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May 11, 2010
Hey, cops, how about Targeting target already
The Brooklyn Paper, Police Blotter
by Thomas Tracy
The Atlantic Yards blight study pointed a big, lying finger at the project footprint as the source of local crime. Amazingly, with the footprint (or at least the Phase One portion of it) now devoid of human beings, that crime doesn't appear to be letting up. Wonder how that could be?
Target trouble
Two thieves were arrested on May 5 when they supplanted an apparent smoking addiction with another bad habit — shoplifting.
Police said that the suspects, a 41-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, were caught trying to swipe 18 packages of Nicorette gum from the Target in the Atlantic Terminal Mall on Flatbush and Atlantic avenues at 6:50 pm.
The two also tried to pocket 19 boxes of Prilosec heartburn treatment before store employees grabbed them and contacted police.
Marshalls menace
A fast-moving thief snagged a pocketbook from a woman’s shopping cart as she perused the aisles at Marshalls on May 7.
The 31-year-old woman told police that she was shopping in the department store, which is part of the Atlantic Center Mall, at Flatbush and Atlantic avenues at 5:30 pm when she turned away from her cart for just a few moments.
When she turned back, her bag, which contained $700, her credit cards and an Australian driver’s licence was gone.
Posted by eric at May 11, 2010 12:43 PM