Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Stolen Computer Equipment, Assault and More
A roundup of crime in the 77th Precinct.
The following information was supplied by the 77th Precinct of the NYPD. It does not indicate a conviction.
Burglary
An unknown person entered into an apartment building on St. Marks Place, near Vanderbilt Avenue, using no forcible entry, on September 26 at 9:30 a.m. The burglar allegedly removed the following items: a digital camera, Macbook, bike, hard drive, plus other small computer items, totaling $8,814.
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Assault
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Outside of a building on St. Johns Place, near Underhill Avenue, on September 27 at around 10 p.m., a 56-year-old woman was involved in an argument with a 38-year-old man while she was walking home. According to the report, the man punched her above her right eye, leaving an abrasion and swelling. After a police canvass, a 38-year-old man was found and arrested. The victim was transported by EMS to Kings County Hospital.
Grand Larceny
On October 1 at 12:45 a.m., a 59-year-old man withdrew $3,000 from a Capital One bank on Washington Avenue, near Lincoln Place. On the street, he was approached by two men who spoke to him about a charity. The men offered the victim a blue bandana with which to wrap his $3,000 in, along with the $278 that he had already been carrying. When the victim returned home and opened the bandana, he found that his money was gone and was replaced with ripped newspaper pieces. The two suspects were described as black men of unknown age, one 6-feet-tall, the other 5’5”. They left the scene in a 2000 green Mazda.
Grand Larceny
On September 26, around 3:10 p.m., the owner of a 1991 blue Toyota Camry four-door returned to where he had left the vehicle at Pacific Street and Classon Avenue, and found it missing. Police canvassed the area with no results. No broken glass or burglary tools were found at the location. The value of the vehicle is unknown.
Petit Larceny
A steering wheel airbag was removed from a 2007 gray Ford Edge parked on Prospect Place, near Underhill Avenue, on September 30, around 10:30 p.m. The rear driver’s-side window was also broken. Damages total $500 for the airbag and $100 for the window.
