Here’s a tidbit from this week’s 76th Precinct’s Police Blotter:
Courier Life: Five teens robbed snatched a man’s iPhone inside the Carroll Street train station on Aug. 2.
The 37-year-old victim told cops that he was on the southbound platform under Smith and President streets at around noon when he was surrounded by five teens with bad [...]
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76th Precinct Police Blotter 8/10/10
Brooklyn Paper: Fireworks Cache Comes to Cobble Hill
The BP reports this morning that a huge cache of illegal fireworks nabbed on Ocean Avenue have made their way to the 76th Precinct. Read the full story here.
“Anything fireworks-related is a big deal — but we had no idea we’d come across this much,” said a police source, who invited us to the 76th [...]
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Another Heist at Trader Joe’s
Courier Life reports on the latest crime at the Court Street Trader Joe’s:
Courier Life: A thief snatched a wallet from a woman’s pocket book while she shopped at the Court Street Trader Joe’s on June 11 — the latest in a series of purse snatchings at the popular grocery store.
The victim told cops that she [...]
Reefer Toting Trader Joe’s Purse Snatcher Nabbed
The Brooklyn Paper reports that a sting operation at the Court Street Trader Joe’s has resulted in at least one (alleged) scumbag being arrested:
Brooklyn Paper: According to police, two officers fanned out inside the store, with one officer and a sergeant remaining outside. One cop pretended to shop — and then drift away from her [...]
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places or the “B” is for “Boerum” Not “BelowJ”
The Brooklyn Paper reports that the 76th Precinct pulled off a sting called “Operation Losing Proposition” last Thursday (4/15). It’s purpose — bust “johns” looking for “action” on a “notorious” corner in Boerum Hill (ahem you might say it’s in Gowanus but that would have spoiled our headline…OK?).
But seriously folks, couldn’t the NYPD have come [...]
Trader Joe’s on Atlantic Apparently a Sweet Spot for Thieves
Courier Life reports that a woman had her wallet stolen while shopping at Trader Joe’s (they spell it “Traitor“…. hello copy editing! Yeah, we should talk) on April 9 at 6:15pm. They add that this sort of crime has happened there before. So look out for skells, misfits, low-lifes and the like at the [...]
Millman Responds to Alleged Hate Crime
Assembly member Joan Millman responded today to reports of an assault that happened last week near the corner of Luquer Street and Hamilton Avenue that sent the victim the hospital.
Last Tuesday, March 2, around 1 a.m. police found a 22-year-old man who was assaulted by five males while they uttered anti-gay slurs to him. He [...]
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Musician shot to death in Carroll Gardens apartment
The Post reports that Troy Young, 29, was killed by a bullet to his head in his basement apartment at 36 4th Street. He was discovered shortly after midnight this morning, after friends reported not having seen him for several days.
In case you missed it…
Improv Everywhere had over 2,000 members walking invisible dogs in Cobble Hill yesterday, and pictures from participants are posted here and here. The leashes were borrowed from the new Invisible Dog Gallery at 51 Bergen Street.
Anti-Semitic fliers linked to Kansas Baptist church
There may be a link between the anti-Semitic leaflets that were handed out in Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill on Tuesday and this weekend’s anti-gay, anti-Jewish rallies being organized by the militant Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, according to an investigation being conducted by the 76th Precinct.
Brooklyn Paper: Handwritten notes reading “Kill Jews” in black [...]
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