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Woman's Purse Stolen at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Police Say

By Leslie Albrecht | January 19, 2015 9:56am
 A customer at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que had her purse stolen after she left it on the back of her chair on Jan. 10, according to a police report.
A customer at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que had her purse stolen after she left it on the back of her chair on Jan. 10, according to a police report.
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PARK SLOPE — A woman's purse was stolen while she was having dinner at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, police said.

The 31-year-old woman left her bag on the back of her chair after paying her bill just after midnight on Jan. 10, according to a police report. When she got up to leave, it was gone, according to the report.

The bag contained $570 in valuables, including $100 in cash, a cellphone charger, ear buds, makeup, and credit cards. The woman searched the restaurant, at Union Street and Fourth Avenue, but couldn't find the purse, according to the report.

A representative for the restaurant declined to comment.

Other notable crimes in this week's blotter at the 78th Precinct included the following, with details from police reports:

► A thief swiped nearly $5,000 in equipment from a Sixth Street construction site on Jan. 3. The theft happened in a private home near Prospect Park West that's undergoing a renovation. The stolen items included a circular saw, a jigsaw, a tape measure, drills and other tools, according to the report.

► An exerciser at the Park Slope Armory YMCA at 15th Street and Eighth Avenue had his wallet, $240 in cash, cellphone, keys and MetroCard stolen while he was working out at the gym on Jan. 6. The man put his belongings in a locker, but told police he may not have locked it. A YMCA employee later found the man's empty wallet in front of the facility.

A spokeswoman for the YMCA declined to comment.

► A resident in an apartment building at Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue left his bike with building maintenance workers when he went on vacation and instructed them to park it in the building's bike racks. It was gone when he returned. The missing bike was a Cannondale SuperX Rival.

► A woman had her purse stolen out of her Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street apartment when she left it in the apartment's entryway while she went out. The woman left her apartment for three hours on Jan. 5 and returned to find the door to the building's stairwell open and the bag gone. The Longchamp purse contained an iPad mini and credit cards.

Overall crime statistics for the 78th Precinct are available on the NYPD's website.