Crime Doesn’t Pay: Atlantic Center Edition
Ariel from St. John’s reports to Daily Heights: “Just a heads up… This last Saturday, I was in Target at Atlantic Avenue with a friend. She was so excited by the not-Manhattan prices (having come all the way down from the UES to visit) that she wasn’t paying very good attention to her purse. We turned around and it was gone from the shopping cart where she’d left it.”
“Fortunately, the Target security people were fabulous, and they managed to recover the purse (and apprehend the thief) within minutes, and the officers from the 88th Precinct were also great when it came time to go down to the station and fill out the report (they even gave us a ride back when we were all done, and in one of the nice new squad cars too!).”
“Apparently, this exact kind of theft (purse from uinattended shopping cart) happens several times a week at Atlantic Yards, and most people aren’t as lucky as my friend was. Moral of the story: when your mom said “never leave your purse in the shopping cart!”, she was right!”
Well… now those hooligans will have plenty of time to think about what they’ve done… BEHIND BARS! (In Reality: probably back out on the street in time for dinner)