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By Will Bredderman
Brooklyn Daily
68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Dropped call
A thief snatched a woman’s phone from her hand on 86th Street on July 26, according to cops.
The victim reported she was walking between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 5:30 pm and talking on her phone when the crook ran up from behind her and grabbed the device. The lowlife then scrammed in the direction of Fourth.
Hungry for justice
A burglar ripped off hundreds of dollars’ worth of cash, food, and alcohol from a Third Avenue eatery on July 24, police report.
The restaurant owner told cops he closed the bistro at 12:01 am, and came back seven hours later. When he arrived, he found somebody had pried open an unlocked window — and made off with a case of shrimp, a case of filet mignon, four bottles of vodka, two snifters of brandy, a satellite radio receiver, and $100 in loose change.
Cash out
Two lowlifes liftted $300 from a woman’s apartment on 74th Street, authorities allege.
The victim said she left her pad between 10th and 11th avenues at 12:15 pm and returned at 2:55 pm to discover the lock on her door broken. Inside, she found her dresser drawer pried open and $300 in cash missing from inside. A neighbor reported witnessing two men with a crowbar fleeing toward 75th Street at 1 pm.
Tired out
A crook jacked the treads and rims off a man’s car on 91st Street on July 22, cops state.
The victim said he left the vehicle near the corner of Shore Court at 11 pm and returned at 7 am the next day to find it up on on cinderblocks.
Shoplifter
A pocketbook picker took a woman’s phone from her inside her bag at an 86th Street clothing store on July 24.
The victim said she was shopping at the retailer between Fifth and Sixth avenues 4:25 pm when she felt somebody reach into her purse. When she turned, no one was there — but when she checked her bag, her mobile device was missing, too.
Out of style
A burglar broke into an 82nd Street salon and stole $100 on July 21, cops report.
The shop owner told police she locked up her business between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 4 pm and returned at 7:40 the next morning.
When she got there, she found the glass door smashed and the register emptied.
Cyber crime
A villain heisted hundreds of dollars in technology from a 63rd Street apartment on July 25, police state.
The victim said she left her home between 10th and 11th avenues at 11:30 pm and came back two hours later to find her door forced open. When she entered, she saw her Samsung Notebook, iPad, and laptop all gone.
— Will Bredderman
Reach reporter Will Bredderman at wbredderman@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-4507.