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CRIME BLOTTER: Teens Arrested After Stealing Bikes From Riders, Police Say

By Nikhita Venugopal | June 22, 2016 5:38pm | Updated on June 23, 2016 8:12am
 The NYPD crime blotter from the 84th Precinct includes stolen bicycles and a purse snatching.
The NYPD crime blotter from the 84th Precinct includes stolen bicycles and a purse snatching.
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BOERUM HILL — A group of teenagers hit a woman on the head before fleeing with two bicycles that belonged to the woman and another victim last week in Boerum Hill, police said.

The two victims, a man and woman both aged 25, were near the corner of Hoyt and Dean streets June 14 at around 12:25 a.m. when the woman was hit on the head with an unknown object, according to the police report.

At least two teens, who fled down Hoyt Street with the victims' Diamondback bicycle and Trek bicycle, were wanted for the incident, police said.

Three teens, two 15-year-old boys and a girl aged 13, were arrested in connection to the incident.

READ ALSO: Teen Attacks Borough Hall Newsstand Owner and Steals $400, Police Say

Other crimes in the 84th Precinct, according to police, include: 

► A 21-year-old woman's handbag was snatched from her shoulder June 15 at 9 p.m. near Third Avenue and Dean Street, police said. The unknown male who took her purse fled down Dean Street. The stolen property included miscellaneous credit cards, cash, house keys, a $100 black pocket book, a MetroCard and a black Marc Jacobs wallet worth $100.