Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Pickle Shoplifter Nabbed, $4,055 Car Break-In, Roommate vs. Roommate, More

Reports from the 77th Precinct.

The following arrest information was supplied by the 77th Precinct of the NYPD. It does not indicate a conviction.

 

Cops Nab Pickle Shoplifter

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A 30-year-old woman was arrested after trying to make off with pickles, strawberry pie and other groceries from NSA Supermarket on Washington Avenue Monday.

Other groceries in the woman’s bag were provolone cheese, Gatorade, cat food and Rocher chocolates. She was arrested at about 6:30 p.m. the same day on charges of shoplifting, according to a police report.

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Thief Hits $4,055 Jackpot in Car Break-In

You can’t judge a book by its cover – nor, apparently, a car’s contents by its age.

A thief hit the jackpot after breaking into a 1995 Toyota Camry parked in front of 186 Brooklyn Avenue sometime between Monday and Wednesday last week. According to the 28-year-old owner, who arrived to find a side window smashed, $4,055 worth of items were gone including a MacBook worth about $2,500, a $1,000 pair of shoes, a leather bag worth $150, a $75 briefcase, a tie worth $100 and $100 worth of handkerchiefs. No arrests have been made, according to a police report.

 

Man Accuses Roommate of Stealing Bikes Worth $4,000

A 32-year-old man told cops that he believes his roommate stole two bicycles worth about $4,000 from him while he was out of town last week.

The man said he was gone for three days, and when he got back to his apartment on Eastern Parkway near Washington Avenue Friday evening his Banshee bike and his Fit Cruiser, each worth about $2,000, he said, were missing. The man also told cops that the doorman saw the roommate leaving with the bicycles. As of earlier this week, however, no arrests had been made, police said.

 

Man Accuses Brother of Stealing Laptop

A 30-year-old man accused his brother of stealing his laptop while the man was at the hospital visiting his mother.

The man reported the theft on May 23. He told cops his brother had been staying with him and might have taken it from his apartment on Lincoln Place between Classon and Franklin avenues. No arrests had been made, as of Tuesday, police said.

 

Man Wanted for Punching Teen

A 27-year-old man is wanted for punching a 17-year-old boy, breaking his jaw in two places and causing him to need seven stitches on his eyebrow.

 The attack happened on Park place between Classon and Franklin avenues at about 10:30 p.m. on May 23. The man’s mother has accused her sister’s boyfriend of the crime, but so far no arrests have been made, according to the police.

 

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