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September 11, 2009
Lots of crime at Flatbush and Atlantic
The Brooklyn Paper, Police Blotter
by Ben Muessig
Lawlessness was rampant last week in Bruce Ratner's two local malls, which the Empire State Development Corporation famously (and falsely) claimed was devoid of such acts in the Atlantic Yards blight study.
Target: Target
An armed robber heisted $1,300 from the Target department store on Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 2.
The perp masqueraded as a customer when he purchased in item at around 6:15 pm — but once the cashier opened the register he revealed his true intentions.
“Give me the hundreds. I have a gun,” he told the employee.
The victim handed over the cash, and the crook fled from the store, which is near the corner of Flatbush Avenue.
Marshall law
Thieves ransacked the Marshall’s department store on Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 6, implementing their own form of “Marshall law” in at least two purse snatchings. Here are the shocking details:
• A crook grabbed a handbag from a shopper’s cart inside the shop, which is between Fort Greene Place and South Portland Avenue, at around 3:30 pm.
The bad guy got away with the victim’s wallet, credit cards, IDs, and $250.
• Just 45 minutes later, a perp heisted another purse from a shopping cart.
Posted by eric at September 11, 2009 6:23 PM