Crook Swipes Laptop from Apartment Window Sill: Police Blotter

A round-up of recent crime in the area:

Between March 26 at 3 p.m. to July 10 at 8:17 p.m., a 32-year-old woman was in and out of the hospital on a regular basis. When she last returned to her Clinton Avenue home from the hospital she noticed that her door was unhinged and someone removed her property from her closet. Her sister lived with her at the time of incident and said she didn't notice the property was missing or that her door was unhinged. Items taken included a MacBook Pro, iPhone 4S, gold earrings, gold bangle and a pearl necklace and earrings set, worth a total of $5,950.

Between July 13 at 7 p.m. and July 14 at 10:30 a.m., someone cut through the backyard fence of Clinton Hill Condominiums at 357 Grand Ave. Though the perp broke the backyard shed's lock, residents could not confirm if property was taken. Police plan verify with maintenance personell if property was taken.  

On July 14 at 5:25 p.m., police arrested three teenage boys for allegedly burglarizing a South Elliott Place apartment. That same day between 4:53 p.m. and 5:25 p.m., the three boys allegedly entered an apartment and took the 36-year-old female resident's Nikon camera with zoom lens, MacBook Prop laptop, a Kodak camera with black case, white purse and soda stream canister. All three boys, ages 17, 16 and 16, tried to resist arrest, running from the police officer, pushing the officer away and flailing their hands. Police arrested a 17-year-old boy, who pushed the arresting officer away, frailed his hands and ran away. One of the 16-year-old boys arrested has an active supreme court warrant. 

On July 14 between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., a 24-year-old woman said someone took her Apple laptop from her Cumberland Street apartment. She told police she left her laptop on her window sill and when she came back, she realized the screen to her window was open and her laptop was gone.