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By Max Jaeger
Brooklyn Daily
76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook
No free rides
Cops cuffed a Columbia Street woman who they say skipped out on her cab fare on May 24.
The cab driver told police the woman took a ride from Nostrand Avenue and Eastern Parkway back to her Red Hook home between Centre Mall and Mill Street, but when the taxi reached its destination, she jumped out without paying. The cabbie called the cops, and the woman was charged with theft of service, police say.
Inventory issues
A burglar raided a Clinton Street clothing store sometime overnight on May 23.
Police say someone snatched clothing and $800 from the store between Mill and W. Ninth streets some time between 7:30 pm on May 23 and 7:30 am on May 24.
The perp probably entered through a basement door, which is connected to five adjoining buildings and was left unlocked, police said.
An edgy hobby
A blade-happy bloke was pinched for flashing illegal knives in public on Hicks Street on May 25.
Cops collared the man between Centre Mall and Mill Street around 8 pm. Officers found two “gravity knives” on his person, sources say. The blades can be opened with a flick of the wrist and are illegal in New York City, police say.
Paint running
Cops chased and cuffed a vandal tagging a Hicks Street building on May 26.
A vigilant neighbor saw the suspect tagging the building between First Place and Woodhull Steet and called police around 2:56 am on Monday, police say.
When cops showed up, the illicit painter split, but officers caught up to him, found fresh paint on his hands, and booked him, according to law enforcement sources.
Saving face
Two cash-strapped crooks socked a man in the kisser after he refused to hand over his money on Baltic Street on May 26.
The victim told cops he was between Court and Smith streets around 4:45 am when the goons approached and demanded he hand over all his money, police say.
The victim refused, and the pair pummelled him about the face and nose, causing swelling and lacerations, law enforcement sources say.
Lock it up!
A burglar waltzed into an unlocked Coffey Street home sometime over the Memorial Day weekend and took off with the owner’s cash.
The victim told police she left her pad between Richards and Dwight streets around 10:30 am on May 25 and returned at 2 pm the next day to find about $4,000 in cash from a dresser drawer missing, police sources say.
Authorities say the crook forced open a barred gate and entered the home through an unlocked door.
— Max Jaeger