84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Get out of my house!
A burglar broke into a Dean Street man’s home on Oct. 15 — but woke up the resident in the process and was chased out.
The victim told cops he was sleeping in his home between Boerum Place and Smith Street at midnight when he woke after hearing a noise coming from downstairs and went to investigate, police say.
Once downstairs the victim found the intruder, who quickly told him, “Shut up, I’ll kill you,” according to a report.
The resident chased the lawbreaker from his building, but the crook managed to swipe the victim’s briefcase, which contained his laptop, smartphone, and other personal effects, cops say.
Doing some renovating
A destructive delinquent broke into a pharmacy on Smith Street on Oct. 15 by smashing through the wall of the store.
The owner of the drug store near Wyckoff Street received a call after the alarm at his store had been tripped around 5 am, authorities say.
When the victim arrived to open up for the day, he found a hole in the rear wall of his shop that led into a nearby construction site, but nothing was missing, police say.
A close shave
Cops cuffed a man who they say threatened a police officer with a razor blade on the Jay Street-MetroTech A train station platform on Oct. 17.
Police say the accused brandished a straight razor at the police officer, saying, “Officer, open your pockets,” then began to approach the cop, who drew his gun and commanded the man to drop the blade.
The man continued approaching until he was within several feet of the officer before dropping the razor, according to a police report. The officer then took the suspect into custody, who was reported claiming, “I was joking,” after the incident, police said.
Driveby
A miscreant shot a man in a driveway on Water Street on Oct. 18.
Two witnesses called the police to report seeing a man in a black Cadillac with New Jersey plates firing at a building at Old Fulton and Water streets around midnight.
Police found five slugs in the wall of the building, along with several spent shell casings at the scene of the crime, a report states. The police later found two nine-millimeter handguns, a Smith and Wesson, near Bergen and Hoyt Streets, and a Glock near Bergen and Smith streets.
— Harry MacCormack
