Monday, August 31, 2015

Brooklyn Paper- Police Blotter

Police Blotter

AUGUST, 2015

Swipe, left: Police seek cellphone bandits

CRIME: Police are on the lookout for a dastardly duo who they say robbed two Brooklyn cellphone stores in as many months. Comments (1).
Women Of Distinction

Police: Help us catch subway pickpocket

PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Authorities are looking for a woman who they say pillaged a woman’s backback at Atlantic Terminal earlier this month. Comment.

Bruisers attack and rob man of cash

FORT GREENE: Plus more relentless crime from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (3).

Greedy burglar steals jewelry and gadgets from home

CARROLL GARDENS: Crime from the 76th Precinct in Carroll Gardens. Comment.

Knife-toting thieves accost woman on S. Fourth St.

WILLIAMSBURG: Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comments (1).

Bleach-wielding brute attacks woman

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights and Downtown’s 84th Precinct blotter.Comment.

Touchy pickpocket swipes woman’s phone

GREENPOINT: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Pack of punks lift cash from man’s pocket

BAY RIDGE: The theft leads this week’s 68th Precinct police blotter. Comment.

Williamsburg cop accused of raping 15-year-old dies in apparent suicide

WILLIAMSBURG: He was facing up to 15 years in prison.Comments (6).

Police find dead body in Prospect Park Lake

WINDSOR TERRACE: Police found the body of a dead man in Prospect Park Lake on Wednesday evening, according to a report. Comments (2).

Burglar lifts jewelry, vodka from home

PARK SLOPE: Plus all the other crime from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct blotter. Comment.

Cops: Stolen Citi Bike rider found with drugs

CARROLL GARDENS: Crime from the 76th Precinct in Carroll Gardens. Comment.

Police: Robbery suspect claims to be cop

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights and Downtown’s 84th Precinct blotter.Comment.

Brute attacks man outside strip club

WILLIAMSBURG: Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comments (1).

Pickpocket wakes sleeping man, knocks him out to steal wallet

GREENPOINT: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Police: Alleged rapist broke woman’s teeth in brutal attack

CLINTON HILL: Authorities are asking Brooklynites to help them find a man who they say raped and beat a woman in Clinton Hill in the early hours of Monday morning, knocking out several of her teeth in the process, according to a report. Comments (7).

Police: Help us nab this suspected swindler

CROWN HEIGHTS: Police are on the lookout for an alleged huckster accused of stealing a woman’s identity and using it to pilfer thousands of dollars from her bank account, according to a report. Comment.

Dump-truck driver fatally runs over elderly woman

BUSHWICK: A man driving a Mack dump truck fatally ran over an elderly woman as she was attempting to cross the street in Bushwick on Wednesday, police said.Comments (6).

Police: Teen, partners shoot up playground

FORT GREENE: Plus more relentless crime from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Swindlers scam lady in sandwich shop

PARK SLOPE: Plus all the other crime from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct blotter. Comment.

Sneak hides in guy’s car before robbing him

BENSONHURST: Get ready for your weekly run down of crimes from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Chicken robber flees stick-up attempt

WILLIAMSBURG: Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Surprisingly friendly mugger swipes man’s cash

GREENPOINT: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Lingerie larcenist strikes

BAY RIDGE: The theft leads this week’s 68th Precinct police blotter. Comment.

Cobble Hill business owner killed crossing Atlantic Avenue

COBBLE HILL: A driver fatally ran over the owner of a long-running Atlantic Avenue grocery store as he was crossing the road on Sunday, according to a report.Comments (4).

Officials: Williamsburg officer arrested for sex crimes

CRIME: Police arrested a 43-year-old Williamsburg resident and NYPD sergeant Wednesday in his apartment on numerous sex abuse related charges, including the rape of a 15-year-old girl. Comment.

Police: Woman pays $20 to avoid rape

WILLIAMSBURG: A man threatened to rape a woman in Williamsburg last week then walked away after she paid him $20. Comments (3).

Police: Help us find this arsonist

CRIME: Cops say this guy set fire to a restaurant in East Flatbush. Comment.

Update: Two arrested in Red Hook shooting

RED HOOK: Two teens are in custody in connection to an Aug. 3 drive-by shooting in Red Hook that injured five and caused a pregnant woman to lose her baby, according to police. Comments (4).

Jewel thief takes large sum of trinkets

PARK SLOPE: Plus all the other crime from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct blotter. Comment.

Wannabe bandit scared off by victim

GREENPOINT: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comments (2).

Fiend tears through store wall

BAY RIDGE: The invasion leads this week’s 68th Precinct police blotter. Comment.

Gun-toting goons demand man buy them beer

CRIME: Get ready for your weekly run-down of crimes from the 60th Precinct. Comment.

Gunmen wound five in Red Hook, including pregnant woman

RED HOOK: A pair of maniacs sprayed gunfire into a group of people in Red Hook on Monday night, injuring five, two of them critically, cops said. One of the injured women was pregnant and as of Tuesday afternoon remained in critical but stable condition at Lutheran Medical Center, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Comment.


Cops: Gunman slays man in Fort Greene

FORT GREENE: An unknown killer gunned down a man in Fort Greene in the early hours of Aug. 2, according to a report. Comment.

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