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By Danielle Furfaro
Brooklyn Daily
94th Precinct
Greenpoint–Northside
Steal this art
Cops arrested a man who they say tried to cut down an Oak Street gym’s art sculpture on March 15.
Police said the man was underneath a welded piece of art between West and Franklin streets with a hydraulic rebar bolt cutter at 10:11 pm. The man also had another piece of metal art inside of his car and graffiti instruments on him, according to police.
Police charged the 44-year-old man with grand larceny.
Jump and run
A robber jumped a man as he came out of the Grand Avenue L train station in the early morning of March 11.
The 24-year-old victim told police that he had been drinking at a bar in Manhattan and then got on the L train to come home. When he came off of the train at the corner of Metropolitan Avenue at 2:30 am, the robber grabbed him from behind and snatched his phone, wallet, cash, and credit cards out of his right hand.
Unlocked
Someone stole a woman’s purse when she left it in her unlocked car for 10 minutes on West Street on March 16.
The 53-year-old victim told police that she left her purse in her unlocked car when she went into a home at 2:45 pm. When she came back 10 minutes later, she found her purse — which contained her credit card, debit cards, iPhone, and ID — missing.
Unsafe
Someone stole $2,000 in cash from a Norman Avenue restaurant safe on March 9.
The owner of the eatery between Eckford Street and McGuinness Boulevard told police that he keeps his money in a safe in the storage room. He said he left it unsecured between 7 am and 3 pm that day.
When he went back to check on it, the cash it was all gone. The owner told police that the safe was in an area accessible to all employees.
— Danielle Furfaro