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By Matthew Perlman
Brooklyn Daily
88th Precinct
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Counterfeit customer
Cops cuffed a man who they say tried to pass fake bills to a Greene Avenue bodega clerk on Sept. 20, and then threatened the clerk with a pair of scissors when he refused to take it.
A deli worker told police that the suspect came into his store between Grand Avenue and Cambridge Place at 4:45 pm and bought a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. The clerk noticed something funny about the money and demanded the items back, cops said.
The suspect refused, and threatened the worker with a pair of scissors before taking off with the money and the smokes, according to a police report. An officer then saw the same suspect, who is 43-years-old, in front of the store arguing with a cab driver, also about using fake bills, the report says. The officer arrested the man, and found a crack pipe on him, cops said.
Burglaries
Authorities reported three burglaries in the precinct this week, not including two on Fort Greene Place that police reported last week. Here’s the rundown:
• First, a burglar hit a home on Fulton Street on Sept. 15, making off with some electronics, cops said.
The 45-year-old victim, who is visiting from Brazil, told police he left the building between Saint James Place and Cambridge Place at 10 am, and did not return until 10 pm. When he got back he noticed the apartment door was slightly open and that the living room window, which leads to the fire escape, was also open, police said. When the victim looked around he found that his laptop and electronic tablet were missing, authorities said.
• The next day a sneak pushed in an air conditioning unit and stole a bike and other items from a Classon Avenue apartment, cops said.
The owner told police he left the building between Madison Street and Putnam Avenue at 11:30 am, and came home at 2 pm to find his camera, cellphone, some cash, and a bike all missing.
• Then, on Sept. 20, a brazen burglar punched in a window on Clinton Avenue, reached into the apartment, and stole a laptop, according to a police report.
The 28-year-old victim, who lives between DeKalb and Lafayette avenues told cops the guy busted his window with his bare hand at 9:50 pm, and that the crook jumped a gate and ran away after grabbing the computer.
Teen terror
Cops cuffed three teens for allegedly stealing a laptop from a Fulton Street coffee shop patron on Sept. 18, and then threatening him once he got the computer back, according to a police report.
The 48-year-old coffee drinker told cops he was working in the cafe between Saint James and Cambridge places at 1:28 pm when the group of teens came in and took his computer. He chased them five blocks to Washington Avenue between Willoughby and DeKalb avenues, and managed to grab his property back from one of the suspects, the report says.
The teens then supposedly crowded around the victim, threatening him, before cops arrived and arrested them, authorities said. The suspects are 18, 16, and 15 years old, according to the report.
Bench beat up
A group of degenerates beat up a man who was sitting on a bench in S. Oxford Park on Sept. 15, stealing his cellphone, police said.
The 18-year-old victim told cops he was just sitting in the park, which is near the corner of Atlantic Avenue and S. Oxford Street, at 6:30 pm, when the group approached him. They punched him in the face multiple times, took the phone, and took off, cops said.
Stick up
A thief stole $10 from a woman’s purse as he threatened her with an unknown object near Fort Greene Park on Sept. 18, cops said.
The 25-year-old victim told police she was walking near the corner of Washington Park and Willoughby Street at 10:30 pm when a guy came over and put his hand in her purse, saying “Where’s your wallet? Don’t look at me.”
He found the $10 and then asked if she had more while holding an object up to her head, according to a police report. Then he took off into the park, the report says.
Food fight
Authorities arrested a man who supposedly fought a DeKalb Avenue deli worker over some lunch on Sept. 21, police reported.
The worker told cops a man came into the store between Fort Greene Place and Saint Felix Street at 11:50 am, ordered a sandwich, chips, and a soda, but refused to pay.
The worker tried to take the items back, and the suspect fought with him, cops said. The worker eventually got the edibles back as cops arrived and cuffed the 28 year old, police said.
Car raider arrested
Cops cuffed a man who they said broke into the key storage box of an Ashland Place parking lot on Sept. 21, and started rummaging through parked cars.
An attendant at the lot, between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street, told police he saw the suspect on a security camera at 8:26 am breaking into the box full of car keys and then going through customers’ cars. He alerted authorities who showed up and arrested the 31-year-old suspect, cops said.
Police also reported that the man resisted arrest, injuring an officer, and that they found a bag of marijuana on the suspect after the arrest.
Backpack sacked
Someone stole a woman’s laptop and cellphone by cutting her backpack open while she slept on the subway on Sept. 21, cops said.
The 25-year-old victim told police she had the items in her bag when she left for school, taking an F train from Queens to the Carrol Street subway station at the corner of Carrol and Smith streets.
She transferred to a Queens-bound G and got off at the Clinton-Washington station and walked to her school on Saint James Place between Lafayette Avenue and Clifton Place, cops said.
She arrived at 7:05 am, and noticed that her bag had been sliced open, and the items removed, police said.
— Matthew Perlman