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After one of the safest years on record for the 84th Police Precinct, the year closed with a murder-suicide on New Year’s Eve on Sands Street.

Despite the holiday season, there was much crime in Brooklyn Heights this week, especially robberies.

Two robberies in Brooklyn Heights—one from an apartment lobby and one on the street—top this week’s police blotter.

Compared to last week, crime was down over the holiday weekend, but there were still two vehicle thefts and two car break-ins in this week’s police blotter.

It was a week full of patterns, including the sudden return of auto thefts. Additionally, there were two apartment break-ins and three attacks near or on the F train in this week’s police blotter.

A pair of gym locker robberies and two stolen laptops from a doctor’s office top this week’s police blotter.

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.

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.