Crime & Safety

Crime News and Police Blotters for May 27 - 31

A round-up of crime stories in Brooklyn Patch neighborhoods from the week of May 27 - 31.

Prospect/Crown Heights

Grand Army Plaza Hit-and-Run and Poop Payback: Police Blotter
Plus an Eastern Parkway burglary. a Bergen Street bike theft and a $2,185 bag swipe.

16-Year-Old Crown Heights Girl Missing
Nicole Yates last seen on May 25 at her Bedford Avenue home.

Park Slope

Cops Release Photos of G Train iPhone Thief
Victim was robbed as she was playing a game.

Two Teens Arrested for Mugging Man for Cell Phone and E-Reader
Also: Passenger steals taxi cab.

Bed-Stuy

Motorcyclist Shot on Decatur St
Victim says unknown assailant shot him as he was riding past, before fleeing in a car.

Police Arrest Two Men in Clifton Place Home for Heroin, Crack and Gun Possession
Gang Squad found almost 400 glassines of heroin, 30 bags of cocaine, 20 twits of crack, a revolver, a 9 mm pistol and an assault rifle.

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