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Archive for 'police blotter'

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 11/4/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 Last week was pretty tame for crime in Brooklyn Heights, with no crimes reported on Halloween evening. However, an apartment break-in and a subway platform robbery top this week’s police blotter. Read more »

Gun Toting Thieves Reality vs. Hype: 84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/27/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 After last week’s rash of robberies, there was a significant drop in thefts in Brooklyn Heights this week.

First, an update on several crimes last week involving gun play. Despite hyperbolic Brooklyn-based tabloid reports, police officials said today that the three robberies involving gun-toting thieves were not linked. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/20/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 This week was filled with robberies, including a unusually high number committed with handguns. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/13/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 It’s Tuesday and time for this week’s police blotter. And we have new details about last week’s slashing on Court Street. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/9/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 Sorry, that we’ve been behind on the police blotters, folks. Normal posting will resume next Tuesday. And now, here is this week’s police blotter:

A perp stole more than $6,000 from a newspaper vendor on the corner of Montague and Henry streets on September 29. The thug grabbed the vendor’s bag as the victim unpacked paper around 9 a.m. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/23/09

bugleblotter-300x1711In this week’s police blotter, we have more details on last week’s hate crime at the First Unitarian Church on Monroe Place, as well as a pair of electronics thefts. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/9/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 A pair of movie theater robberies and an attack on the Manhattan Bridge top this week’s police blotter. Read more »

Pierrepont St. Attacker Still at Large

Police have still not found the attacker in last Thursday’s brutal assault at 61 Pierrepont Street. The victim was returning home from work when he approached his car and found a man attempting to steal it, according to the police report. The perp then pistol-whipped the man, and ran down the street, and pointed his silver handgun at a nearby witness and said “I will shoot you.” The victim was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he was treated for cuts, bruises and lacerations to the top of his head and arms. Read more »

Pierrepont St. Attack

Photo by M. Hermann/BHB

Photo by M. Hermann/BHB

A man was pistol-whipped shortly before 9:00 Thursday night in front of 61 Pierrepont St., between Henry and Hicks.  According to witnesses, the man, who walks with crutches, was going to his car that was parked in front of the building when he was approached by a person described as a black male in his 30’s.  The person produced a firearm and struck the victim on the head.  His screams alerted neighbors, and the assailant fled in a white, 2007 Toyota, with license plate EME 5052. Read more »

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/1/09

bugleblotter-300x1711 The last week of August saw not only a break in temperature, but also a break in the car and motorcycle thefts that dominated the summer. There were, however, several robberies—including a bank robber, a gym locker and from a pizza deliveryman. Read more »