76th Precinct
Carroll Gardens–
Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Good arrest
Two teen terrors who mugged a teenager outside a Court Street Dunkin’ Donuts on Jan. 13 were collared within 10 minutes.
The victim told cops that the thugs had followed him into the popular national chain at around 7:20 pm, but waited until he was outside the store, which is at First Place, before pulling a knife and pouncing.
The thugs got the kid’s cellphone, but were arrested within 10 minutes, police said.
Smoke-filled room
A woman who let some people into her Clinton Street apartment after her stove caught fire on Jan. 4 discovered once the smoke cleared that her laptop had been stolen.
The 41-year-old victim told police that her stove in her Red Hook Houses apartment caught fire at around 2:45 pm and a bunch of people ran in to help. In the confusion, she did not see who left with her Dell computer.
Car troubles
There were at least three car break-ins last week — all involving the theft of a satellite navigation system. Here’s a round-up:
• A thief busted into a 2009 Honda that had been parked on Smith Street near Nelson Street on Jan. 4 at 6 pm. An hour later, the owner returned to find the passenger-side window smashed and her digital map and sunglasses gone.
• A man who parked his 2008 Dodge Cavalier on Columbia Street near W. Ninth Street at 7 pm on Jan. 6 returned the next morning to find his window smashed and his iPod and map system gone.
• About a block to the east, a thief broke into a car that had been parked at 8 am on Jan. 6 and stole the navigation system. That driver discovered the crime at 6 pm that day.
— Gersh Kuntzman