PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Police are looking for two people wanted for stealing 20 packages of hair extensions from a Flatbush Avenue variety store, NYPD officials said.
A 38-year-old worker at the 717 Flatbush Ave. shop said the two people, a man and a woman, entered her shop just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, took the bundles of hair from a shelf and fled without paying.
The pair then jumped in a black Honda Civic with Pennsylvania plates and fled east on Parkside Avenue, police said.
The worker estimated the hair is worth approximately $1,500 in total. No suspects have yet been identified in the theft.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► A 34-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint then pistol-whipped in his apartment building by two assailants who took his gold chain and bracelet, police said. The man was leaving his apartment on Flatbush Avenue to go to the store just before midnight on Saturday when two men cornered him in a staircase and threatened him with handguns. The men then removed his necklace and chain bracelet, and hit him in the face multiple times with their guns. The man suffered minor injuries and the suspects have not been identified.
► A 54-year-old man was arrested for smashing a door at Key Food and making off with a six-pack of Stella Artois beer, police said. The man walked into the Key Food at 1232 Nostrand Ave. 2:40 p.m. Monday and took the six-pack off a shelf and headed for the door. A worker tried to stop him from leaving, but the suspect told him: “If you stop me, I will cut you with my knife.” The suspect kicked and damaged the supermarket’s exit door and fled. Police later arrested the man, who has been charged with robbery, menacing and harassment, among other charges, court records show.
► An unknown suspect stole the wallet of a 33-year-old woman as she picked up her daughter from a babysitter on President Street. The woman left her baby carriage and handbag in a first floor hallway of the President Street building at 6:45 p.m. Friday. When she returned moments later, her bag was open and her wallet, carrying her ID, credit cards and $63 in cash, was missing.
