« Incentivizing transit ridership with…beer? | Main | Forest City nears selling stake in NYC retail portfolio »
December 13, 2010
The Week in Crime: Holiday Season Shopping Brings Spate in Wallet and Purse Snatching
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Jacqueline Vergara Amézquita
Petty crime is pretty much a fact of life in Bruce Ratner's Fort Greene malls, but things get really merry for the miscreants around the holidays.
Store Thefts
-A bag was stolen from the shopping cart of a 27-year-old woman while she shopped at the Target on Flatbush Avenue on Dec. 1, sometime between 6:15 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. The suspect made off with a debit and credit card, a wallet, and a cell phone charger.
-A thief struck again at the same store, Target, and stole a wallet on Dec. 3 between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The 34-year-old victim told police that it was removed from her shopping cart. The wallet contained her credit cards, a debit card, and her Social Security card.
-A 14-year-old girl was arrested on Dec. 5 at 3:35 p.m. after the Marshalls department store on Atlantic Avenue reported stolen items. The suspect allegedly took a women’s and a men’s shirt without paying, police said. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office did not release information on charges against the minor.
-At the same Marshalls store and on the same day, a woman’s bag was stolen between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The 70-year-old victim told police that her wallet, keys, credit cards and $11 in cash were in the bag. She reported $211 in losses.
-Another woman’s bag was stolen at the Burlington Coat Factory store on Atlantic Avenue on Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. The 34-year-old woman told police that she hung the bag on her baby stroller while she shopped. When she looked again, it was no longer there. A debit and credit card and $160 were in the bag.
Guitar Center Swindle
-A 30-year-old man was arrested on Dec. 1 at 2:13 p.m. after attempting a fraud at the Guitar Center on Flatbush Avenue, police said. The suspect, who worked in the store, allegedly knew a person who came into the store to sell a guitar for $1,200 on Oct. 8, police said, and he was fully aware that the instrument was not worth the price. The suspect cashed the check, police said. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office did not release the name of the suspect, the charges against him, or any other information about the crime.
Posted by eric at December 13, 2010 10:25 AM