84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Time bandit
A would-be thief attempted to steal a phone from the hands of a straphanger in the Jay Street-Metrotech subway station on Aug. 5, police claimed.
The victim was riding the A train at 2 pm when the person next to her asked for the time. She said she didn’t have it, at which the thief put on gloves and tried to take the phone from her purse pocket.
The victim fled through the open doors at the Jay Street station, thankfully with her phone still on her.
Shoulder to the steal
A quick bandit stole a laptop bag from a man on Duffield Street on Aug. 4, police said.
The victim was near Fulton Street at 11:30 pm when the bandit snatched the laptop bag, containing a Mac laptop, from the victim’s shoulder. The perp ran down Duffield and disappeared.
Phoning it in
Someone took a phone from the hands of a pedestrian walking on Fulton Street on Aug. 5, police said.
The victim was near Bond Street at 11 pm when the thief plucked the phone right from the victim’s hands and fled down Bond Street.
Smoke screen
Police arrested a man who they say assaulted and robbed a person on Fulton Street mall on Aug. 8, police said.
The victim was near Hoyt Street at 11:54 pm, when the perp asked the victim for a cigarette, and then a light.
“I don’t smoke,” the victim said. At this, the perp allegedly punched the victim in the head, took a cellphone and ran away. Police say they arrested the suspect and retrn the phone to the victim.
— Jaime Lutz
