CROWN HEIGHTS — A man's car was stolen after he left it attended with the keys in the ignition, but was able to track it down thanks to a built-in GPS system, police said.
The 30-year-old Crown Heights man told police he left his 2013 Kia Optima sedan parked, running and unlocked outside of 665 Crown St. between Troy and Schenectady avenues around 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 26.
As he returned to the car, he saw two men get into it and drive away, he told police.
The man then activated the GPS system in the vehicle and followed the signal to Nostrand Avenue and Fenimore Street where he saw the two men driving his car.
He then called 911 and responding officers arrested the pair. The two 18-years-olds were charged with grand larceny in the third degree, among other counts, court records show.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens include:
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► A 31-year-old woman was walking westbound on Parkside Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford avenues at 5:25 a.m. on Oct. 21 when an unknown male suspect punched her in the face, pushed her to the ground and took her Louis Vuitton purse. The bag contained two cellphones, a Coach clutch purse, $60 in cash and various credit and debit cards. The suspect fled on foot.
► Four men, ages 24, 34, 36 and 46, told police they put various clothing and possessions inside a locker at Planet Fitness at 495 Flatbush Ave. roughly 11 p.m. on Oct. 22 as they worked out. When they came back, the property was gone, including cell phones, house keys, wallets, headphones, jeans, shoes, credit cards and an asthma pump.
► A 22-year-old man was approached by four men at the corner of New York Avenue and Hawthorne Street about 3:50 p.m. on Oct. 23. One man punched him in the face and the other three went through his pockets, taking his iPhone 6 and wallet containing $10, a driver’s permit and various debit and credit cards. Police later found the debit card had been used twice at a nearby Popeye’s restaurant at about 4:30 p.m.
► An unknown male snatched an iPhone 6 Plus out of the hand of a 24-year-old woman waiting for the B44 bus at the corner of New York and Clarkson avenues around 4 p.m. on Oct. 25. He fled on foot and there were no injuries.
► A 30-year-old woman told police she came home to her 145 Lincoln Rd. apartment from work at roughly 8 p.m. on Oct. 27 to discover someone had come into her home and taken $15,000 worth of jewelry, including antique rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets made with gold, diamonds and sapphires.
► A 68-year-old woman was attacked by another woman while the two rode on the B41 bus. The victim said at about 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Ocean and Flatbush avenues on Oct. 27, the woman — approximately 48 years old — spit on her, pulled her hair and called her a “West Indian b-tch.” The suspect then exited the bus and fled on foot southbound on Flatbush Avenue toward Lefferts Avenue. The victim told police her attacker was a stranger to her; it’s unclear if the women had an argument or dispute before the assault occurred.
