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September 24, 2011
This Week in Crime: iPhone and Other Robberies
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Amanda Woods
No 88th Precinct crime spree would be complete without the requisite law-breaking in Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal malls.
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill saw a wave of crime between Sept. 11 and 18. In this one week span, the 88th Precinct had as much crime reported as it usually does in three weeks. Several robberies occurred across the area — and iPhones remained a common target. iPads and wallet thefts were common last week. Robbers plied their trade in the subways, in Fort Greene Park and in Atlantic Terminal Mall, including Best Buy and Target.
...Targeted Stores
-A man used fake identification to obtain a credit card at an Atlantic Avenue Best Buy on Sept. 13 at 1:40 p.m., police said. The credit card was used to purchase a laptop and a DVD, police said. After the transaction was processed, store security and responding officers stopped the man in the store, police said.
Jean Mezius, 35, was arrested and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s office.
-A 23-year-old woman’s purse was stole while she was shopping at Target in the Atlantic Terminal shopping mall, on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., police said. Her child was pushing the baby stroller as she shopped at other stores, police said. When the woman entered Target she realized that the pocketbook, that had been hanging on the arm of the stroller, was missing. The pocketbook contained a non-driver New york State identification card, a United Health Care insurance card, an unborn Medicaid card and a New York State Chase debit card, the woman told police.
Posted by eric at September 24, 2011 10:04 AM