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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
April 20, 2014 | 4:24am

The Bronx

Cops have released a photo of a man who allegedly exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl while she took out the trash in Morris Heights.

The man was standing in the sixth-floor hallway of the residential building on Jan. 28 at 7:30 a.m. when he confronted the girl, according to police.

He asked for her name and exposed himself, but the girl ran and he fled.

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Four men snatched a woman’s purse behind a restaurant counter in the Woodstock neighborhood, according to police.

Three of the suspects walked into El Changarrito on April 12 at about 9:50 p.m., police said.

The trio distracted the 42-year-old employee while a fourth suspect walked behind the counter and snatched her purse, according to police.

The purse contained $700 in cash and several credit cards, cops said.

The suspects are believed to be 18 to 20 years old.


Manhattan

A man was busted Saturday for pulling the beard of a Muslim man in Harlem, police said.

Christian Morales, 20, was charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime in the incident last Sept. 21.

Police say Morales and a few buddies had followed the 31-year-old man down West 110th Street on bicycles, shouting anti-Muslim insults. Then Morales pulled his beard and the gang kicked and punched him, cops said.

The victim suffered facial injuries.

Police say Morales was identified through surveillance video. They’re still searching for his alleged accomplices.

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A 29-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint near Bellevue Hospital, cops said.

The victim was in a building on Second Avenue near East 26th Street at 5 a.m. Thursday when two men dressed in black approached her in the hallway on the 32nd floor, according to police.

One pulled a pistol and told her to fork over cash, cops said, and the duo fled with $500.


Queens

A 20-year-old man was found mortally shot on a South Richmond Hill street, police said.

Cops found Branden Santiago slouched over near a moped at 103rd Avenue and 108th Street at 5:40 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.

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Three men burglarized an Asian eatery in New Dorp, police said.

The suspects pried open a side door at the Asian Jade Bistro at New Dorp Lane and Clawson Street on April 8 at 11:45 p.m. and removed a security camera, according to police, who added that nothing more was taken.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Kathryn Cusma
April 21, 2014 | 3:29am

Manhattan

A resident of a Chelsea condominium is terrorizing the doormen and other building staffers, sources said Sunday.

Workers have been so alarmed by the behavior of one 42-year-old tenant, they have sought help from cops, the sources added.

The resident has bothered several employees. He’s been following around a 60-year-old doorman, calling him an a- -hole and threatening to have him fired, the sources added.

Police plan to question the resident, the sources added.

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A DVD player, speakers and DVDs were stolen from a worker’s locker at the City Hall subway station in lower Manhattan, sources said Sunday.

The 53-year old worker returned from a shift at around 11:20 p.m. April 11, to find the locks had been clipped on his locker and his property was gone, the sources added.

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Five people from Newark :bongo: were arrested after robbing a lower Manhattan man on his way home early Sunday, police said.

The 29-year-old victim was on a southbound No. 1 train near Chambers Street at around 2:15 a.m., when about a dozen people surrounded him, punched him and stole his wallet, cops said.

The attackers fled, but police canvassing the area found five people near Christopher Street matching a description of the thugs, officials said.

Robert Rainey, 20, Tyquan Goggins, 23, Corey Barber, 18, Devonte Young, 21, and Malik Samuel, 24, were charged with second-degree robbery. Other suspects are still at large.

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A Bronx cab driver was pummeled by a group of irate would-be customers who couldn’t all cram into his car in Chelsea, sources said Sunday.

The 41-year-old hack stopped to pick up a woman at Ninth Avenue and West 28th Street at around 4 a.m. April 12, when the woman jumped into the front seat and four men jammed into the back, the sources added.

The hack told the group he could only take four passengers at once, but the stubborn crew refused to budge, the sources added.

When the cabby got out of the car to yell at the passengers, they jumped out and began punching him, the sources added.

The driver was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for a cut lip and a swollen left eye. The attackers fled.

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A heartless thief stole from three teens playing basketball in Tribeca, sources said Sunday.

The boys, ages 13, 15 and 17, had put their cellphones in a blue gym bag next to the courts at Washington Market Park at around 4:20 p.m. Saturday, the sources said.

When they stopped shooting hoops, they found that all three of their iPhones were missing, the sources said.

One of the teens said he had seen someone pick up the bag briefly and drop it, but didn’t realize the person had taken anything from inside.

The thief is believed to be about 17 years old, 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds. :mad:

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Police used license plate readers around the city to track down a rental car stolen from a Chinatown parking garage, sources said Sunday.

Enterprise car rentals realized the car was gone April 5 when a customer who reserved it couldn’t fine it at the William Street garage, the sources added.

James Black, 26, was caught driving the stolen gray 2014 Inifiniti days later, the sources added.

Black has been charged with possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

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A thief walked into the T Bar in Soho, picked up a businessman’s briefcase from under a table and strolled out with more than $1,400 worth of goods, sources said Sunday.

The thief walked into the eatery on West Broadway at around 7:45 p.m. April 9, approached the table where the 52-year-old victim was enjoying a business dinner, snatched a Tumi briefcase and left, the sources said.

Aside from the Tumi, the victim also lost a Blackberry, a Samsung Galaxy cellphone and an iPad, the sources added.


Brooklyn

A 14-year-old has been arrested in Saturday’s shooting of another teen while both stood in line for the new Air Foamposite Pro Yeezy sneakers in Bushwick, police said Sunday.

In an argument over cutting in line, the Brooklyn teen fired four shots, hitting Isaiah Martinez, 15, in the foot at around 6 a.m. Saturday.

The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.

The shooter, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, was charged with felony assault and weapon possession.


Staten Island

Three men were stabbed Sunday outside of an Eltingville bar that urges customers to “Go to Your Happy Place.”

It’s not clear what sparked the violence outside of the Dugout Pub South at Hylan Boulevard and Wiman Avenue at around 2:55 a.m., but three patrons were stabbed in the chest and back, cops said.

Two 22-year-olds and one 20-year-old were rushed from the bar to Staten Island University North Hospital in stable condition and were expected to survive, authorities said. The attacker fled and no arrests have been made.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
April 22, 2014 | 3:05am

The Bronx

A gunman shot a man inside an apartment building in Foxhurst.

The assailant entered the building on Freeman Street, near Rev. James A Polite Avenue, Sunday at about 11:55 p.m. and shot a 41-year-old man in the stomach, police said.

The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

The suspect is about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds and was last seen wearing a red hoodie and gray sweatpants.


Brooklyn

One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing outside a McDonald’s in Coney Island, police said.

The two victims got into a dispute with a group inside the fast-food joint on Mermaid Avenue near Stillwell Avenue just before midnight Sunday. The fight spilled onto the street, where an attacker stabbed the two men, cops said.

The first victim, a 20-year-old, was rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

The second victim was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where he was in stable condition.

No arrests have been made.


Manhattan

A Brooklyn man threatened to blow up the United Nations and two banks, sources said.

Aleksandr Baytshok, 36, posted on Twitter, “I will blow up the United Nations, I will blow up Ally bank, I will blow up Chase Bank,” a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Baytshok was arrested last Thursday and charged with making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment for the April 15 threats, sources said.

An NYPD Intelligence Division investigator spotted the rant on Baytshok’s Twitter account and detectives arrested him, sources added.

While being cuffed, the Coney Island resident allegedly whined, “I didn’t plan to blow up the places. Something told me to say it so I said it. I’m sorry.”

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A man was slashed in the neck near the Port Authority Bus Terminal, police said.

The 18-year-old victim was attacked on West 42nd Street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Sunday at about 11:30 p.m. across from the Port Authority, cops said.

The injured man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was expected to survive.

Investigators aren’t sure what sparked the attack outside Kaufman’s Army & Navy store and it wasn’t immediately clear if the two men knew each other.

No arrests have been made.

The suspect, who stands about 5-foot-5, fled toward Ninth Avenue and was last seen wearing a red jacket and blue jeans.

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A Baltimore man had a little too much fun partying in a hotel near Madison Square Garden, sources said.

The guest had friends over to his first-floor room at the Holiday Inn Express on West 29th Street and was partying around 3 a.m. last Wednesday when he jumped out the first-floor window, causing $750 worth of damage, sources added.

He fled and never returned.

No arrests have been made.

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A thief broke into an employee area of a Chelsea Duane Reade and made off with more than $700 worth of stolen goods, sources said.

The crook got into an area of the drug store that requires security codes to access and snatched employee property and several cartons of cigarettes on Sunday at about 4 p.m., police sources said.

The thief made off with $160 in cash, four cartons of cigarettes, several credit cards, a Long Island Rail Road ticket and a MetroCard, sources said.

No arrests have been made.

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A man visiting Pier 57 on the West Side claims someone who looked like a cop or security officer took his phone and threw it into the Hudson River, sources said.

The 29-year-old Harlem man said he was on the waterfront Sunday at about 3:30 p.m. when a man in uniform snatched his $250 phone and threw it into the river, sources added.

No further details about the suspect were provided and the matter was referred to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, which investigates allegations of police misconduct and impersonators.

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A man’s cellphone was stolen after he handed it to a stranger with whom he was dining in Chelsea, sources said.

The trusting 27-year-old was grabbing a bite to eat Saturday night at Zemi on Ninth Avenue, near West 18th Street, with a man he had just met five blocks away and knew only as Alejandro, sources said.

“Alejandro” asked to use the victim’s cell, made a few calls and sent texts to a woman he claimed was his sister, sources added.

Then, the chatty new pal asked to use the phone outside, promising to return immediately.

The thief never came back with the phone, which was promptly turned off, sources added.

No arrests have been made.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
April 23, 2014 | 4:05am

Manhattan

A bank robber made off with $3,000 in a Tribeca heist, sources said.

The crook passed a demand note that read “I have a f–ken gun. Give me $3,000” to a teller at the Capital One bank on West Broadway last Saturday at about 1:35 p.m., sources added.

The teller turned over the cash and the robber fled on Chambers Street toward the subway, sources said.

The criminal was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, a black baseball hat, blue jeans, blue sneakers and gloves.

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Cops are looking for thieves who took nearly $5,000 worth of clothing from a swanky Soho boutique, sources said.

The women, believed to be in their mid-20s, walked into Just Cavalli on West Broadway Sunday at about 3:25 p.m., sources said.

They grabbed a “Made in Italy” dress worth $3,390 and another dress worth $995 from the shelves and brought them into the dressing room, sources added.

They then stuffed the goods inside a bag and walked out without paying, sources said.

One of the woman is believed to be 5-foot-6, 150 pounds and was wearing tan jeans, a black dress jacket and white sneakers.

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Some punks robbed an 18-year-old at knifepoint at South Street Seaport, sources said.

The victim was walking on Cliff Street Friday at about 8:30 p.m. when three teens surrounded him and two of them pulled knives, sources added.

One of the robbers snarled, “Give me your money,” and the victim turned over his wallet with $169 in cash, sources added.

The suspects, believed to be about 19 years old, fled on John Street.

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Cops nabbed a shoplifter who tried to run off with two pricey dresses from a Vera Wang boutique in Soho, sources said.

Hiram Martinez, 35, allegedly snatched the dresses from the store on Mercer Street last Wednesday at 11:15 a.m., sources added.

Cops spotted Martinez outside and he tried to flee, allegedly throwing the gowns, worth $2,389, in the street, sources added.

Cops caught Martinez and he was charged with grand larceny and possession of burglary tools.

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A teen visiting from Boston had his iPhone snatched out of his hand while he was trying to use it to navigate around lower Manhattan, sources said.

The 19-year-old tourist was walking near the corner of Canal and Greene streets Monday at about 2:45 p.m. and was looking down at his gold iPhone 5S for directions, sources said.

A man in his early 20s snuck up from behind, grabbed the phone and ran off with it, sources added.

The victim gave chase, but the mugger outran him. The thief turned off the phone, disabling the Find My iPhone app, sources said.

Cops are looking for the thief, who is about 5-foot-10, 160 pounds and was wearing an orange shirt and black jeans. :mad:


The Bronx

A thief snatched a senior citizen’s purse in Fordham Heights, law enforcement sources.

The 69-year-old woman was on Jerome Avenue near North Street last Thursday at about 7:30 p.m. Victor Cedres, 29, walked up to her and tugged so hard on the purse that the victim was knocked to the ground, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Cedres fled, but cops canvassed the area and found him a short time later with the black purse in his left hand, according to the documents.

When police approached the suspect, he allegedly said the handbag belonged to his cousin, adding, “She gave it to me for a second.”

He was charged with robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and harassment.

Cedres has nine prior arrests, including collars for robbery, assault and harassment, law enforcement sources said.


Staten Island

A 20-year-old man allegedly boozed up on Sangria was caught speeding in Rossville, authorities said.

Warren Wood, 20, was in a 2011 Camaro on the West Shore Expressway and Victory Boulevard on Monday at about 2 a.m. when police caught him speeding, court documents state.

He was driving 87 mph in a 50 mph zone, the court documents charge.

When he was stopped, cops noticed alcohol on his breath and arrested him, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He has been charged with driving while intoxicated, according to a Criminal Court complaint from District Attorney Daniel Donovan’s office.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
April 24, 2014 | 4:30am

Manhattan

A man named James Reefer :rolleyes: was arrested on drug charges after cops saw him drinking beer in public in front of dozens of marked police cars in Chelsea, sources said Wednesday.

The 24-year-old was chugging a 24-ounce can of Coors Light right next door to the 10th Precinct station house on West 20th Street at about 5 a.m. on April 12, law-enforcement sources said.

It didn’t take long for a cop to come by and arrest him.

Then officers found a small bag of cocaine in Reefer’s possession, the sources added.

He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and in court made a plea deal for drug treatment, the sources added.

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A taxi passenger was attacked by a yellow-cab driver who illegally refused to take the victim from the Meatpacking District to The Bronx, sources said Wednesday.

The hack picked up the victim on Eighth Avenue near West 14th Street at 4:40 a.m. last Thursday

When the 30-year-old customer gave his destination as Van Cortlandt Avenue in The Bronx, the driver refused to go there and told the guy to get out, the sources added.

The passenger, knowing his rights, refused to exit, spurring the angry hack to pull him from the back seat and punch him in the face, the sources said.

The victim, who wasn’t seriously injured, failed to get the cab’s medallion number or the cabby’s hack-license number.

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A student filed a harassment complaint against a creepy Chelsea professor with an odd idea of a come-on, sources said Wednesday.

The 30-year-old victim claims she visited the 60-year-old film teacher in a 13th-floor office on West 27th Street at around noon last Thursday, and the perverted prof allegedly zipped and unzipped his fly four or five times, the sources added.

The teacher never put his hands on the student, the sources said, and no arrest has been made.

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A man carrying nearly $3,500 worth of personal belongings in a bag lost them to a thief at a Mediterranean eatery in Tribeca, sources said Wednesday.

The 25-year-old victim set down a messenger bat :confused: in Saleya on West Broadway at 8:30 p.m. last Thursday, the sources said.

When he got up to leave, he realized his bag was gone, along with his iPad Air, Dell laptop, Oliver Peoples eyeglasses, a laptop charger, iPhone charger and leather gloves, the sources added.

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A woman cleaning out her car in Chelsea accidentally tossed away her keys, and someone found them and stole the vehicle, sources said Wednesday.

The 50-year-old woman threw trash from her car into a can on West 18th Street at 2 a.m. Sunday, only to realize about 90 minutes later that her keys were missing.

When she went back to where she had parked her $23,000, 2014 Honda Civic, it was gone, the sources added. :p


Staten Island

A New Springville man kidnapped a pal for a three-day robbery and drug spree, authorities said Wednesday.

Anthony Vaccaro, 43, got a ride from the friend at Beach and Bay streets at about 4 p.m. on April 14, before allegedly pulling a knife and sneering, “We’re going to make some stops. I’ll hurt your family and come after you if you run or even try.

“I’ll kill your mother if anyone shows up at my door,” he allegedly said, adding, “I’ll break all your bones and smash your teeth in.”

The victim gave Vaccaro his cellphone and wallet and chauffeured him to Lowe’s on Forest Avenue, where the thug swiped a bunch of tools, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Later, the friend-turned-hostage was forced to drive Vaccaro to the Walgreens on Manor Road, where the kidnapper stole alcohol pads and other pharmacy goods, the documents charge.

Vaccaro later fell asleep at the Staten Island Motor Lodge and was awoken by cops knocking on the door, sources said. :p

He dropped a crack pipe and a bag full of crack on the floor, records show.

Vaccaro was charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, robbery, petit larceny, criminal possession of a controlled substance and menacing, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

After his arrest, Vaccaro was linked to the theft of socks, toothpaste, pants and a shirt from an area CVS, the sources said.

He has several prior arrests for crimes that include using a stolen credit card and drug possession, the sources added.


Brooklyn

Two men burglarized a Dumbo eatery, police sources said Wednesday.

The thieves broke into the rear entrance of Luke’s Lobster on Water Street near Furman Street sometime after midnight Friday.

They swiped two safe-deposit boxes and a safe, but it wasn’t known how much cash was inside.

Police recovered the safe, which is being tested for DNA evidence, the sources added.

Two people were seen on surveillance video leaving the restaurant shortly after the burglary.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Aaron Feis and Kirstan Conley
April 25, 2014 | 6:22am

The Bronx

An elderly woman was hospitalized after being hit in the eye with a stray can of soybeans thrown by a meathead at another jerk in a Bronx Park East grocery store, authorities said.

The alleged can thrower exchanged words with a foe in the Compare Food Store on White Plains Road near Brady Avenue at 1:30 p.m. on April 13.

The assailant then picked up the soybean container and threw it, cops said.

The thug’s aim was off, and he beaned a 69-year-old woman instead, according to police.

She was treated at Weiler Hospital for swelling around her eye, officials added.

The legume-lobbing attacker fled and is still at large, cops said.

He is believed to be in his early 20s, and was seen on surveillance video wearing a black jacket, brown pants and white sneakers. :mad:

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A man robbed a 16-year-old boy at knifepoint in an elevator in the victim’s South Bronx apartment building, authorities said.

The brute followed the youth into the elevator of the building near Morris Avenue and East 149th Street at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, pulled a knife and demanded the boy’s possessions, police said.

The teen forked over his iPhone 4, Nintendo 3DS and cash, cops said.

The robber fled the scene, and the victim wasn’t injured, officials said.

The suspect was seen on surveillance video wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and black sneakers. :mad:

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Cops arrested a suspect in a fatal Crotona shooting, authorities said.

Richard Washington, 28, gunned down Robert Corbett, 30, just before noon on April 15 on Southern Boulevard near Crotona Park East, police said.

Corbett, who lived in Belmont, was found with several gunshot wounds to the torso and pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, authorities said.

Washington has several prior arrests on charges including assault, robbery and harassment, law- *enforcement sources said.

A motive in the slaying wasn’t immediately known.


Queens

An off-duty NYPD sergeant was arrested after a dispute with a family member, authorities said.

Faride Francklin, 43, got into a physical altercation with the relative in their home in an undisclosed neighborhood at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, sources said.

It’s not clear what sparked the altercation, in which Francklin allegedly attempted to throw the family member out of the house.

He was charged with third-degree assault, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment, all misdemeanors.


Manhattan

Someone stole the valuables of a Rainbow Room patron who had left them in a booth, according to law-enforcement sources.

The 30-year-old Bronx resident left his BlackBerry, iPhone, wallet and $100 in cash unattended at 5:20 a.m. Sunday and returned to find they had vanished.

No arrests have been made.

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The honeymoon is over.

Two lovebirds visiting from Brazil wound up in the clink after a lovers’ quarrel turned violent in a Chelsea hostel, sources said.

José Costeza and his gal pal, Luiza Costa, 26, received a free tour of Central Booking after smacking each other around in the Chelsea International Hostel on West 20th Street at around 3 a.m. Sunday, sources said.

Both were charged with assault.

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Two men and a woman mugged a food deliveryman at gunpoint in Harlem, authorities said.

On March 29, the victim had just dropped off an order at an apartment building on West 141st Street near Edgecombe Avenue when the thugs approached him, police said.

One of the robbers pulled a gun and demanded his cash, cops said.

The prudent victim handed over $500, and the three robbers took off, officials said. He was not *injured.

Surveillance footage from an nearby deli caught images of the suspects, believed to be in their teens or early 20s, wearing dark hoodies. :mad:
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
April 26, 2014 | 2:05am

Staten Island

■ A thief sneaked into a St. George home and stole a stereo system, cops said.

A suspect crawled in through an unlocked window at the home on Campbell Avenue near Winegar Lane at about 11:45 p.m. on April 10, according to police.

The man, believed to be in his 20′s with a thin build, was seen on video surveillance, authorities said.


Manhattan

■ A bicyclist snatched cash from a careless cabby’s vehicle in Chelsea when the driver stepped away to grab lunch and left his doors unlocked, cops said.

The pedal pusher was on 10th Avenue near West 28th Street at 2 p.m. Tuesday when he came across the unlocked yellow cab and scoured the vehicle for cash, according to *police sources.

The 39-year-old cabby glanced up and saw the thief exiting the vehicle and fleeing, the sources said.

The thief fled on his bicycle with $300 in cash, cops said.

Police are searching for the bicyclist, who was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, black T-shirt and black shorts.

■ A man threatened to blow up a subway-station booth in an attempt to rob an MTA clerk in Midtown, cops said.

Shawn Francis, 21, of Boston, went up to the booth in the West 42nd Street/Eighth Avenue station on April 13 at around 12:25 a.m. and demanded money, cops said.

“Don’t play with your life. I have a bomb under my shirt. I’m going to blow up this booth,” he said, according to cops.

Francis stayed at the booth until police arrived and then he hightailed it, only to be apprehended a few blocks away, cops said.

He was charged with robbery and making a terroristic threat, cops said.

■ A brazen robber was nabbed in Murray Hill *after trying to hit the same bank branch twice in one day, cops said.

Jack Cambric, 40, walked into the HSBC branch on Park Avenue near East 33rd Street on April 21 at about 1 p.m. and passed a teller a note stating, “I order, I authorize, and I instruct you to pay,” cops said.

He demanded that the teller hand over $100 bills.

The teller gave him $1,100 in marked bills known as “bait money” and he fled cops said. He returned about 2¹/₂ hours later and presented the same note, cops said.

The employees recognized him and called 911, and cops quickly made it to the scene, police said.

He was charged with robbery and attempted robbery.

■ The body of a 29-year-old man was found floating in the Hudson River off Chelsea, cops said.

The body was discovered fully clothed in the water near West 19th Street at Pier 59 at around 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to police.

Cops pulled the corpse out of the water, authorities said.

There appeared to be no signs of trauma on the body, according to police, who added that the Medical Examiner’s Office will be making an official cause-of-death determination.

The identity of the deceased, a Brooklyn resident, was withheld pending family notification, cops said.


Queens

■ Police are looking for a man who used stolen credit-card information at a Target store in College Point to obtain electronics and a gift card, cops said.

The man, seen on video surveillance, entered the store at about 10 a.m. on March 5 wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with a white Nike logo across the front, cops said.

He bought an iPad and an iTunes gift card worth a total of $355, cops said.

The identity-theft victim filed a report with police in Brooklyn.

■ A 37-year-old man dragged the mother of his two children out of her Whitestone home and assaulted her, police said.

The victim was in the home on 16th Road near 147th Street at 5:30 a.m. Friday when the man broke in through a back door and the two started arguing, police sources said.

He dragged her into his Mercedes and left the two kids behind, the sources said.

He then punched her in the ribs, and she suffered severe pain and bruising, cops said.

She was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at New York Hospital Queens and was listed in stable condition, cops said.

The children, an 8-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, were unharmed, cops said. Charges were pending.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
April 27, 2014 | 3:45am

Queens

Two thugs carjacked a man at gunpoint in Kew Gardens Hills, cops said Saturday.

The victim, 47, was sitting in a 2014 Range Rover in his driveway at 150th Street and Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Boulevard at around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, when two armed men approached, police said.

The thugs told him to step out of the vehicle and then demanded cash, cops said.

The victim forked over two iPhones, a Rolex, $500 and credit cards.

The crooks hopped into his luxury vehicle and fled west on 150th Street, police said.

The thieves are in their 20s and were wearing blue jeans, black jackets and black baseball caps. :mad: Police believe they were in a silver minivan moments before the carjacking.

The victim was left unharmed.


Manhattan

A man that struck a police officer and dragged him nearly 20 feet in East Harlem has been charged, cops said Saturday.

David Jones turned himself in to police at the 53rd Precinct station house Friday and confessed to the crime, cops said.

The Bronx man was stopped at a checkpoint at East 111th Street and Third Avenue at around 5 p.m. Friday.

When police told him he was going to be arrested for driving with a suspended license, Jones started his 2004 Mercedes Benz, struck the officer and dragged him 15 to 20 feet, cops said.

He then fled north on Third Avenue, police said.

The officer was treated at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital for injuries to his head, shoulder, arm and legs, authorities said.

Jones was charged with vehicular assault and aggravated unlicensed operation, police said.


The Bronx

A man shot an 18-year-old in Tremont, cops said Saturday.

The victim walked past a building at East 168th Street and Fulton Avenue at around 11:50 a.m. Friday, when the triggerman squeezed a bullet and struck him in the buttocks, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Lincoln Hospital for treatment, and is expected to survive.

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A knife-wielding teen lost his cool when he got locked out of his room at a South Bronx shelter, cops said Saturday.

Jamie Torres, 16, grew irate when he couldn’t open his door at around 4 p.m. at the shelter on East 138th Street near Jackson Avenue, police said.

A security guard managed to calm down Torres, who was demanding help and acting irrationally, police said.

But Torres then pulled out a knife, threatened staffers and assaulted another employee, cops said.

The victim refused medical attention.


Brooklyn

A 16-year-old was gunned down outside his East Flatbush home Saturday, cops said.

The victim was arguing with two others at Winthrop and East 53rd streets at 12:45 a.m., when one of the men pulled out a pistol and blasted him in the head, cops said.

He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, but could not be saved.

His identity has been withheld pending family notification.
 
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By Kirstan Conley
April 28, 2014 | 3:05am

The Bronx

Cops on Sunday released a photo, as well as video footage, of a man they believe stabbed a teenage girl to death in Fordham Manor.

Jasmine Canton, 19, was stabbed once in the chest in her apartment on Creston Avenue at around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

She died at the scene.

No arrests had been made as of Sunday night, but images from surveillance cameras show a man wiping his brow as he steps onto a curb and follows a young woman.

The man, believed to be in his 20s, was wearing a black North Face fleece jacket, black pants and a shirt with black stripes. :mad:

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Cops are looking for the assassins who gunned down a 22-year-old man in the back of a U-Haul van in Eastchester.

Jahbar Campbell, of Queens, was inside the cargo area of the vehicle, near the Boston Secor Houses on Reeds Mill Lane, between Steenwick Avenue and Bivona Street, at around 11:35 p.m. Saturday when at least two assailants walked up and opened fire, police said.

The van’s driver hit the gas, crashed about a block away and ran off, cops said.

Campbell’s body was riddled with bullets police said.

He had several sealed arrests and one unsealed arrest for grand larceny from 2012, sources said.


Manhattan

A man disrupted subway service Sunday by walking along the tracks near the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown, police said.

John Muller, 23, of East Second Street in Manhattan, wandered onto the tracks at around 1 a.m., according to police.

He was charged with trespassing.


Brooklyn

What a way to hit bottom.

A coked-up man became so paranoid Sunday that he brought his drugs to a hospital emergency room for testing, triggering an evacuation, according to police.

The drugs were in bags, but the presence of the “suspicious white powder” shut down part of Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park as first responders evacuated the area and diverted ambulances for about 45 minutes, beginning at around 1 a.m., officials said.

When 31-year-old Victor Alvarez’s bag of mysterious powder tested positive for cocaine, he was promptly arrested and charged with drug possession, cops said.

“He was high, so high, he didn’t know what it was,” said one law-enforcement source.


Queens

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of death of a man in a Flushing bar.

A 911 caller reported that Jimmy Yu, 49, appeared to be unconscious inside the CEO Sports Lounge on College Point Boulevard at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, cops said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no signs of trauma or foul play, sources said, and police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests.

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A man was killed crossing a street in Richmond Hill, cops said Sunday.

Oscar Pauzhi, 54, stepped onto Atlantic Avenue near 107th Street, outside the crosswalk, at around 9:05 p.m. Saturday, cops said.

As he neared the other side, a 2006 Hyundai Elantra struck him, police said.

Pauzhi suffered severe head trauma and was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, officials said.

The driver remained at the scene and no criminality is suspected, but police are still investigating.


An off-duty Sanitation worker hauled off and punched a man at the Resorts World Casino in Jamaica on Sunday, cops said.

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Vincent J. D’Amato, 31, of Howard Beach, got into a heated argument with the victim at around 3 a.m. before slugging him, police added.

The victim was not seriously injured, officials said.

It was not clear what sparked the argument.

D’Amato was charged with misdemeanor assault.

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Three thugs slashed a man on his head in Jamaica Sunday, according to police.

The attackers, believed to be in their 20s, slashed the man at around 5 a.m. at Queens Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue, cops said.

The victim, whose name and age were withheld, was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.

No motive for the attack was known and no arrests had been made as of Sunday evening.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Matthew Mcnulty
April 29, 2014 | 1:17am

Brooklyn

Two nattily dressed thieves swiped four boxes of cigars from the Fort Greene cigar lounge run by Brooklyn Nets announcer David Diamante, cops said.

The two suspects broke into Diamante’s Brooklyn Cigar Lounge on South Oxford Street through its front door last Friday at around 4:45 p.m., about 15 minutes before it was set to open, according to police.

Video-surveillance footage shows one of the suspects in a cardigan sweater with an open, button-down shirt and white shoes, while the other was wearing a white sweater and a dark fedora.

A man stole a woman’s identity to score prescription painkillers in her name, police said.

He began to use the 55-year-old woman’s identity Dec. 5 at a pharmacy in Sheepshead Bay, cops said.

“Her doctor asked why she was receiving prescriptions for oxycodone, which he didn’t prescribe [to her],” a police source said.

The suspect would call in the prescriptions to various pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens and pick up the medications in person using her name.


Manhattan

A 77-year-old man was randomly assaulted in Midtown, cops said.

The elderly man was standing on Eighth Avenue near West 40th Street on April 17 at about 4:20 p.m. when Devon Rhoden, 30, punched and pushed him, cops said.

The victim suffered shoulder and upper back pain.

Rhoden was charged with felony assault because of the victim’s age, cops said.

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A man cashed nearly $10,000 in checks he stole from a bank customer in February, cops said.

The 50-year-old customer at a TD Bank on Feb. 7 when the suspect grabbed the victim’s checkbook when he wasn’t looking, police said.

Cops say the thief cashed three checks totaling almost $10,000 in a spending spree across Manhattan.

Police describe the suspect as in his 50s, 5-foot-8 with salt-and-pepper hair. :mad:


Queens

Two men are wanted for impersonating cops and then tying up their victims in a string of robberies, cops said.

The crooks hit three businesses between March 8 and April 1 in Flushing, Woodhaven, and Astoria, cops said.

They claimed to be cops while flashing guns and shields. They tied up their victims and fled with cash and electronics, police said.

Surveillance video from the Body Works Salon on Jamaica Avenue near 80th Street shows the robbers entering the shop March 12 at about 10:30 p.m., cops said.

The men can be seen putting on similar jackets beforehand and casing the area with a handgun drawn.

One of the robbers also is seen on video arguing with a victim and attempting to tie her up.

The robbers fled with a Samsung cellphone and $180, cops said.

On March 8, they robbed a business on Cherry Avenue near Union Street around 5:40 p.m., making off with two cellphones.

The men also hit the Charming Spa Salon on Steinway Street near 31st Avenue on April 1 at about 12:15 a.m. They fled with $200, three cellphones, an iPad and a laptop, cops said.

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An FDNY firefighter was busted for allegedly choking his girlfriend in Flushing on Monday.

Michael Shields, 32, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and harassment, police said.

The girlfriend suffered minor injuries, authorities said.


The Bronx

A man broke into a commercial vehicle in University Heights and looted it, police said.

The suspect entered the unlocked Ford van parked in front of 1639 Nelson Ave. on March 28 and made off with several checkbooks, a Samsonite briefcase, a masonry tool valued at $400 and a set of locks worth $175, cops said.
 
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By Kirstan Conley, Matt McNulty, Aaron Feis and Natasha Velez

Manhattan

A chatty thief stole $16,500 worth of jewelry from a store at the South Street Seaport.

He walked into Seaport Jewelers on Fulton Street at 1:30 p.m. Friday and asked to try on an $8,300 ring, law- *enforcement sources said.

He casually told the clerk of being in town to attend Nets NBA playoff contests in Brooklyn.

The thief, believed to be in his 20s, said he was considering buying the platinum band with a diamond — but then fled with two unpaid-for rings, the sources said.

He sped off in a Chevrolet Cruze, sources added.

The man, sporting a goatee, was last seen wearing a dark-blue baseball cap, gray jeans and a waist-length black jacket. :mad:

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A thief sneaked into a Soho bakery and stole the backpack of an employee, police sources said.

The robber entered Once Upon a Tart at 1:15 p.m. Monday, sneaked into a private employee dressing room and walked out with the bag, which contained a credit card, a wallet and $100, cops added.

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A suspect was busted in the theft of $2,500 worth of sneakers from a high-end Soho store, police sources said.

Kevin Williams, 24, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, walked into Balenciaga on Mercer Street at 2:30 p.m. on April 4 and used a bogus American Express gift card to buy four pairs of sneaks at $600 each, sources said.

After the suspect left the store, AmEx rejected the charges and reported the fraud. Cops reviewed video footage to identify the suspect.

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Cops are looking for the young thug who bashed a bodega worker in the arm with a skateboard as five punks tried to flee the lower Manhattan store with stolen candy, sources said.

The thieves walked into the deli on Broadway near Thomas Street at 3:30 p.m. Monday, grabbed items and walked toward the door, sources said, with one jerk knocking over a fruit display.

When a 28-year-old worker tried to stop the five, one smacked him on the arm with his board.


Brooklyn

Cops released a photo of the suspected ID thief who has allegedly used physician and patient information to obtain bogus painkiller prescriptions from pharmacies in and around Sheepshead Bay.

The thief began using the identity of a patient in the drugstore scam on Dec. 5, cops said.

As well as the Brooklyn *capers, he was caught on camera picking up more drugs at AJ’s Village Chemist in Middle Village, Queens, on Feb. 19, police said.

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An NYPD janitor thought she could get a five-finger discount by exiting a Target in Kensington with nearly $150 worth of unpaid-for nail-polish products, said law- *enforcement authorities.

Stacey Mathison, 40, was at the store on Nostrand Avenue near East 31st Street at 5:45 p.m. Saturday when she pocketed nail polish, nail art, polish remover and a pricey nail top coat from the cosmetics aisle and tried to flee, said arresting officers.


Queens

Police released a sketch of a would-be kidnapper who tried to snatch a teen off a street in College Point, authorities said.

The creep drove his dark gray, four-door sedan up to the 18-year-old and offered her a ride as she walked along 25th Avenue near 126th Street at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, cops said.

When the girl refused, the man parked his car near 124th Street, grabbed her around her waist, put his hand over her mouth and and dragged her toward the vehicle shouting, “Get in the car!” police sources said.

The woman fought back, foiling the abduction, cops said.

The predator fled in his car.

Police said the man is in his early 30s and about *5-foot-6, and was wearing a blue, short-sleeved shirt. :mad:
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez, Dana Sauchelli, Aaron Feis and Kirstan Conley
May 1, 2014 | 3:39am

Manhattan

Cops are looking for three gunmen who burst into a Harlem clothing store and robbed a customer of his cellphone, sneakers, belt and $2,500, then took his car keys and fled in his minivan, authorities said.

At 6:45 p.m. on March 18, the thugs entered Wolf Style Clothing on Frederick Douglass Boulevard near West 132nd Street with firearms drawn, police said.

They targeted a 29-year-old shopper, took his possessions and fled in his 2012 Dodge Caravan, cops said.

The trio left behind the car in which they arrived at the store, police said.

One robber was seen on surveillance video wearing a blue jacket with a hood and a scarf. :mad:

One accomplice wore a black knit cap, a black hooded jacket and black pants, while another was wearing a black jacket over a white hoodie, black pants and dark shoes. :mad:

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A woman was robbed of her $600 Louis Vuitton wallet, credit cards and $200 in cash in a Chelsea nightclub, sources said.

The victim was carrying her purse in The Park on Tenth Avenue between 17th and 18th streets at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when someone snatched it, *police sources added.

By the next afternoon, someone had charged nearly $400 on her credit card at a Foot Locker in The Bronx, sources added.

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A thief grabbed a woman’s $2,000 Chanel bag off the back of her chair while she was chatting with pals at a bar in Chelsea, according to *police sources.

The 31-year-old victim was in Bathtub Gin on Ninth Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when someone plucked the pricey purse containing a $650 iPhone, the sources added.


Brooklyn

A man burglarized a Sunset Park home, cops said.

He snatched clothing, cash, debit and credit cards from the home at Seventh Avenue and 55th Street at about 5:35 a.m. Monday, police said.

He was seen on video surveillance wearing a light-colored hat and jacket. :mad:

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Police are working to smoke out the crook who used a credit card stolen during a Greenpoint burglary to buy two packs of smokes, cops said.

He used the plastic at the 24-hour Walgreens on Fourth Avenue near East 14th Street at 12:40 a.m. on March 29, a day after the burglary, said law-enforcement sources.

He was seen on surveillance video wearing a gray sweater and hat, a pair of blue jeans and black sneakers, the sources said. :mad:


The Bronx

A woman was stabbed while standing on a street in Bedford Park, police said.

The 25-year-old woman was near Kingsbridge and Bainbridge avenues just after midnight Wednesday when a knife-wielding attacker plunged a blade into her left shoulder, cops said.

The stabber fled, and the victim was taken to Montefiore Hospital where she was reported in stable condition, police said.

She had not been robbed, and cops did not immediately know of a motive.

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Cops have identified a robbery suspect who allegedly tied up a Norwood man and cleaned out his home.

A man who reportedly goes by the name of “Dolo” entered the Decatur Avenue house with an unidentified accomplice at 8:15 p.m. on April 9, police said.

The intruders pulled guns on the victim, bound him with tape and swiped jewelry, a credit card, a cellphone and $900 in cash, cops added.

Less than an hour later, the robbers tried to use the victim’s card at a Rite-Aid on West 125th Street in Harlem, authorities said.

The victim was treated for minor injuries, authorities said.

Surveillance video shows “Dolo” wearing a gray *T-shirt with white letters and red shading. :mad:

He was carrying a black duffel bag, sources said, while his pal was seen wearing a purple and black baseball cap. :mad:
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
May 2, 2014 | 5:45am

Brooklyn

Cops are looking for the subway rider who allegedly snatched an iPad from a fellow straphanger in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

The thief fled the Queens-bound A train *after the grab-and-go at the Nostrand Avenue *station at 3:20 p.m. on March 30, cops said.

He snatched the tablet right before the train doors closed and ran from station, *authorities said.

He is believed to be about 20 years old, *5-foot-10 and 150 pounds. :mad:

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A man may have taken valuables from a cubicle in a Midwood medical office, cops said.

The man entered the office on East 14th Street near Kings Highway at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, cops said.

Soon after, a staff member reported that $40 and keys were missing from the cubicle, cops added.

The suspect is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. :mad:


Manhattan

A woman who entered a man’s East Side apartment was choked until she passed out, choked again when she regained consciousness and then raped, authorities said.

Paul Grossman, 31, attacked the woman in his East 52nd Street apartment between First and Second avenues at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The victim, described as an acquaintance, contacted police, and Grossman was charged with rape, kidnapping, sexual abuse and strangulation, documents state.

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A serial burglar hit more than a dozen offices from Hell’s Kitchen to Tribeca before being apprehended, authorities said.

John Wilkins, 49, was seen on video entering buildings from West 36th to West 39th streets, along Madison Avenue and downtown on White Street, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Footage showed him frequently walking out with more than he had carried in during a spree that began on Jan. 17 and lasted until April 18, records state.

The prolific thief made off with cash, iPads, electronics, bags and other valuables, court documents state.


Queens

Two creeps tried to *abduct four girls in two *incidents in Queens Village, cops said.

The suspects, believed to be in their late teens, followed an 11-year-old girl walking home near 111th Avenue and 208th Street, a few blocks from the Renaissance Middle School, at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

They pulled up in a dark-green SUV and a man in the passenger seat, wearing a ski mask, jumped out and began speaking to the child, cops said.

But the plucky girl fled and the would-be abductors fled in the vehicle, police added.

Soon after, a 10-year-old girl and two 11-year-old girls noticed they were being followed by a green Jeep Cherokee bearing New York state license plates containing the digits “74,” cops said.

They saw a driver hand a gun to the passenger, who then pulled a mask over his face and *approached the children, cops added.

The girls fled and hid behind a parked car, and the armed creeps circled back before driving off, police said.


Staten Island

Cops say a man used a stolen credit card to buy gas in Bulls Head.

He was seen on surveillance video making the nefarious purchase at 7 p.m. last Friday, police said.

He fled in a silver sedan, authorities said.

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Cops are looking for a man who allegedly snatched a woman’s purse in a Bulls Head supermarket.

The 44-year-old victim had her handbag in her shopping cart in the Stop & Shop on Richmond Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. on April 11 when he grabbed it and ran, police said.

He fled in a green Ford van bearing New York plates, according to law-enforcement authorities.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
May 3, 2014 | 1:56am

Manhattan

■ A Bronx teen was nabbed with more than 400 decks of heroin at the Port Authority Bus Ter*minal, law-enforcement sources said.

Naheem Glenn, 17, was loitering at the terminal Thursday when PAPD cops approached him, the sources said.

He couldn’t provide proper identification and allegedly told the officers, “I’m not doing time,’’ before screaming an obscenity at them. The cops then patted him down.

In addition to heroin, Glenn allegedly had pot in his possession.

He was charged with possession of narcotics.

■ Cops seized more than 10,000 bottles of counterfeit perfume from a bodega near Times Square.

Barua Suprakash, 26, of the Bronx, and Uddin Mohd, 51, of Queens, were both charged with trademark counterfeiting.

They were caught Wednes*day after local merchants complained to cops.

In addition to the bogus scents, the two men also were accused of selling counterfeit makeup.

■ Two men assaulted five people in a Harlem home invasion on April 26, cops said.

The two accosted a 51-year-old man in the hallway of his apartment building on East 138th Street. Then they forced him into his apartment, where they allegedly slashed him.

The thugs then duct-taped two others in the living room and pistol-whipped a third victim with a revolver, police sources said.

The would-be robbers told the victims, “Get to the ground and don’t look up!” before they demanded cash — but left empty-handed.

The 51-year-old victim was rushed to Harlem Hospital where he was released after treatment for the non-life-threatening slash wound, cops said.

■ A 60-year-old man fought off two carjackers in Midtown, cops said.

The victim was parked on East 42nd Street near Fifth Avenue at 12:05 a.m. on April 12 when a creep armed with a gun suddenly opened the passenger-side door and got into the car, cops said.

While the gunman demanded the victim’s money and car keys, a female accomplice opened the driver-side door and tried to pull him out, cops said.

The gun-wielding thug then struck the man in the face with the weapon, cops said.

But the car owner fought back. He pushed and struck the would-be robbers and they took off, sources said.


Queens

■ A 22-year-old man was assaulted by four men in Corona, cops said.

The victim was accosted by the attackers Thursday at 108th Street and 54th Avenue, with one suspect pulling a sharp metal object and stabbing him in the back of the neck, according to police.

The victim was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital in serious condition.

It wasn’t immediately clear if he knew his *attackers.


Brooklyn

■ A man was shot and seriously wounded in Fort Greene, cops said.

The 24-year-old victim was at Willoughby Street and Ashford Place near the Kingsview Houses at 2:50 p.m. Friday, according to police.

He was shot twice in the abdomen by an unidentified gunman, cops said, and was rushed to Kings County Hospital in serious condition.

■ An off-duty police officer was caught stealing groceries from a Pathmark in Park Slope, cops said Friday.

Ashley Wilcots, 25, was charged with larceny and criminal possession of stolen property after police say she was caught by a store employees trying to leave without paying for the groceries Monday.

Wilcots works out of the 13th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, which patrols the Gramercy Park neighborhood.

Police say Wilcots was suspended without pay *after her arrest.


Staten Island

■ An off-duty police officer’s car was keyed while he was sitting in it in Tottenville, a Criminal Court complaint states.

The suspect, Tommy Pellicano, didn’t notice the officer was in the 2013 Scion with tinted windows text*ing on his cellphone on Camden Avenue at around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, the complaint says.

Pellicano keyed the driver-side door, causing deep scratch marks that will cost an estimated $250 to repair, the complaint said. He was charged with criminal mischief.

■ A military officer choked a 29-year-old woman in his car in Fort Wadsworth, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Sebastian Petion, 24, allegedly placed his hands around the woman’s neck and applied pressure to her throat and neck and obstructed her breathing at Major Avenue and Lily Pond avenues at about 6:50 a.m. last Saturday.

Petion then threw her to the ground and kicked and punched her, according to the complaint. He faces charges of assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
May 4, 2014 | 4:32am

The Bronx

A man was found dead on a subway train in Eastchester, cops said Saturday.

The body of a 45-year-old man was discovered by an MTA worker on a northbound No. 5 train near the Dyre Avenue subway station at East 233rd Street shortly before midnight Friday, according to police.

Police did not find any obvious signs of trauma, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification.

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A man was slashed in the West Bronx on Saturday, cops said.

The victim was at Crimmins Avenue and Oak Terrace when he was attacked at around 11:30 a.m., according to police.

He was spotted bleeding on the sidewalk by a passerby who quickly dialed 911, sources said.

He was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.


Queens

The three teenagers pictured here from video surveillance are among a gang who stole a cellphone from another teen in Astoria, cops said Saturday.

The 14-year-old victim was walking home at 30th Road and 14th Street at around 2:30 p.m. April 24, when the thieves approached him and demanded his Samsung Galaxy, police said.

The crooks, who are believed to be in their mid to late teens, then fled with the phone.

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A man shot by police in Bedford-Stuyvesant has been slapped with menacing and gun-possession charges, cops said Saturday.

Three plainclothes officers on patrol saw Teddy Span, 24, fidgeting with his waistband just before 10 p.m. Friday at Malcolm X Boulevard and Monroe Street, police said.

Suspecting he had a gun, the officers approached him, but he fled, cops said.

After a chase, Span suddenly turned around and pulled out a gun from the bottom of his pants leg, police said.

When Span pointed the pistol at the officers, one of them fired at him, grazing his abdomen, cops said.

Cops arrested him and recovered a loaded .380-caliber gun, they said.

Span was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.


Staten Island

An Elm Park woman was arrested trying to board a cruise ship with pot and cocaine in her luggage, Port Authority cops said Saturday.

Aislinn Hamilton, 33, was getting ready to board the Explorer of the Sea — a Royal Caribbean ship — at around 10:30 p.m. April 24 in Bayonne, NJ, according to police.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers smelled marijuana at a checkpoint by the entrance, PA police said.

They searched her luggage, discovering a gram of cocaine and a larger amount of pot, they said.

Cops also recovered a marijuana grinder and she tested positive for cocaine use, they said.

Hamilton was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, PA cops said.

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Cops discovered a dead body in a Tottenville parking lot Saturday.

The 45-year-old man was found dead in Tottenville Square Shopping Center on Amboy Road near Bethel Avenue at around 7 a.m., cops said.

His identity is being withheld pending family notification. The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
May 5, 2014 | 2:45am

The Bronx

Cops are looking for this man, who snatched a woman’s smartphone in a Subway sandwich shop in Fordham, police said Sunday.

The thief walked into the store on Jerome Avenue near Fordham Road at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, grabbed the 26-year-old victim’s iPhone and fled, according to police.

No injuries were reported.


Manhattan

The cellphones of two young out-of-town kids were stolen at the International Auto Show, sources said Sunday.

One victim, a 12-year-old boy realized his phone was gone after checking out several hot-rods and sports cars April 19.

When his mom dialed the number, a man answered and told the woman to meet him on Chambers Street at West Broadway, police sources said.

The mother went downtown and waited for more than an hour, but the thief never showed with the iPhone 5, the sources added.

Another victim, an 11-year-old boy, reported his phone stolen at around 6 p.m. the day before.

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An underage woman, hellbent on getting into a trendy Chelsea nightclub, threw a fit when she was denied entry, law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

Aisha Batista, 20, tried to get into the Marquee on Tenth Avenue on April 25 with a fake New Jersey ID card, the sources said.

When bouncers told her she would not be admitted, Batista began yelling obscenities at the them, authorities said.

When she allegedly refused to leave after they told her to get lost, cops were called.

Batista gained prompt and free entry into Manhattan Criminal Court, where she was arraigned on charges of disorderly conduct.

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A pickpocket lifted a Louis Vuitton wallet from a woman in Chelsea, sources said Sunday.

The 46-year-old victim was on West 23rd Street near Tenth Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. April 23, when someone plucked the $600 wallet from her purse, the sources said.

In addition to the wallet, the thief made off with $100 in cash and an American Express card, they said.

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A man who allegedly urinated in front of a subway entrance in Chelsea was hit with several charges after arguing with cops and trying to record them on his cellphone, law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

Joshua Nahas, 40, was busted at Eighth Avenue and West 16th Street on April 19.

When cops tried to bust Nahas, he tried recording them and then made so much noise that a crowd gathered, the sources said.

As he was being cuffed, Nahas also resisted arrest and went limp in an attempt to break the hold that the officers had on him, according to the sources.

He was charged with obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct.

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A 46-year-old man living in the Chelsea Houses told cops his windows were shot at several times by pellet-gun-wielding neighbors.

The most recent incident, he told them, occurred April 26.

It appears the pellets had been fired from across the street, sources said.

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A man’s high-end briefcase and iPad were stolen while he dined at a sidewalk café in Chelsea, sources said Sunday.

The 32-year-old victim was at Cookshop on Tenth Avenue near West 20th Street at around 10 p.m. April 12.

When he got up to leave, he noticed that both items had vanished.


Brooklyn

A man was shot in Brownsville on Sunday morning, police said.

The victim was struck once in the leg at 360 Mother Gaston Blvd. near Pitkin Avenue at around 2:30 a.m., cops said. The man, whose name and age were not released, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

The motive for the shooting was unclear.

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A Department of Education employee was charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing her car in Crown Heights, police said Sunday.

Deon Jones, 29, was driving at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, when she smashed her car on Dean Street near Bedford Avenue, cops said.

When police arrived, officers noticed she had bloodshot and watery eyes, as well as alcohol on her breath, authorities said.

She allegedly refused to take a Breathalyzer test and was charged.

It was unclear what she does for the DOE.
 
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By Kirstan Conley, Matt McNulty and Dana Sauchelli
May 6, 2014 | 1:53am

The Bronx

A teen was critically injured after being shot twice Monday in Soundview, police said.

The 17-year-old was in the lobby of an apartment building on Watson Avenue, near Metcalf Avenue, just before 9 a.m., when he got into a dispute with two men wearing all black. :mad:

The teen was shot once in the chest and once in the leg, cops said.

He was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition, authorities said. The shooters fled on foot.

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A homeless man was found dead in a Hunts Point subway station on Monday, police said.

The victim was found in the mezzanine of the 149th Street station on the No. 6 line around 1 p.m., authorities said.

Transit service was disrupted for almost an hour as investigators retrieved the body, according to MTA officials.

The victim, who had yet to be identified, had no obvious signs of trauma, police said.

An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.


Manhattan

A weapon-sniffing dog helping with a federal drug investigation alerted cops to a stolen gun in a car in Hell’s Kitchen, sources said.

Port Authority dog Cedo smelled something in a 2003 black Chrysler Town and Country with Pennsylvania plates on the corner of 12th Avenue and West 38th Street last Tuesday at about 1 p.m., sources said.

Cops searched the car and found a stolen gun inside a hidden compartment, sources added.

Investigators are checking the gun for links to other crimes. They have already learned it was reported stolen in Pennsylvania on Nov. 25, 2013.

No one was in the car and no arrests have been made.

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A man lurking at a children’s playground in Chelsea was arrested on drug charges, sources said.

Laurence O’Brien, 24, was inside the Penn South Playground on West 26th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues last Tuesday at about 1:50 p.m. when cops approached and asked him whether he was accompanying children.

“I have needles on me,” O’Brien allegedly confessed before cops found three syringes, a cap with residue, four bags of heroin, a baggie with residue and two stolen credit cards, sources added.

O’Brien was charged with drug possession, sources added.

Police began patrolling the park after neighborhood parents complained of drug addicts and users loitering around their school-aged children.

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An Australian tourist’s iPhone was snatched from her purse as she left her hotel in the Flatiron District with her pocketbook wide open, sources said.

The 32-year-old realized the device was gone on April 22 at about 4:15 p.m. when she reached the subway station on Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street.


Staten Island

A Saint George man was arrested for a slew of weapons charges and resisting arrest, authorities said.

Tyler Carmon, 19, tried to hide a defaced and loaded .25 caliber “pocket pistol” underneath a car last Friday at about 8:35 p.m., on Layton Avenue, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Carmon did not have a license for the gun and admitted that he tried to scratch off the serial number, records show.

He was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon for ammunition, criminal possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

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An intoxicated construction worker hit two cars head-on and forced other vehicles off the road, while driving in the wrong lane on the Verrazano Bridge toward Fort Wadsworth, authorities said.

Melton Campos-Lopez, 30, was driving a black 2004 GMC in the eastbound lane Saturday at about 5 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint states.

He nearly smashed head-on into a 2004 Ford, which swerved out of the way, hit a divider and flipped over, records state.

Lopez fled and continued driving erratically, the complaint says, and was poised to strike a white van, forcing the driver of that vehicle to swerve into another lane of traffic.

Lopez then struck a 2007 Hyundai head-on, causing the driver to sustain face, neck and back injuries, records state.

Lopez then smacked into a 2007 Dodge and tried to flee again, but cops stopped him, documents state.

Lopez was charged with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an incident and attempting to leave the scene of an accident.

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Cops busted a man who broke his girlfriend’s jaw and threw a shoe at her in West Brighton, authorities said Monday.

Evan Diaz, 35, threw his shoe at his 24-year-old girlfriend on Forest Avenue near Oakwood Avenue on Jan . 18 at around 3 a.m., then punched her in the head, breaking her jaw, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Diaz also stole his girlfriend’s cellphone battery, which had fallen to the ground during the attack, records show.

Cops found Diaz on Sunday and charged him with assault, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and harassment.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/05/07/daily-blotter-158/

Daily Blotter
By Aaron Feis and Kirstan Conley
May 7, 2014 | 1:48am

Manhattan

A homeless man terrorized passengers on a subway train in Soho before stealing a backpack from one of them, sources said Tuesday.

The man was walking from car to car on a southbound No. 1 train near Houston and Varick streets at 2:30 a.m. Friday when he announced to one rider, “I’m homeless. I *haven’t eaten in three days.”

The panhandler then tapped a sleeping 26-year-old man on the shoulder and asked, “Are you awake?”

When the victim failed to respond, the beggar plucked the man’s backpack from the floor and strolled off, the sources said.

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A German tourist’s $1,500 camera was stolen in a classic pickpocket ruse on a crowded street in lower Manhattan, sources said Tuesday.

The 22-year-old woman snapped pictures near West Broadway and Broome Street, then put the camera into her bag at around 5 p.m. April 28, the sources said.

Moments later, she felt someone bump into her but thought nothing of it.

When the woman later reached for her phone, she realized her bag was unzipped and her Canon camera and $400, 28mm Voightlander lens were gone, the sources said.

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A garbage-truck driver was ripped off while he collected trash near the South Street Seaport, sources said Tuesday.

The 46-year-old driver stepped out of his truck on Fulton Street for a few minutes at around 8:30 a.m. Friday. When he returned, his cellphone, wallet, credit cards and work identification had been snatched, the sources said.

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Thieves stole nearly $4,000 in tools from a contractor in Tribeca, sources said Tuesday.

Workers had put their circular saws, a nail gun and other gear into a locked box in the basement of a Laight Street building.

They discovered the tools missing days later, at around 4:30 p.m. April 30, the sources said.

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A diner’s iPhone was stolen after she left it unattended in a crowded tapas restaurant in Tribeca to go to the restroom, sources said Tuesday.

When the 32-year-old woman returned to her table at around 5 p.m. Friday, the $440 phone was gone, the sources said.

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Police on Tuesday released a photo of a woman suspected of using false identification to get a credit card and charge $10,000 in goods at a Midtown store that sells high-end watches.

The thief made the pricey purchase at Tourneau on Madison Avenue at around noon March 10.


The Bronx

Three goons beat and robbed a livery driver in Morris Heights after the hack told them and a female companion that they all couldn’t fit into his car, authorities said Tuesday.

The cabby had just dropped off a fare on Andrews Avenue near West 176th Street at around midnight April 18 when the three men and woman piled into the car’s back seat, police said.

The driver told the foursome there wasn’t room for more than three passengers.

One man moved to the front passenger seat, and when the cabby asked him to get out, the thug punched him in the face, cops said.

The driver got out and ran, but the thugs chased him down and kicked and beat him before fleeing, according to cops.

When the driver returned to the car, he found cash was missing from his console, police said.

The driver was not seriously injured.

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A New Haven, Conn., teenager has been charged with the sexual assault and robbery of a 61-year-old woman in her Highbridge apartment building, authorities said Tuesday.

Cops said Moises Granados, 19, followed the woman into her building at Walton Avenue and East 168th Street at around 6:30 a.m. April 25 and assaulted her.

The teen then snatched the victim’s purse and fled, officials said.

Granados was arrested Monday and charged with robbery, grand larceny and criminal sex act.


Queens

Two thieves snatched a woman’s cellphone and credit cards in Forest Hills, police said Tuesday.

The victim, 61, was at Queens Boulevard and 67th Drive when one of the perps snatched her phone, credit cards, driver’s license and MetroCard, cops said.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/05/08/daily-blotter-159/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Dana Sauchelli and Natasha Velez
May 8, 2014 | 12:20am

Manhattan

Cops are asking for help identifying a three-borough bank robber who they say has struck seven times this year, hitting branches from lower Manhattan to The Bronx and Queens for about $20,000.

The thief began his spree at 11 a.m. Jan. 25 at a Chase Bank on Barclay Street, police said.

On Feb. 22, he hit banks on Delancey Street and in Midtown, according to cops.

Six days later, he robbed a bank in Fordham, The Bronx, police added.

On March 8, he robbed a Chase Bank on Fifth Avenue, but struck out at a Citibank up the block, cops said.

Two days later, he made off with cash from the Flushing Bank on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, police added.

No injuries were reported.

He is about 25 years old, 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds. :mad:

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A woman stole more than $40,000 worth of equipment at a series of rental companies — and told cops she pawned the ill-gotten goods because her mother is behind on the mortgage, authorities said Wednesday.

Between Jan. 26 and April 14, Kelly Grimes, 44, of Brooklyn, rented gear from Root, CSI, DCTV and Scheimpflug Digital and failed to return it, according to four Criminal court Complaints filed against her.

Grimes rented from $3,000 to $20,000 worth of equipment from each shop, making off with cameras, lenses, batteries, memory cards, cables, and a card reader, the records state.

She used a stolen credit card for her largest haul, the court papers state.

When questioned, she allegedly told police, “My friend found the wallet [with the credit card] on the bus. I did it because my mother is $4,000 behind on the mortgage.”

She also said she pawned items at a store on Long Island, according to the court documents.

Grimes is charged with identity theft, criminal possession of stolen property and four counts of grand larceny.

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A Tribeca Film Festival employee fears for his life after a disgruntled former co-worker threatened to kill him, sources said Wednesday.

The 45-year-old victim was on his way to work at around 8:30 a.m. Friday, when the hostile ex-colleague ran his bike into him at Eighth Avenue and West 24th Street, the sources added.

The menacing co-worker, known only as “Ali,” had been fired after grabbing the victim’s rear-end at work earlier this year, the sources said.

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A deranged naked man ran onto the subway tracks in the Financial District on Wednesday and started a rubbish fire, cops said.

The man, believed to be in his 40s, leaped onto the tracks near Fulton and Williams streets and ducked into a small room inside the tunnel at around 10:15 a.m., police added.

Once inside, he set garbage on fire, forcing the MTA to shut off power in both directions, cops said.

Service was disrupted and rerouted on the No. 2 and 3 lines, until the firebug was captured at around 11 a.m. The fire was minor and no injuries were reported, officials said.

The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, with charges pending.

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A brazen thief vandalized an unmarked police car parked around the corner from the the NYPD’s Manhattan South Task Force headquarters in Hell’s Kitchen, sources said Wednesday.

The thief took both side-view mirrors from the car, parked on 10th Avenue between West 42nd and West 43rd streets, sometime between 7 p.m. May 1 and noon May 2.


The Bronx

Cops are on the hunt for a woman who allegedly disfigured a rival in Morris Heights.

Taneisha House, 26, slashed the victim across the face with a razor blade at Grant Avenue and East 167th Street at around 7 a.m. March 29, police said Wednesday.

The victim, who is also 26, suffered a bloody gash from her right cheek down to her mouth, according to cops.

She was treated at Lincoln Hospital and later released.

The attacker and victim know each other, but it was unclear what sparked the violence, police said.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/05/09/daily-blotter-160/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Aaron Feis, Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
May 9, 2014 | 4:55am

Brooklyn

A mugger bashed the back of a man’s head with a hammer :smash: during a robbery in a Bedford-Stuyvesant subway station, authorities said.

The 32-year-old victim was buying a MetroCard in the Rockaway Avenue station on the A line Wednesday at about 9:20 a.m. when the attacker approached him from behind, slammed his head with a hammer, and demanded money, cops said.

The victim handed over cash and the mugger bolted from the station, police said.

The man was treated for a head injury at Brookdale Hospital and released, according to officials.

The suspect was captured on camera flashing a broad smile moments before the savage attack. :mad:

He is about 5-foot-10, around 140 pounds and was last seen wearing a red long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. :mad:


Bronx

What a pair of gym rats!

A man and a woman took a 44-year-old woman’s wallet after the victim left it in a Foxhurst fitness center, authorities said.

The pair spied the victim’s wallet sitting on a counter inside the Planet Fitness on Southern Boulevard, near Westchester Avenue, on April 24 at about 1:45 p.m., cops said.

They grabbed the wallet and walked out of the gym, police said.

The victim’s credit cards were later used to make several unauthorized purchases, cops added.

Surveillance video from the gym showed the male suspect wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt and a backpack. :mad:

His female accomplice wore a gray shirt, a dark vest with studs and a backpack. :mad:


Manhattan

A bandit robbed two Midtown banks in a four-day period, police said.

The suspect, identified by police as Michael Crowley, 41, walked into the HSBC on Park Avenue, near East 33rd Street on May 2 at about 3:40 p.m., passed the teller a demand note and fled with cash.

Four days later, he went to the Valley National Bank on Sixth Avenue and West 39th Street at about 11:30 a.m., passed the teller a note and fled with cash, police said.

No injuries were reported.

Crowley has a tattoo of Chinese characters on the left side of his neck and a skull, dragon and other tattoos on his left arm.

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A bank robber who struck four times in just nine days used a note to threaten tellers and demand cash from The Bronx to Midtown, cops said.

The suspect began the spree on April 17 at Bank of America on Johnson Avenue, near West 235th Street, in Riverdale when he passed a note to a teller and claimed to have a weapon, cops said.

He did not produce a weapon, but the note warned that if the teller didn’t follow orders, the worker would be “in danger.”

The teller balked and the suspect left empty-handed, police added.

The same day, he walked into a Citibank on Broadway near West 207th Street in Inwood, where he passed a similar note, and failed to get any cash, according to cops.

The robber finally scored on April 18 at a Capital One bank on Fifth Avenue, near East 41st Street, where he got away with $2,800, police said.

A week later, he made off with $400 from a Capital One branch on Broadway near West 60th Street, according to cops.

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A budding film producer who ordered a computer tower but didn’t open the package for three months found that his $900 machine had vanished.

The victim ordered the equipment and had it delivered to the 10th floor of a building on West 26th Street on Jan. 31, but didn’t look inside until April 30.

When the victim went to retrieve the tower, he found paint cans inside the box.
 
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