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By Melissa Goldin
Brooklyn Daily
69th Precinct
Canarsie
Check it out
A 20-year-old woman was arrested for stealing a man’s checkbooks from his home on E. 91st Street sometime before July 13 and cashing two checks with a forged signature shortly after, police say.
The man told police he noticed the checkbooks were missing from his home between Skidmore Avenue and Schenck Street at 4 pm on July 13 and called the woman, who said she would return them. She was later allegedly seen placing them on the step of the man’s house.
Two checks were missing from the checkbooks when they were returned, both of which had been deposited into the woman’s bank account between July 14 and 17, made out for $5,000 each with a forged signature, police reported.
The man said he had given the woman a separate check, made out for $150 on June 29 on Flatbush Avenue between Hillel Place and Glenwood Road, which was allegedly changed to an amount of $450 before it was cashed.
The woman claims that her friend’s mother, whom she owed money, was staying with her and filled out the checks, and that the mother told her deposit them and her give 75 percent of the money.
Sharp sin
Police arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly brandishing a weapon at another man on E. 87th Street on July 21.
The suspect allegedly yelled at the victim between Avenue N and Seaview Avenue at 9 pm before waving a kitchen knife at him.
Bottle it up
A 31-year-old man was arrested for waving a glass bottle at another man on E. 87th Street on July 21, police say.
The victim was between Avenue N and Seaview Avenue at 9 pm when the suspect threatened him with the bottle.
— Melissa Goldin