PARK SLOPE — A burglar crept into a house and stole $4,600 in valuables while the couple that lives there was asleep on April 22, according to a police report.
The husband was slumbering on the living room couch and his wife was fast asleep in an upstairs bedroom when the burglary occurred sometime between midnight and 4 a.m. on Eighth Street and Prospect Park West, the report said. The husband woke briefly and heard a "thump" outside the house, but fell back asleep, according to the report.
When he woke up in the morning, he found the back door open and several items missing from the house.
The stolen property included a $900 Botkier handbag, $2,000 in cashier's checks, an Apple MacBook laptop, two wallets and a fountain pen. There were no signs of forced entry, according to the police report.
Other notable crimes in the 78th Precinct include the following, with all details drawn from police reports:
► A man was arrested after holding up Fresh Cut Flowers on Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street at 11:25 p.m. on April 25. David Gomez, 38, walked into the flower shop with a knife and held it to an employee's stomach while he tried to remove the cash drawer from the register. Gomez eventually freed the drawer, then ran away. Police found him shortly after walking into the back of La Villa restaurant on Garfield Place and Fifth Avenue with the cash drawer under his arm. Officers found a knife in a nearby trash can.
► A thief swiped $202 in merchandise from the basement of a discount store on Fourth Avenue and Union Street on April 19. The stolen items included 72 lighters, 32 fruit snacks, and 12 pairs of boxers.
► A shopper at the Whole Foods grocery on Third Avenue and Third Street used a stolen credit card to buy $5,500 in gift cards on April 4 at 8:05 p.m.
► A thief snuck into an apartment on Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street through an open kitchen window, took some jewelry, then fled through a bedroom window onto the sidewalk. The burglary happened on April 23 at 10 a.m.
Overall, major crimes in the 78th Precinct have dropped 1.5 percent this year compared with the same period in 2014, according to the latest statistics from the NYPD.
