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By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Daily
61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
That’s my house!
Cops are hunting for a crook who they say tried to break into and rob a 65-year-old woman’s Corbin Place home on Aug. 2.
The victim told police that she left her home between Cass Place and Hampton Avenue at 7:20 pm, and returned after about 15 minutes to find some guy standing on her back porch.
“What are you doing here?” the victim asked.
“I’m trying to get into my house,” the crook responded.
“This is my house!” the victim yelled.
At that the crook fled, hoping over a fence to reach his car. After canvassing the area, police found surveillance footage on West End Drive, which showed the goon jumping over the woman’s fence, cops said.
Brave and bruised
Two reprobates brutally beat and robbed a woman on Avenue W on Aug. 4 — taking her iPhone and designer bag.
The victim told police that she was between E. 19th Street and Ocean Avenue at 6:30 am when one of the thugs picked her clear off the ground and dropped her onto the pavement. The other goon tried to make off with the victim’s purse, but when she wouldn’t let go, the crooks began punching and kicking her relentlessly, before they started running and dragging her and she eventually let go.
Both the victim’s knees were wounded, along with her left hand, cops said.
Old man beaten
Two thugs jumped a 66-year-old man for $10 on Avenue Z in the early morning of Aug. 3.
The victim told police he was near Brown Street at 2:05 am when the crooks ambushed him. One of the goons jumped on the old man’s back, knocking him to the pavement, where his cohort looted the man’s pockets and came out with his wallet, which contained all of $10.
Back basher
Some coward crept up from behind a 23-year-old man while he was blowing off steam at an Avenue X nightclub on Aug. 3, and bashed the man in the head with a glass bottle.
The victim told police he was in the outdoor area of the club between Shell Road and W. Third Street at 2:25 am when his attacker bashed him with the bottle, before running off like a scared cat. The victim was left with cuts on his scalp, along with no small amount of swelling.
Carriage looted
Some crook stole a woman’s purse — out of her baby carriage — while she was shopping inside a Kings Highway department store on Aug. 2.
The victim told police that she was shopping with her kid at the retailer between E. 15th and E. 16th streets at 5 pm, when she placed her Dooney and Bourke handbag in the baby stroller.
She then turned around and started browsing, only to discover about a half-hour later that her designer bag was gone.
Lexus larcenist
A crook drove off with a man’s Lexus he parked on Shore Boulevard on Aug. 3.
The victim told police that he parked his 2009 Lexus R35 between Langham and MacKenzie streets at 8 pm, and returned at 5 am the next day to find an empty spot.
Dell down
A crook looted a woman’s E. Seventh Street basement apartment on Aug. 2, taking a computer.
The victim told police that she left her home between Quentin Road and Avenue P at 7 am, and returned at 10:50 pm to find her door broken down and her Dell laptop absconded with.
Costume jewel thief
A crook looted a man’s Ocean Parkway home on Aug. 2 — taking $1,000 in cash and $2,000 worth of assorted costume jewelry.
The victim told police that he left his home between Avenues U and V at 9 am, and returned three hours later to find his a side window busted out. The victim hadn’t forgotten to lock his doors, but he had neglected to switch on his burglar alarm, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
Reach reporter Colin MIxson at cmixson@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-4514.