time to grab the brand new baby monitor — still in its package — and flee the scene unnoticed, police said.
Shoo!
Someone scared off two would-be burglars trying to break into a commercial garage on E. 29th Street on Dec. 22.
The thieves made their attempt on the garage near Avenue Y just before midnight, police said. They came prepared with tools to open it up and had a getaway van at the ready, but someone caught them in the act, and they fled in their van sans loot, officials said.
— Dennis Lynch