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December 14, 2010
The most awful (and best) Police Blotter item — ever!
The Brooklyn Paper
by Thomas Tracy
Is it possible all these crooks will ride their sleighs into Whoville on Christmas morn to return all the loot they've been pinching from Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal malls?
Grinch grabs
There were more sticky-fingered thieves than department store Santas inside the troubled Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center Mall last week. Here’s the rundown:
• A thief snagged a 70-year-old’s purse as she shopped inside the Marshall’s on Dec. 5. The woman left her purse in her shopping cart at 4:30 pm as walked around the store between Fort Greene Place and S. Portland Avenue. When she returned a few minutes later, it was gone.
...• A goon grabbed a man’s wallet from the Flatbush Avenue Target on Dec. 6 — as his victim applied for a job!
The 22-year-old accidentally left his wallet on a desk inside the store between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue at 12:30 pm after filling out his application. When he realized his mistake and returned to the desk a few moments later, his wallet was no longer there.
• A snuggly shoplifter swiped a woman’s pocketbook on Dec. 10 as the 39-year-old shopped for a pair of comfy pajamas inside the Flatbush Avenue Target.
The victim left her pocketbook inside her shopping cart as shopped in the store between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue at 5 pm. But when she was ready to make a purchase, her bag was gone.
• A man stepped up to the mic — then took it — inside the Guitar Center on Dec. 10.
The $1,600 Neumann Studio microphone was on display at the store between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue when someone made off with it at 12:44 pm, employees told police.
Posted by eric at December 14, 2010 10:53 AM