84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Hard to stomach
A trio of thieves raided an Atlantic Avenue drug store for antacid on Aug. 31, the authorities said.
A 25-year-old employee of the store between Third and Fourth avenues said the band of shifty characters came in at 11:40 am, grabbed the pills, and took off. They got 100 boxes of acid reflux medicine, which included Prilosec, Prevacid, and Zegerid, according to a police report. The store values the merchandise at $2,132, the report says.
Park problems
Police reported three thefts in neighborhood parks this week.
• First off, a lowlife snatched a man’s Nike sling bag as he played basketball in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Aug. 27, officers reported.
The 21-year-old player recounted that he was on the court near the corner of Furman and Joralemon streets at 10 pm, and left his bag alone for 10 minutes. When he went to check on the sack, it was gone, cops said. The bag contained a cellphone, debit, and credit cards, police reported.
• Also in Brooklyn Bridge Park, a sneak stole a woman’s purse as she took pictures at 12:30 am on Aug. 30, according to law enforcement officials.
The 18-year-old victim said she left her bag on a bench as she was shooting photos near the corner of Water and New Dock streets, and when she was finished she noticed the bag had gone for a walk. It contained a debit card, cops said.
• Later the same day at Columbus Park, on Adams Street between Fulton and Johnson streets, an opportunist snatched a woman’s unattended wallet. The 27-year-old victim told cops she was in the park at 2 pm, and left her billfold behind. When she returned at 3:45 pm, the wallet containing $60 in cash, a debit card, and a MetroCard, was gone, cops said.
Business burgled
A thief stole a bunch of computers from an Atlantic Avenue office sometime during the weekend beginning on Aug. 22, police reported.
Employees working in the office between Third and Fourth avenues told cops they locked the doors when leaving on Aug. 22 at 6 pm, and when they returned at 9:30 am on Aug. 25, the door was open and the computers had vanished. The crooks made off with six laptops, four electronic tablets, and a cellphone, police said.
Spool stolen
Someone stole a spool of wire from an Atlantic Avenue construction site overnight on Aug. 25, law enforcement officials said.
A 55-year-old worker said the site on Atlantic between Hoyt and Smith streets was secured at 5:30 pm on Aug. 25. When he returned at 7 am the next day, a lock was broken and a spool holding 150 feet of electrical wire was nowhere to be found, according to a police report.
Bad taste
A sneak stole a woman’s purse while she ate at an Adams Street restaurant on Aug. 26, the authorities said.
The 58-year-old victim said she was eating dinner at 6 pm in the restaurant between Willoughby and Johnson streets and placed her bag on the floor. She finished eating an hour later, and the bag was gone, cops said. The bag contained $35,000 in checks from an insurance company, $500 in cash, keys, and four credit cards, police stated.
Bike swipe
A bicycle thief struck on Wyckoff Street sometime overnight on Aug. 25, cops said.
A 34-year-old cyclist said she locked up her ride to a parking sign between Hoyt and Smith streets at 8:30 pm, and when she returned at 7 am the next day, the bike was gone.
Tool crime
A car burglar stole an electric hammer from a car parked on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bond Street on Aug. 26, officers stated.
The 37-year-old owner of the 2008 Chevy work van told the authorities he parked at noon and returned three hours later to find his driver’s-side lock damaged, and the tool taken.
Push and grab
A pushy punk took a woman’s purse while she was waiting for the bus on the corner of Jay and Fulton streets on Aug. 27, and then shoved her to the ground, the authorities said.
The 54-year-old victim said she was just standing near the bus stop at 11:40 am when the bully came over, took her purse, and knocked her over. The bag contained $60 in cash, debit cards, credit cards, and MetroCards, cops said.
Medical malevolence
A sneak thief stole a bag containing a sleep apnea monitor right out from under a woman who was sitting on the steps of a Montague Street building on Aug. 28, police reported.
The 19-year-old victim related that she was sitting on the stairs of the building between Clinton Street and Cadman Plaza West at 3:30 pm, and put the bag down next to her. She started sending text messages from her phone, and five minutes later she noticed the bag was gone, NYPD officials said.
Lush worker
Cops collared a teen who they say tried to steal a woman’s purse while she lay passed out on a 2 train on Aug. 30.
A police officer saw the 18-year-old taking the 25-year-old woman’s purse at 2:30 am near the Clark Street station and slapped cuffs on the kid, according to a police report.
Punch and run
A goon punched a man in the face and stole his phone on the corner of Fulton Street and Gallatin Place on Aug. 30, the authorities reported.
The 59-year-old victim said he was standing near the intersection at 6:30 am when the guy came over, bashed him in the nose, grabbed the device, and ran.
Picked off
A pickpocket filched a man’s wallet as he walked on Schermerhorn Street at 2 pm on Aug. 25, officers recounted.
The 39-year-old victim said he was in front of a courthouse between Smith Street and Boerum Place when he felt someone bump him. By the time he realized the billfold was gone someone had charged $1,009 to a credit card it contained, cops said.
Time taker
A guy grabbed a man’s electronic device as he was checking the time for him on Fulton Street on Aug. 30, law enforcement officials said.
The 21-year-old victim said he was standing between Gallatin Place and Smith Street at 9:38 pm when the degenerate approached and asked for the time. The victim told the schemer his phone was dead, but then took out his electronic tablet to check, according to a police report. That’s when the sticky-fingered fellow grabbed it and ran down Gallatin towards Livingston Street, the report says.
— Matthew Perlman
