Store Robberies in Slope

From the Brooklyn Paper:

• The reign of terror began on Oct. 13, when two women entered a Seventh Avenue shoe store, and one asked to use the bathroom. While the first perp was pretending to seek relief, the second perp went behind the counter and stole an employee’s bag. The pair then used the pilfered credit cards to go on a $591 shopping spree near the store, which is between Second and Third streets.

• Three days later, a man in a yellow jacket entered a tax return service on Fifth Avenue at around 12:30 pm, stole a fancy cellphone and left. Cops tracked the smartphone to the corner of Seventh Avenue and Lincoln Place, but the perp finally turned off the device.

• The scariest of the workplace robberies came on Oct. 18, when three men in their late 30s stormed into the Cohen’s Fashion Optical on Seventh Avenue at around 2:40 pm and announced a stickup.

“Get on the floor and don’t move!” one of the men yelled while his accomplices stole 70 pairs of frames.