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By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Daily
61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Gym goon
A crook broke into and looted a man’s locker at a Kings Highway Bally Fitness on April 3.
The victim told police that he stuffed his backpack and wallet into his gym locker between E. Ninth and E. 10th streets at 8 pm, and returned after an hour’s workout to find that his locker had been looted and his credit cards nabbed. When the victim checked with his bank, he found that his cards had been used for several illicit purchases at a Wendy’s, 7Eleven, and Best Buy.
Bungling boozer
A 32-year-old woman was arrested for giving police officers false identification after they caught her boozing in public on Nostrand Avenue on April 3.
The arresting officer reported sighting the suspect between Avenues V and W at 11:30 pm, a 12-ounce foam cup full of beer in her hand. When the officers asked for ID, the suspect tried to pass herself off as a different person, giving the cops a false first name, and spelling her last name incorrectly, according to police, earning the woman an additional charge of giving false identification to a police officer.
Knife guy
A knife-wielding thug robbed a man on Batchelder Street on April 4 — taking cash.
The victim told police that he was between Avenues Y and Z at 2:10 am when the suspect drew a knife, held it to the victim’s throat, and started barking orders.
“Give me your money,” the crook allegedly growled.
The victim told police he handed over $490, and the crook fled north on Batchelder in a gray sedan.
Breaking and looting
A crook stole more than $5,000 from an E. 21st Street home on April 3.
The victim told police that he left his home between Avenues S and T at 6 pm, and returned the next day to find his side door busted and his cash missing.
Bad dad
Cops are looking for a man who they say allegedly beat his 8-year-old son with a broom stick inside his Avenue P apartment on March 29.
According to a report filed with District Attorney Charles Hynes by the Administration for Children’s Services, the victim was in his father’s apartment between E. Fourth and E. Fifth streets at 2:42 pm when the father began bashing the child with a broomstick, because the kid refused to talk to his dad’s new girlfriend.
Texan justice
Cops are on the lookout for a Texas man who they say threatened a woman at her Avenue T apartment on April 4.
The victim told police that she was at her home between Homecrest Avenue and E. 13th Street at 10 am when she got a call from a Texan area code.
“I’m gonna pop some caps in your chest,” said the mystery caller. “I’ve got a gun with your name on it. Can’t wait to see you soon.”
Coward with a car
Cops are searching for a coward who struck a 74-year-old woman with his sports utility vehicle on E. 17th Street on April 6 — and then fled without so much as a by your leave.
The victim told police that she was near Avenue U at 3:45 pm when the genius driver smacked her with his car after performing a difficult driving maneuver: backing out of a parking space.
After realizing what he did, the driver turned yellow and fled, while the poor old lady was taken in pain to Coney Island Hospital.
Burglarizing the old
A bandit grabbed $200 and thousands more in jewelry from a 74-year-old lady’s Gerritsen Avenue apartment on April 6.
The victim told police that she left her apartment between Avenues U and V to enjoy a meal at her sister’s home at 5:30 pm, and returned around 8 pm to find that her bedroom was ransacked and her fire escape window was left ajar.
Bewildering break-in
A thief ransacked an Ocean Parkway apartment on March 24, creating a mess, but not taking so much as a crumb.
A witness told police that he was in his home, next door to the apartment between Avenue W and Angela Drive at 2 pm, when he noticed a strange man enter the empty abode.
At the time, the witness figured the crook was a contractor, but he notified the apartment’s owner anyway, who rushed over to find the place in shambles, with several doors inside broken. Curiously, though, nothing was taken, according to police.
Punched
A 39-year-old man was arrested for punching a woman in the face on Avenue W on April 7.
The victim told police that she was between Batchelder and Bragg streets at 5 pm when the suspect slugged her in the face.
— Colin Mixson
Reach reporter Colin MIxson at cmixson@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-4514.