Despite Warnings, Registration Program, iThefts Continue To Plague 6-8

By on October 19, 2012  News
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Image source: Tony Buser via Flickr.

Despite an NYPD registration program meant to help curtail the theft of expensive electronic devices – particularly those made by Apple, and continued Subway announcements reminding straphangers to “protect yourself,” the current trend of ithievery seems to continue unabated.

This rings true in both the 68th Precinct and the city as a whole, as the following two anecdotes reported by Will Bredderman in this week’s Brooklyn Paper illustrate.

In the first instance, a woman’s purse containing two devices was snatched while she was walking down 65th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues on October 10. Continue reading »

Seen In Bay Ridge Weekender: Labor of Lavender

By on August 31, 2012  Seen In Photos
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This week’s Seen In Bay Ridge Weekender image, by roving Bath Beach shutterbug David Tan, shows a member of the Narrows Botanical Garden gathering some aromatic lavender “to be sold.”

If you think lavender plants aren’t that valuable, keep in mind that “a few trays of lavender” were among the items taken from the garden by some apparently picky thieves back in April.

The photo was taken on August 4, 2012.

To see more of David’s serious snapshots, please visit his blog at dtan.blogspot.com.

We’ll see you back here on Tuesday. In the meantime, have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

If you have a photo you’d like us to publish as part of the Seen In Bay Ridge photo series, please send it to info@bayridgeodyssey.com. Be sure to let us know where and when the picture was taken, as well as how to credit the image (i.e. by your real name, pen name, anonymously, etc.).

Two Cars Go Wheeless In One Week As Thefts Continue To Pose Problem

By on August 6, 2012  News
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In the Youtube video shown above, which was apparently taken in May of 2010, thieves make quick work of a complete set of car wheels on 73rd Street.

More recently, two different Bay Ridge drivers returned to their parked cars only to find them sans wheels during the last week of July – as car rim and tire thefts continue to pose a major headache for car owners in Southwestern Brooklyn and beyond.

According to Brooklyn Daily’s Will Bredderman, who writes about both incidents in this week’s police blotter, one crime occurred on Shore Road sometime on or before July 26, with a second happening on Bay Ridge Parkway on July 26. Continue reading »

Ridiculous iRobberies Abound: Muggers can’t seem to get enough iStuff

By on July 6, 2012  Featured story, News
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Image source: Tony Buser via Flickr.

The Brooklyn Paper’s Will Bredderman reports that the current trend of ithefts – perpetrated by muggers who seem to be almost exclusively on the lookout for Apple products – continues, although the incidents are certainly not limited to Southwestern Brooklyn.

Here are a few examples from the weekly newspaper’s Police Blotter:

Brutal beating

A pair of lowlifes battered a Bay Ridge woman for her iPhone in the middle of the afternoon on June 30, according to police.

Apparently, a woman was walking along one of Bay Ridge’s avenues in the vicinity of 64th Street and 65th Street at around 2:30 in the afternoon when she was thrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly. While the victim managed to hold onto her purse, her “$800 phone” was taken. Continue reading »