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By Max Jaeger
Brooklyn Daily
68th Precinct
Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights
Cardinal sin
An ungodly bandit stole a laptop from an 82nd Street church sometime between Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, according to the authorities.
The burglar pushed in an air conditioner at the house of worship between Third and Fourth avenues sometime between 8 pm on Oct. 23 and 6 am the next day, a report says.
The raider rifled through office drawers and took a $300 laptop, police said.
Car stalk
A hoodlum broke into a vehicle parked near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and stole the owner’s wallet and iPhone on Oct. 20, police said.
The driver parked his ride at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Shore Road at 4:30 pm, and when he returned an hour later, he found that someone had taken his billfold containing $100 and credit cards, a check for $4,500, and his phone, a report states.
Hasty withdrawal
A swindler with a history of scamming a Third Avenue bank tried to make a $6,500 withdrawal from an account that didn’t belong to him on Oct. 24, cops said.
The crook entered the bank at the corner of 95th Street at 11 am and tried to make the withdrawal, but security recognized him, saying he has tried to take out others’ money in the past. The fraudster fled the bank, officers reported.
The heck is in the mail?
Someone made fraudulent charges on a 72nd Street man’s credit card sometime between July 18 and Oct. 22, cops said.
The victim, who lives between Third Avenue and Ridge Court, didn’t realize his card was stolen until a $1,100 bill appeared at his door, police stated.
Signal boost
A punk ripped the smartphone from an R-train rider’s hand on Oct. 22, per the NYPD.
The straphanger was riding toward Manhattan at 9:48 am, and when the doors opened at 77th Street, the thief grabbed the device and ran out of the station, police said.
The victim chased the phone snatcher, but lost him on 77th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, law enforcement officials said.
— Max Jaeger