84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Triple threat
Three baddies wreaked havoc on the streets of the 84th Precinct last week.
• A trio of louts stole a woman’s purse and iPhone as she was walking home on Water Street on Aug. 22.
The victim told police she was between Pearl and Jay streets at 4:45 am when the three knaves surrounded her and demanded that she hand over her phone and bag, which contained her keys, prescription, and wallet.
• The brutish crew then bashed a guy and stole his backpack on Concord Street at 5:50 am.
Police said one of the curs approached the man from behind as he was leaving his apartment building between Bridge and Duffield streets and hissed, “Give me your wallet.”
A second snake then grabbed the guy’s backpack and punched him in the face, according to a report.
• Six days later, three goons slashed a guy and stole his wallet on St. Mark’s Place on Aug. 28.
Authorities said the three louts walked up to the guy near Third Avenue at 2:35 pm and one pulled out a box-cutter as he stated, “Give me your f—— money.” The victim then reached into his pocket to retrieve his wallet and one of the punks cut him on the right hand, said police.
Bad deal
A rogue cabbie drove off with a woman’s handbag with more than $1,000 inside after he told her he’d keep the purse as collateral while she went to go get change on Hanover Place on Aug. 27.
The woman told police she left her Philipe Lim bag in the cab while she went to get change to pay the cab driver, who told her she needed to leave the purse behind as collateral. But as she was collecting her small bills, the jerk drove off with her bag, according to a report.
Sprayed
Cops cuffed a guy who they say maced a store clerk when he tried to stop him from stealing household goods from a shop on Flatbush Avenue on Aug. 22.
A report said that the accused was trying to leave the store by Livingston Street at 9:20 am with assorted ointments, laundry pods, and shampoos. The storekeeper tried to stop him, but the suspect snarled, “You ain’t no cop” and sprayed the mace in his face, according to a report.
— Lauren Gill
