Third’s the charm
An insistent and insatiable bank robber stole $11,100 from a Smith Street branch on Dec. 6.
The bandit, wearing a white mask, handed his red backpack to a teller at 10:35 am and said, “Don’t play with me — fill it up!”
The employee of the bank, which is between Warren and Baltic streets plopped $1,000 into the villain’s satchel, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy him. The thief, who carried an unidentified object believed to be a weapon that was covered with a white cloth, demanded more cash.
She gave him another $5,000, but again, the vandal enjoined her to provide him with more money. Again, she surrendered $5,000. This time, he left into an SUV outside the bank.
Kane and able
A quick-working thief stole a wallet from a Kane Street apartment on Dec. 4 while the resident was home.
The victim, 31, told police that sometime between 4 pm and 4:30 pm while she was in her living room, she heard her front door open. When she investigated, she saw that her wallet was gone from its resting place on a table near the entrance and the door to her flat, between Clinton Street and Tompkins Place, was left open.
She told police that she lost $40 and various credit, insurance and ID cards.
Lift off
Masked men robbed a woman at gunpoint as she stepped off an elevator inside a Red Hook Houses building on Henry Street on Dec. 3.
The victim, 60, told police that one of the two men camouflaged with dark masks pointed a handgun at her face at 1:40 am in the apartment building between Lorraine and Mill streets and one said, “Give me your bag or I’m going to shoot you.”
She gave them her pocketbook, which she said contained $150, and the muggers fled to the roof.
Murdered
A man was shot and killed on Hoyt Street on Nov. 22, and his companion remains in serious condition.
According to the police report, unknown hooligans fired multiple shots at 7:40 pm on the block between Baltic and Douglass streets that hit the 20-year-old victim in the chest and back. Emergency responders took the victim to Lutheran Medical Center, which declared him dead on arrival.
His friend, who was also shot in the violence, was in “serious condition,” according to a police source.
— Mike McLaughlin
