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By Matthew Perlman
Brooklyn Daily
84th Precinct
Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown
Cool criminal
A burglar broke in to a Hicks Street apartment on May 19 — removing an air conditioning unit and entering through the window.
The two 25-year-old victims told cops that someone removed the cooling unit from a window of their abode between Poplar and Middagh streets sometime between 4:45 and 5:30 pm.
The sneak stole a laptop, an electronic tablet, and a pair of headphones before running out the front, cops said.
Clothes out
A crook swiped vintage clothing from a woman’s Atlantic Avenue storage unit on May 22.
The 65-year-old woman said she was moving things from the unit between Court Street and Boerum Place to her apartment. She left the unit unlocked at 10 am, and when she returned on May 24 at 3 pm, the clothes were gone, according to a police report.
Among the pilfered vestments were five Armani suits, 30 pairs of shoes, and 10 dresses, the report says. The victim puts the price for her garments at $10,100, it says.
Chaos in the kitchen
Cops arrested a 20-year-old woman who they say attacked her sister with a pot on May 19 inside a Sands Street apartment, authorities said.
Two sisters, both 20, got into a fight in the apartment between Navy and Gold streets at 1:40 pm, according to a police report.
One of the siblings picked up a pot and smashed her sister in the face with it, the report says.
Grab and run
Police are looking for a goon who snatched a cellphone from a woman on Boerum Place on May 20.
A 46-year-old woman told cops she was standing between Fulton and Livingston streets at 2:25 pm, looking at her phone, when the thug came up and grabbed the mobile device. He took off running on Adams Street towards the Brooklyn Bridge, cops said.
Phone punks
Cops are also after a pair of punks who lifted four phones from a cellphone store on Montague Street on May 22.
An employee of the store between Clinton and Henry streets saw the pair enter at 6:39 pm. Both goons grabbed two phones from the display and ran, heading down Montague towards Borough Hall, cops said.
The store valued the merchandise at $2,370, according to a police report.
CitiBike snatch
Police arrested a 16-year-old who they say stole a CitiBike on Henry Street on May 20.
A cop saw the kid and two partners take the municipal rental bike at 7:40 pm from a docking station between Atlantic Avenue and State Street. The officer caught the one kid, but the other two got away, police said.
Car concerns
There were two reports of car problems in the precinct this week.
• A thief broke into a man’s vehicle he left parked on Livingston Street for about two hours on May 22.
The man said he parked the car between Nevins and Bond streets at 6:50 am, and that when he returned at 8:45 the front passenger-side window had been smashed. He said the crook took a laptop, a satellite navigation system, and two cellphones, according to a police report.
• Someone stole a motorcycle from Plymouth Street sometime between May 16 and 20.
The 33-year-old bike owner told cops he parked his red 2008 Kawasaki KLE between Pearl and Adams streets at 10 pm on May 16, and when he returned at 10:26 pm on May 20 the two-wheeler was gone. The crook left behind the bike cover, cops said.
Soccer setup
A sneaky thief snatched a man’s backpack while he played soccer at Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 18
The victim said he left his bag on a bench on Pier 5, near the intersection of Furman and Joralemon streets, at 8 pm. He returned after playing soccer for two hours to find the bag gone, cops said.
The 22-year-old victim told police the bag contained a cellphone, a navigation system, his keys, and his wallet.
— Matthew Perlman