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By Vanessa Ogle
Brooklyn Daily
61st Precinct
Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend
Cellphone crooks
Two scoundrels robbed a man sitting in a parked car on Billings Place and E. Second Street on Aug. 18.
The thugs held a knife to the victim’s collarbone and stole his Samsung cellphone and cash. According to police, he was not injured.
Fast thief
A brawn burglar snatched a wallet from a locker at gym on Kings Highway on Aug. 19.
The victim returned to the locker at the fitness palace near Coney Island Avenue at 2 pm and found the wallet was missing. According to reports, there have been several locker break-ins at this gym.
Bring down the hammer
A vicious villain struck a man with a hammer on Coyle Street on Aug. 20.
The victim said he was arguing with a stranger near Avenue V at 9:30 am when suddenly, the weirdo whacked him with a hammer.
Phone snatcher
A vandal smashed the window of a car parked on Sheepshead Bay Road on Aug. 20 and stole the owner’s cellphone.
The thief broke the passenger-side window of the vehicle left near Shore Parkway and stole the woman’s T-Mobile cellphone at 1 pm.
Barbaric burglary
A thief broke into a man’s apartment on Quentin Road on Aug. 21.
According to police, the intruder broke in through the side window of the house near E. 16th Street.
Hijack
A crook stole a woman’s purse on Shore Parkway and Haring Street on Aug. 21.
The woman was taking a stroll at 6 pm when the thief approached her from behind, pushed her, and stole her purse right off her shoulder, she told police.
Agile arrest
Police arrested a man who they say fired bullets on Coyle Street on Aug. 21.
Authorities say the suspect shot a .32 caliber handgun at multiple people near Avenue Y at 9 pm. According to reports, no one was injured.
— Vanessa Ogle