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June 1, 2010
Brooklyn’s first iPad theft is reported!
The Brooklyn Paper, Police Blotter
by Thomas Tracy
This week, Forest City Ratner wasn't just the host to the crime — it was a victim, too.
Pretty pinch
A jeweler selling baubles at the Atlantic Center Mall lost several pricey pieces on May 24 — and his own employee may be to blame.
The shop owner in the Bruce Ratner-owned mall on Atlantic Avenue between Fort Greene Place and S. Portland Avenue said the employee put the bling in the safe right before closing on May 22.
But when the safe was opened on May 24, six diamond rings, five chains, four pendants and four bracelets were missing.
So was the employee, who didn’t show up for work that morning — and his phone number was suddenly disconnected.
FCRC felony
In other Ratner-related news, someone broke into his company’s satellite office on Rockwell Place on May 26, swiping a $600 computer.
Cops were not sure how the thief got into the office between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street, although the theft occurred sometime after 4:30 pm.
NoLandGrab: One wonders if the Forest City heist, too, was an inside job; perhaps a whistleblower, gathering evidence?
Posted by eric at June 1, 2010 8:38 AM