PARK SLOPE — A man threatened to stab a Stop & Shop security guard after the guard caught him shoplifting, according to a police report.
The guard spotted the man swiping merchandise from the supermarket Sept. 16 at 9:20 a.m. at the Atlantic Center mall on Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. The guard convinced the would-be thief to return all of the stolen goods, then asked him to come to the store's security office, according to the report.
At that point the shoplifter pulled a knife on the guard and said, "I will stab you. I'm not going to jail." He then ran away, according to the report.
Other recent crimes in the 78th Precinct include the following, with all details coming from police reports:
► A 24-year-old man was arrested after threatening passers-by with a black serrated gravity knife outside a bodega on Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street at 4:20 p.m. on Sept. 12.
► A 34-year-old woman was arrested Sept. 12 after stealing $116 in groceries from the Stop & Shop at 625 Atlantic Ave.
► A 36-year-old man was arrested after stealing $237 in fragrances and $70 in body mists from Bath and Body Works in Atlantic Terminal Mall on Sept. 13 at 12:22 p.m.
► A $1,200 Citi Bike was reported stolen after police stopped a man riding the bike the wrong way on a one-way street at 1:20 a.m. on Sept. 10.
► A $250 JBL Extreme Bluetooth speaker was stolen from an unlocked Ford Econoline van parked at Second Street and Seventh Avenue on Sept. 17 about 9:30 a.m.
► An $800 pale blue Milano Dama Bianchi bike was stolen from the front hallway of a building on 14th Street and Eighth Avenue on Sept. 4 at about 6 p.m. after it was left unlocked in the hallway. Both front door locks on the building are faulty, the victim told police.
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Overall, major crime in the 78th Precinct has dropped 10 percent this year compared to the same period in 2015, according to the most recent statistics from the NYPD. There were 595 major crimes reported between Jan. 1 and Sept. 11, 2016, and 664 major crimes during that period in 2015.
Editor's note: The 78th Precinct does not regularly provide information to the media on open cases involving major crimes such as robbery, grand larceny, rape, burglary and felony assault. Some information on those crimes can be found on the NYPD's CompStat 2.0 website and on the NYPD's NYC Crime Map
