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    1. whynot_31
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      The following information was supplied by the 77th Precinct of the NYPD. It does not indicate a conviction.

      Purse Theft
      A 64-year-old woman had her purse swiped as she sat it down on the steps in front of her building, located on Prospect Pl. and Washington Ave. The incident took place on September 12 around 6:20pm. She walked away to use the payphone on the corner and discovered her $75 purse missing upon return, which also contained $50 in cash. A canvas of the immediate area came up with no results.

      Robbery
      Four brazen thieves followed a 27-year-old man into his building and forced their way into his apartment at 1:15pm on Wednesday, September 14. The thieves tied up the man and his brother with a cord. They were both repeatedly threatened to be killed, while one perp a handgun. They made off with the items by force and fled in an unknown direction. Items totaling $1,650 were taken including $700 cash, 2 laptops ($350), an IPod ($250) and a cell phone ($350).

      Grand Theft
      A 68-year-old woman was convinced by an unknown man to withdraw $600 from her bank account at 11:30pm on Wednesday, September 14. She returned home on Sterling Pl. and Classon Ave. with the man and he asked where her jewelry was located. He took both the money and jewelry and told the woman not to tell anyone. She was unable to identify the man who walked away with $5100 worth of goods including $600 cash, a gold bracelet with "Patsy" written on it, gold rings ($1,000), gold chain ($2,000) and gold jingles ($1,000).

      Approached from Behind
      As a 23-year-old woman was walking home, she was approached from behind on Prospect Pl. and Classon Ave. at 4:40pm on Thursday September 15. He showed her a gun and told her, "give it all to me." He stole several items totaling $300 and fled west on Prospect Pl. across Franklin Ave. An immediate canvas of the area produced negative results. He stole her Blackberry phone ($100) and a Dooney and Bourke purse ($200), which contained her license.

      source: http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/police-blotter-attacks-thefts-more

      The one where the 27 y/o and his brother are robbed by four people in the afternoon makes me wonder if they might have been known to the attackers. It seems a little odd that four guys would randomly select rob two guys who happen to have $700 in cash in their apartment.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      thelambchop

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      they also don't mention where it took place. so only one of these appears to have happened in prospect heights. i'm not a neighborhood-boundary queen, but it's kind of irritating that patch does this. what, there weren't enough iphone swipings next to the B/Q station last week??

    3. whynot_31
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      The Patch's borders have long been quite elastic, and I want to resist the temptation to speculate why.

      Because my wife and I usually have less than $200 in cash around, I just find it odd that people have $700 around. Maybe they don't use banks. Maybe they were about to make a big purchase, and don't use credit cards.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    4. sluggo
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      What are gold jingles and why are they worth $1,000?

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      I can't help you, Sluggo.

      ...but I have made a mental note that should I ever purchase a pair of "gold jingles", wearing them and an assortment of other jewelry at 11:30 PM seems to be as (or more), naive as proudly displaying a new Ipad at that time.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      el syd

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      Should say: "Crime in Prospect Heights and Nearby ProCro".

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      Chekhovian

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      You guys are very dismissive of these incidents, which happened not far from your pristine Prospect Heights border. If four brazen thieves can tie down two brothers and hold them up at gunpoint anywhere in your designation of Crown Heights, I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of them crossing Washington Ave.

      It is odd that no location is specified there and I sense it may have been a personal dispute if the robbers knew there was $700 in cash.

    8. whynot_31
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      Chekovian-
      I am not dismissive of these incidents, and think people's attachment to the border is quite silly.

      Crime has been an issue in PH for decades, and still is.

      While I wish The Patch would cover it in a way that made more sense, I suspect that they are dependent upon the 77th pct reports.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      thelambchop

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      questioning fear-mongering isn't the same as being dismissive. the mugging at gunpoint is troubling.

      but without a single identifying detail given for any of the alleged perpetrators, what more are we supposed to take from these incidents? here's what i've learned: 1) don't leave my cash-filled purse on the street for 15 mins and expect to come back to it; 2) don't let it be known that i keep lots of cash in my apartment, and then let 4 (unknown?) people follow me into my building; and 3) don't become old and do very, very unwise things.

    10. whynot_31
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      well stated lambchop.

      While I doubt that The Patch intends to make people afraid, the information it is presenting is so full of holes that it does not allow people to reach many intelligent conclusions.

      However, is such information more useful than not knowing about these crimes at all? In the "almost no journalists left" world we live in, I'd say "yes".

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      1. who leaves purse unattended unless you're getting old and forget this is the big bad city. not some rural area.

      2.drug related mostly :p. (pulling it out of my ass)

      3.how does this happen???(I love to speculate lol, but i cant even come up with something lol)

      4.This just sucks normal robbery.

      no discrimination of the !@#$% sucks.

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      For "jingles," I think we should read "bangles." http://beautysaloon.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bangles.jpg?w=280&h=250

      And, whynot, I don't think she was wearing them or any of the other jewelry... the guy robbed her at an ATM, sounds like, and then followed her home, where the jewelry presumably was.

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      Emily-
      Yes, that interpretation of events (the loot was at home) makes more sense. But I still don't think me wearing gold jingles at 11:30 PM is a good idea.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      Criminals tend to target the very young or females or old folks or drug dealers with money.

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      armchair_warrior said:
      Criminals tend to target the very young or females or old folks or drug dealers with money.

      and people who they think will not involve the police.

      and intoxicated people

      and people who they think won't be able to describe them well to the police.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      el syd

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      In other news...
      Anyone else noticing that the patch is really heavy-ing up on its Police Blotter posts? Must be driving some views, which I suspect has something to do with boundaries between 'hoods being blurred.

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      Crime reporting is loved by everyone, the Daily News, Brooklyn Paper, Post and every other entity that has a low budget (like Brooklynian and The Patch) always get the most responses when they publish such stuff.

      The police and the criminals practically write the stories...

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      I believe that quite a few mainstream newspapers and blogs get story ideas from messageboards like Brooklynian. So, we start a thread about gun violence, that thread gets picked up by Brownstoner, that post gets sourced by the NY Times etc.

      Perhaps we need to change up and talk about our favorite roti spots?

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      el syd

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      How about the need for a butcher or a fromagerie? IS that asking too much? Love to see someone pay attention to that. Ideally an entrepreneur.

    20. armchair_warrior
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      crime reports gets the pages going. other things not so much.

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      homeowner said:
      I believe that quite a few mainstream newspapers and blogs get story ideas from messageboards like Brooklynian. So, we start a thread about gun violence, that thread gets picked up by Brownstoner, that post gets sourced by the NY Times etc.

      Perhaps we need to change up and talk about our favorite roti spots?

      Bring it

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      jarvis

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      Patch is owned by AOL and increased pageviews are the goal for advertising, I would imagine.

      It would be nice to have a little info about the crimes above, though they're all still troubling...maybe with the exception of the woman walking away from her purse. It seems a little crazy to even include that in a police blotter.

    23. whynot_31
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      I think most advertising revenue is tied to circulation, page views, demographics of readership, etc.

      What makes this message board interesting is that the owner excercises little to no control over what is posted. It simply attracts readers interested in hyper local, hyper random, hyper opinionated, hyper fast versions of "news".

      Even though the number of active posters has fallen over the last year or so, it remains much faster than sites like The Patch for many events.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

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