To quote Gene Pitney: It isn’t very pretty what a town without pity can do. It’s this week’s blotter. The cleaning folks were doing triage in the 84 reception area yesterday, and I have to say they did a much better job than anyone who’s ever worked at the reception desk. Usually the waiting room […]
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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 11/7/13
Thievery at the UA (and I don’t mean the ticket prices), and a man strikes it rich at Check Cashing. It’s this week’s blotter. Usually the stack of police reports is huge in the summer, because it’s too hot to be inside, so people would rather cause trouble outdoors. Yesterday’s, however, bucked the trend, as […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/31/13
Welcome to macabre tales of such blood-curdling terror that you’ll all be sleeping with your deadbolts on. It’s a special Halloween police blotter. I tried my best to dig up stories of werewolves and vampires in the police reports, but they must only be in the 76. Here’s what I do have: Be on the […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/17/13
What’s happening in the 84? I’ll tell you what’s happening in the 84. It’s this week’s blotter. Last Wednesday, a 33-year-old parked his 2010 black Toyota Corolla on Warren St., but it was gone by 8 p.m. NY lic# GFW5238. Last Thursday evening, a man walked into a Radio Shack, asked to see two iPhones, […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 10/9/13
Hello sports fans! If you were wondering where I went, A) I got a full-time job in August, but B) that has meant little time for me to trek to the 84 to transcribe police reports about hot iPhones. However, Homer’s sobbing pleas, the fact that I work from home, and the sky-high Brooklyn Heights […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 7/24/13
A tipsy fare means a big tip for cabbie. It’s this week’s blotter.
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 7/17/13
Tempers soar along with the temperatures. It’s this week’s blotter.
NY Times Reports On Montero’s Life Preserver Theft
The theft of a bespoke life preserver from Atlantic Avenue’s legendary Montero’s Bar and Grill has caught the eye of the New York Times. Last week, owner Pepe Montero told the NY Post that the ring, created by his nephew Andy, probably was taken by someone who “walked off with it on a busy night.” […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 7/10/13
The Complaint Department is not the place to complain in the 84th Precinct. It’s this week’s blotter.
BHB Reader Solves The Mystery Of Brooklyn Heights’ Missing Disability Scooter, 84th Precinct Non-Plussed
Brooklyn Heights’ case of the Missing Disability Scooter has been solved by a BHB reader who got the alleged thief to fess up to his misdeed. However, despite our reader’s reporting the confession to no less than two of New York’s Finest, the scooter grabber got away after officers reportedly totally dissed the amateur sleuth. […]
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