Crime & Safety

The Many Ways Crime Doesn't Pay: This Week's Police Blotter

A rundown of the rumblings in and around the neighborhood.

Last week provided more proof that crime does not pay—that is, unless you're playing that global financial system-busting complex derivative market... but then, that's not under the 's purview anyway. 

On Thursday, a  employee was arrested on charges that he stole credit card information from two customers, a 49-year-old male and a 54-year-old female, and went on a personal shopping spree. According to police, the suspect charged $2,400 on one card and more than $3,000 on the other. 

Here's a rundown of other crimes reported in the neighborhood. And remember—the following arrest information was supplied by the New York Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

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Nuthin But an iPhone Thang

A woman sitting on a Gates Avenue stoop June 21 was startled by two teens who knocked an iPhone out of her hands. The suspects fled with the phone, but were shortly captured by police at Lexington Street and Bedford Avenue. 

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Fort Greene Park Fright

Two suspects approached a woman walking through the park from behind. One of the suspects then covered her mouth with his hands. The victim then pushed him away, at which time one of the assailants pulled out a silver handgun and said, "Give me your wallet." The woman ended up handing over $200 in cash, debit cards, a Samsung cell phone and a Michigan driver's license. The suspects are still at large.

"I'm Not Playing Around With You"

On Thursday just before 5 p.m., a man with a black handgun, carrying a blue drawstring bag, approached a 22-year-old male as he exited the Clinton-Washington C line station. The suspect told the victim to "give me everything you have, keys, wallet, phone. I'm not playing with you." After robbing him, the suspect warned him not to look back. 

Shadowplay

A victim claimed two males followed him after leaving a store at Classon and Putnam avenues on Sunday afternoon, taking a wallet, iPhone and unspecified amount of cash. 

Office Break-In

A woman working her home office on Cambridge Place heard a loud bang as an intruder broke through her front door. Hiding underneath her desk, the woman observed a male waking up the stairs. When she called 911, the suspect fled with an Apple laptop. A 21-year-old male was arrested shortly after in connection with the break-in, which was witnessed by neighbors.

A Night On the Town, Gone Wrong

A woman using the restroom at  on Fulton Avenue came back to her table Sunday evening to find her purse gone. An un-cashed tax refund check was inside. 


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