"The victim told police that someone knocked on his door just after midnight. When he opened it, an unknown person barged in holding a black handgun. The perp pointed the gun at the victim, cops said, and told him to get on the floor. He quickly grabbed the victim's PlayStation 5, iPhone 13 and Apple Watch, along with a wad of cash - all told worth more than $5,600 - and fled."
"According to police, a 59-year-old man entered the Flushing Avenue supermarket at about 6 p.m., grabbed a rack of lamb, a pack of beef steak and a case of ginger ale and walked out of the store, strolling past the cashiers without paying. The stolen items were worth about $90, and the incident was captured on video. Days later, police located the thief, who had allegedly been served with a trespass notice at Wegmans, and arrested him."
"The victim dropped two checks - one for just over $5,000 and one just over $1,000 - in a USPS mailbox at the corner of Ashland Place and Willoughby Street back in June 2025, police said. On Jan. 12, the woman called her bank and discovered that the larger check had been cashed in an unknown location, while the smaller check was still unaccounted for. There was no camera footage of the incident available, police said."
On Jan. 15, a man in an Ingersoll Houses apartment was held at gunpoint after an intruder barged in; the perpetrator took a PlayStation 5, an iPhone 13, an Apple Watch and cash totaling more than $5,600. On Jan. 10, police arrested a 59-year-old man who allegedly walked out of the Wegmans on Flushing Avenue with a rack of lamb, a pack of beef steak and a case of ginger ale, items valued at about $90. In June 2025 a woman dropped two checks in a USPS mailbox; by Jan. 12 the larger check had been cashed in an unknown location while the smaller remained missing. A 2024 Yamaha Tenere motorcycle parked near Fort Greene Park was reported stolen after disappearing between 8 p.m. and just before 11 p.m. on Jan. 6.
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