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A 22-year-old man was beaten and robbed after two brazen thieves followed him into the vestibule of his 85th Street building on Feb. 9.
The victim told police that he noticed the two men trailing him as he made his way to his home near Fifth Avenue at 12:55 am.
The two men followed the victim inside the building, asked him a question to distract him, and then attacked him before he could answer, leaving him with bruises to his face and torso, police said.
The thugs made off with his cash, phone, passport, wallet and jacket.
Dyker attack
Two men jumped a 32-year-old on 71st Street on Feb. 9, but got away with nothing.
The victim said he had noticed two men sitting in a four door sedan near 11th Avenue at 9 pm, and as he drew closer, the two men got out and lunged at him, putting him in a headlock.
They tried to wrestle the victim’s jacket and backpack away from him, but he fought back, and they fled.
Up in smoke
More than $500 in anti-smoking patches were swiped from a car parked near the corner of 11th Avenue and 77th Street on Feb. 8.
A 28-year-old woman told police that she had left the samples in her 2010 Mercury Mariner at 8:30 pm.
When she returned the next morning, she noticed that her front passenger window was smashed and the medication, plus an iPod, a navigation system and two pairs of sunglasses were gone.
Bedroom ransacked
A thief lifted more than $1,200 in video and audio equipment from a 72nd Street home on Feb. 7.
The 51-year-old homeowner told police that he had left his home, which is between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard, at 1 pm and returned shortly after midnight to find that someone had forced open a rear window and taken his stuff.
Annual anger
A 34-year-old woman told police that her Ovington Avenue home was burglarized for the second time in two years on Feb. 11.
The victim told cops that someone entered the home, which is between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard, during the afternoon. When she came home at 3:20 pm, she found her front door unlocked and cash, a camera and a gold chain missing.
