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By Will Bredderman
Brooklyn Daily
68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Pushover
A brute battered a woman in a failed mugging on Ridge Boulevard on Sept. 21, according cops.
The victim told police that she was leaving the library at the corner of 72nd Street at 2:30 pm when the goon grabbed her from behind.
“Don’t turn around and give me your bag,” the fiend ordered.
The woman immediately yelled for help and began to struggle with the savage. The thug threw her into a parked motorcycle — causing a laceration on her leg — and fled empty-handed.
Door man
A burglar looted a 69th Street apartment of electronics on Sept. 16, police report.
The victim said he left his home between Sixth and Seventh avenues at 11:15 am. When he returned at 2:30 pm, he found his front door wide open and his pad ransacked, and his laptop and camera stolen.
Cellar dweller
A villain pillaged a 95th Street basement on Sept. 19, authorities allege.
A resident of the building between Shore Road and Marine Avenue told cops he left his home at 10 am. When he came back at 3:30 pm, he discovered the locks on the rear Bilco door broken — and his two bicycles, 10 copper pipes, and toolbox filled with assorted tools all missing.
Wrestlemania
Four fiends pinned a man to the Third Avenue sidewalk and stole his wallet and phone on Sept. 18, cops report.
The victim reported he was walking between 81st and 82nd streets at 2:58 am when the punks pushed him to the ground. The lowlifes held him there and rifled through his pocket, taking his iPhone and wallet — the latter holding his credit and green cards — before scramming.
Bay Ridge hustle
A chiseler cheated a 78-year-old man out of thousands on 72nd Street on Sept. 13, police allege.
The victim said the swindler came to his door between Sixth and Seventh avenues at 5 pm and flashed a badge, claiming to be from a government agency. The con man claimed that the victim had to cough up $3,000.
The scared senior complied, running to a nearby bank immediately — and leaving the scammer in his home. The elder surrendered the dough, and the swindler high-tailed it. Looking around his home later on, the victim discovered $700 missing from his dresser drawer.
— Will Bredderman