Crime & Safety

Motorcycle Swiped From Park Slope Parking Spot: Police Blotter

Also: a crook gets away with a MTA electrician's bag from an unlocked room in the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station.

Reported on by Will Yakowicz

The following information was supplied by the NYPD’s 78th Precinct. It does not indicate a conviction.


Identity Theft
 
An identity thief withdrew over $14,000 from a Park Slope woman’s bank account from June 20 to June 24.
 
The 49-year-old victim told police that Chase bank called her and said a person came into the bank's branch located in the 70th Precinct six different times and withdrew $2,400 each time. The unknown thief used a fake driver’s license with the victim’s information on it and used the same teller for each withdrawal. The thief got away with $14,400.

Motorcycle Swipe 
 
A thief stole a motorcycle from its parking spot on Seventh Street sometime between July 2 and 3.
 
The 33-year-old victim told police that he parked his white Buell between Eighth and Ninth avenues at around 7 p.m. When he went to check on it the next day at 2 p.m., it was gone. The victim said that it was unregistered and does not have a license plate. 
 
MTA Bag Swiped From Train Station
 
A quick-handed crook stole an MTA electrian’s bag from an unlocked room in the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station and got away with 30 MTA transit keys, a cell phone and eye glasses July 7.
 
The 48-year-old victim, who is an MTA light maintainer, told police that he went into the electrical distribution room in the lower mezzanine inside the Atlantic Avenue subway station and put his bag down before leaving the room for 30 minutes, unlocked. When he returned, he found that someone had snatched his bag, getting away with 30 MTA transit keys, his Samsung cell phone, tools, and eyeglasses.


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