There were two shocking crimes in the neighborhood this week — a violent mugging and a subway slashing.

First, three punks mugged a 56-year-old man on May 13, punching and kicking him before stealing his wallet. The incident happened in front of a Wyckoff Street parking lot, near Court Street, at 3:50 pm. The man was walking with a friend when the kids jumped him, and then fled eastbound down Wyckoff.

And then, on May 15, a 14-year-old girl was on the northbound R-train at 7:30 pm when a man came up to her and tried to steal her Sidekick cellphone from her hand. The girl refused, and the man pulled out a knife and slashed her hand, before darting out of the car at the Pacific/Fourth Avenue subway station. The girl left go, and called cops when she got home.

The big news this week was the arrest of three suspects in the recent robberies in Brooklyn Heights and the nearby stretches of Cobble Hill — but there were also other robberies and car thefts. Continue Reading →

There were some crimes along the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill borders this week, which are recapped at Brooklyn Heights Blog. Included are a bank robbery and two subway thefts.

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It was a quiet week in the 76th precinct, and there weren’t any crimes at all in the Cobble Hill area. The 84th Precinct blotter did have a few incidents in the Boerum Hill area, and for incidents in Brooklyn Heights and Downtown, check out Brooklyn Heights Blog. Here’s a round-up:

Cops nabbed a 49-year-old perp after he stole a spirited elderly man’s laptop, as the victim was walking along Pacific Street on his way to get the computer fixed. The incident happened on April 20 at 10 am, when the perp pushed the victim to the ground just as he reached Hoyt Street. The perp grabbed the computer, and ran eastbound on Pacific Street, but the 70-year-old man leapt up and chased the perp. Cops joined in the foot chase soon after, and apprehended the thug.

Two roommates were robbed on April 15, after a man broke into their Court Street apartment within a two-hour window and made of with two laptops. One victim left the apartment, which is between State and Schermerhorn streets, at 6 pm. But by the time he came back at 8, his front door had been broken open and the computers were gone.

Another burglar broke into a woman’s Atlantic Avenue apartment on April 15, prying open her door with a crowbar and stealing two laptops and a pair of diamond earrings. The woman left her apartment, which is between Clinton and Court streets, at 10 am, but when she got home later that evening, her door had been smashed and her things were gone.

A woman arrived home on April 15 to her Nevins Street apartment, only to discover a man trying to pick her front door lock. The incident happened at 10:30 pm, near Wyckoff Street. The man quickly left the scene, and the woman immediately called a locksmith to change the locks. Then, she called the cops.

Burglars broke into a Court Street catering service on April 15, cleaning out the store’s cash boxes and stealing two laptops. The incident happened overnight, and when an employee got to the store — which is between Wyckoff and Bergen Streets — at 6 am the next morning, he noticed that a perp had unlocked the door, broken into the office, and smashed through the safe. All told, the perp stole $18,230 in cash, two chef knives, a briefcase, and the computers.

On April 13, a thief stole a man’s Honda motorcycle, which was parked on Wyckoff Street, near Smith Street. The man left his bike at 11:30 am, but when he came back an hour later it was already gone.

Update: We just spoke with the officers at the 76th precinct, and have the following two crimes to add to this week’s blotter:

House arrest
A perp broke into a President Street house on March 23 while the owner was at home alone in the basement. The incident happened around 10:15 am, when the woman heard footsteps above her and ran upstairs. But by htat point, the burglar had fled the scene — and taken her purse, laptop, iPhone, and $200 cash with him. Cops said the burglar got into the top-floor apartment, which is between Henry and Clinton streets, by climbing up the fire escape and breaking into a back window.

Cold, hard cash
A hoodlum on the sidewalk mugged a woman as she was driving down Clinton Street on March 25. The incident happened at 8 pm when the woman turned right onto Verandah Place, and noticed that a man had been following her from the sidewalk for about a block. As she turned, he walked into the street and blocked her path. He then put his hand in his pocket, acted like he had a gun, and said, “Give me your cash. Don’t scream, or I’ll shoot you.” The woman reached into her purse and pulled out $21, handed it calmly to the man, and watched as he fled eastbound down Verandah Place.

The following crimes are from the 84th precinct’s crime blotter:

Gunpoint mugging
A man mugged a woman at gunpoint on March 27 just as she was walking into her Dean Street apartment building. The incident happened around 2:40 pm when the woman started to open her door, which is near Nevins Street, when suddenly the man appeared next to her, pulled out a black handgun, and told her to go into her house.
The victim told cops he told her, “Give me your money and get down on the floor.” The woman complied, and handed him her wallet, iPod, laptop, Blackberry, and purse.
Cops are looking for the man, who the woman described as a medium-skinned Hispanic man with a mustache and short curly brown hair, who weighs 140 pounds and is 5’5”.

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