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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez and Daniel Prendergast
January 31, 2014 | 4:34am

The Bronx

A gunman and his knife-wielding accomplice bound a woman and robbed her inside a Morrisania apartment, cops said.

The thugs pulled the gun and knife on the 30-year-old victim inside the Boston Road home at around 9:20 p.m. Nov. 25 before they bound her with duct tape and stole $3,000, a US passport and jewelry, police said. The victim was not injured.

Two days later, surveillance video showed a man and woman using the victim’s credit card at a Regal Cinema in New Rochelle, cops said.


Brooklyn

A man used a stolen credit card to shop for baby formula in Flatlands, cops said.

The suspect allegedly used the stolen card at the Walgreens on Flatbush Avenue near Utica Avenue at around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 28.

Cameras in the drugstore store captured him wearing a black and white skull cap, a white striped shirt and blue jeans.

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A man was gunned down in East Flatbush.

The 25-year-old victim was found outside a home on Linden Boulevard near Nostrand Avenue at 5 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.

He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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A man believed to be the triggerman fled on foot moments after an argument with the victim, police sources said.

Cops did not release the victim’s name because his family had not been notified.

He had been arrested 17 times for offenses that included drug possession and assault.

No arrests had been made as of yesterday.


Manhattan

A bandit tried to bust open an ATM because he was fresh out of cash and wanted to hit some Chinatown lounges, police sources said.

Francisco Torres, 45, and his brother José Torres, 35, allegedly used a crowbar to try to open a cash machine in front of the Cha Chan Tang tea room, but bolted when it wouldn’t budge.

Francisco later copped to the Jan. 17 crime, telling cops, “Yes that’s me. I came to the city and planned to go to a lounge on Mott Street. I had no money, so I tried to break into a machine with a screwdriver and pliers and a crowbar. But I never got into it.”

The brothers are linked to the bumbling bandits who ripped an ATM out of a Chinatown bank with a chain and an SUV in a failed bid to drag the cash dispenser over the Manhattan Bridge on Dec. 7.

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A cop confiscated a Dirty Harry-style gun from a family gathering in Chelsea on Christmas Eve, authorities said.

Officer Eric Rivera was called to a domestic dispute in the Chelsea Houses on 10th Avenue at around 11:20 p.m., police said.

Darrell Lester, 26, was arguing with his girlfriend over a phone when he went ballistic and began tearing up the apartment, cops said.

Two male relatives threw him out and called police.

Lester was allegedly trying furiously to get a backpack he had left on the couch, when Rivera arrived on the scene within 30 seconds of the 911 call, police said.

Lester was moving toward the bag when the cop intervened and snagged it, officials said.

Rivera opened the bag to find a .44-magnum revolver with a massive barrel, cops added.

The .44 is famous as the weapon of choice of the Clint Eastwood character Dirty Harry Callahan.

Lester fled but was nabbed nearby and charged with weapons possession, criminal mischief and acting in a manner injurious to a child.


Queens

A thief robbed two churches in Woodside, police said.

The suspect (right) forced open the rear door of the Seventh Day Adventist Community Church on 58th Street at 12:30 a.m. Jan. 16, and stole two desktop computers, a laptop and two dozen Visa gift cards, cops said.

On Jan. 24, the thief forced open the rear door of the Sure Foundation Lutheran Church on Roosevelt Avenue and took an iPad, iPod, cash and checks, police said.

The suspect is believed to be in his 30s with a medium build and was wearing a red baseball cap and a red waist-length jacket during the first heist, cops said.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
February 1, 2014 | 5:34am

The Bronx

■ A conniving driver cruising through the South Bronx used the ruse of being lost to drive off with a woman’s iPhone, authorities said.

Anisha Wilson, 22, was driving a red Mustang in front of Lincoln Hospital on East 149th Street at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 24 when she put down a car window and asked a passerby for directions, a Criminal Court complaint alleges.

When the victim started describing a route, Wilson said she couldn’t hear well and asked the victim to come closer, court rec*ords state.

The woman leaned into the car and Wilson snatched an iPhone and sped off, court papers show.

“I took the phone from her and I took advantage of the opportunity,” Wilson allegedly admitted, adding, “I just took off.”

■ An irate deli worker socked his boss in the face after being told to leave the Morrisania store, authorities said.

Ralphy Colon, 19, was working in the bodega on East 163rd Street near Trinton Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. last Saturday when he was kicked out and refused to leave, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The disgruntled employee punched his boss in the nose, snatched the victim’s hat and left, rec*ords show.

Colon was charged with burglary, robbery, assault, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, trespass and harassment.

■ A man shoved the face of his child’s mother in a toilet after hitting and berating her in front of the crying toddler in Kingsbridge, authorities said.

Omar Masoud, 25, began yelling at the victim in their home on Kingsbridge Avenue at around 9 a.m. last Saturday, while the baby cried nearby, a Criminal Court complaint states.

He punched and slapped the woman in the face and midsection until she fell, and he shouted, “Look what you made me do,” *records state.

Masoud grabbed the victim’s hair, shoved her face in the toilet and demanded to use her cellphone, court papers allege.

When the victim refused to turn over her phone, Masoud allegedly gave her a bloody nose and snatched the device, then grabbed the victim when she tried to climb out a second-story window to escape, documents show.

He then broke a broom handle over the woman and threatened to stab her while their 2-year-old boy was crying nearby, officials said.

Masoud was charged with menacing, assault, endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful imprisonment and weapon possession.

Staten Island

■ A thief who scaled a fence and burglarized a Dongan Hills pharmacy was busted more than two years later due to a fingerprint he had left behind, authorities said.

Ronald Dowd, 45, broke into the pharmacy on Richmond Road and trashed the place sometime between 7 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2011 and the following day, a Criminal Court complaint states.

He got away with it until a fingerprint he left at the scene matched one in a database this year, records show.

He was busted Wednesday and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and trespass.

■ A city schools employee was busted for scamming the government out of nearly $19,000 in food stamps while she had a job and lived with her husband in Heartland Corners, authorities said.

Awilda LaRosa, aka Figueroa, 47, applied for public assistance and recertified three times without informing social-service workers that she had a job and lived with her husband, law-enforcement sources said.

She received $18,751 from December 2009 through March 2013, a Criminal Court complaint alleges.

She was arrested this week and charged with welfare fraud, grand larceny, petit larceny and falsifying business records, according to a spokesman for Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Brooklyn

■ A 14-year-old was shot on a street in East New York, authorities said.

An unknown gunman opened fire on the victim in front of 760 Eldert Lane at around 5:15 p.m. Thursday, police said.

The teen was rushed to Brookdale Hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper left thigh and is expected to survive.

No arrests have been made and police have not yet determined a motive in the shooting.

Cops are looking for a suspect who was wearing a red jacket embroidered with the words “New *Religion.”

Queens

■ A worker was hit by a stray bullet inside a Jamaica pizza joint after a gunman opened fire outside, police said.

The victim was struck in the arm inside Sutphin Pizzeria at Sutphin Boulevard and 109th Street at around 1:05 p.m. Friday.

He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The victim was not the intended target and no other injuries were reported.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
February 2, 2014 | 2:19am

Brooklyn

■ Cops are trying to identify the man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman on a Coney Island train.

The man was aboard the Q train near the Stillwell Avenue subway station at around 1 a.m. Saturday when he flashed the unsuspecting victim — who took out her cellphone and snapped a photo, cops said.

The 21-year-old woman, who was unharmed, alerted police and provided authorities with the photo.


■ Two men with an eye for sunglasses used a stolen credit card to rip off a Fort Greene Cohen’s Fashion Optical — getting away with more than $3,000 worth of designer shades, cops said.

The duo, one wearing a pair of Nike Air Jordans and a Rangers cap, and the second in a Kangol cap, walked off with six pairs of shades, the most expensive of which were designer Cazal sunglasses valued at $850, cops said.


The Bronx

■ Two men were gunned down, one fatally, in a shootout in Tremont, cops said.

The victims were in a building lobby on East 166th Street near Tinton Avenue at 9:15 p.m. Friday, according to police.

There they were shot multiple times by an unidentified suspect.

A 26-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to the torso and pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital, cops said.

The second victim, a 27- year-old man, suffered gunshot wounds to the legs and back and was listed in stable condition at the same hospital, according to authorities.


Manhattan

■ Someone stole a sword from a woman’s Chinatown home, police sources said.

The victim discovered three oil paintings and the family heirloom — a sword that belonged to her father — missing from the apartment at Mulberry and Broome streets on Jan. 3, the sources said.


Staten Island

■ A Dongan Hills man was nabbed by police after an investigation revealed he had more than 100 images of child porn on his computer, said a spokesman for the office of Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Stephen Bevilacqua, 33, was arrested at his Buel Avenue home on Wednesday at around 5 p.m.

He had collected the disturbing images from August 2011 through January, according to court document. He was hauled out of his home in cuffs, authorities said.

Bevilacqua later admitted, “I always knew in my mind it was wrong and illegal to do,” according to a Criminal Court complaint.

Bevilacqua has been charged with 106 counts of possessing and promoting a sexual performance by a child.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Daniel Prendergast
February 3, 2014 | 4:15am

The Bronx

Police have arrested the brute who beat up an MTA bus driver in Fairmont-Claremont Village, authorities said.

The 53-year-old driver of the BX36 bus stopped to pick up riders at Bryant Avenue and East 174th Street at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 13.

As a mother and child tried to get on the bus, the driver accidentally closed the door on them, sparking an argument between the driver and Dennis Buie, 20, police said.

Buie socked the driver in the face and fled, according to cops.

He was arrested and charged with assault and harassment, cops said.

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A disabled man was shot dead inside a Morrisania apartment building, authorities said.

Darin Capehart, 25, was gunned down when three men walked into the lobby of the building at the Forest Houses on East 166th Street at around 9 p.m. Friday and started blasting, cops said.

Capehart, who suffered from spina bifida, was shot several times in the torso and died, cops said.

His 26-year-old friend was shot in the legs and back and was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

The gunmen fled and are being sought by police.

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Two women stole more than $1,300 worth of cosmetics and computer-printer ink from a Morris Heights drugstore, authorities said.

The women walked into the Rite Aid on Featherbed Lane at around 5:30 p.m. Jan 22 before walking around the aisles and snatching makeup supplies and several cartridges of the expensive printer ink, cops said.

Both women are believed to be in their 20s, with one wearing a gray baseball cap, black jacket and blue jeans. The other thief was wearing a black ski hat, black ski jacket and blue jeans.


Queens

A heartless thug shot a man after robbing him in South Jamaica, authorities said.

The victim was walking on Rockaway Boulevard near 140th Street at around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 18 when the shooter approached him with a gun and demanded cash, cops said.

The victim complied, but the thief still shot him in the torso before fleeing, cops said.

The wounded man was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was treated and released.


Manhattan

Police have identified one of the three people who slashed a man’s face during a random, brutal assault in East Harlem, authorities said.

Brandon Senquiz, 18, and two accomplices approached the 43-year-old victim in front of PS 102 on East 113th Street at around 4 a.m. Jan. 22, and one asked him for the time, according to police.

When the unsuspecting man looked down at his watch, one of the thugs slashed him in the face with a sharp object and ran, cops said.

The victim was treated for minor injuries at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The two unapprehended thugs are believed to be in their late 20s and were wearing ski caps at the time of the attack.


Brooklyn

This thief is wanted for preying on women in Manhattan Beach and Coney Island, authorities said.

The man first struck at around 3 p.m. Jan. 21, when he approached a 61-year-old woman at Brighton 12th Street and Neptune Avenue and ripped her purse from her hands, cops said.

The thug then robbed a 75-year-old woman at Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton Third Street at around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 24, cops said, again stealing that victim’s purse.

The next day at around 9 p.m., he robbed a 61-year-old woman near Neptune Avenue and Brighton Third Street, cops said.

The most recent robbery took place at around noon Jan. 29, when the thief stole a 77-year-old woman’s purse at Brighton Second Street and Brighton Second Lane.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Daniel Prendergast
February 4, 2014 | 3:19am

Manhattan

A man tried to rape a woman against a concrete wall outside the Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police said.

Kevin Cherry, 35, was driving toward Manhattan with a 30-year-old woman in the passenger seat when he began making sexual advances at about 10 a.m. Sunday, PAPD cops said.

The woman bolted from the car just before they entered the tunnel, cops said.

Cherry got out and chased her, forgetting even to put the vehicle in park , police added.

Another passenger in the back seat jumped into the front and stopped the car, cops said.

The brute caught the woman and allegedly attempted to rape her against a concrete barrier, police sources said.

A civilian Port Authority employee happened to be driving by and called cops to the scene, but when Cherry spotted the worker trying to call for help, he ran over and began jumping on the Good Samaritan’s hood and smashed his windshield, cops said.

PAPD cops nabbed Cherry at a nearby gas station and charged him with attempted criminal sexual contact, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and driving with a suspended license, said PAPD spokesman Joe Pentangelo.

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Cops arrested a man who tried to steal from three Greenwich Village hot spots on the same morning but made off with just one bottle of liquor, authorities said.

Adrian Longo, 36, also broke into several other businesses in lower Manhattan and was caught in the act the last time, police said. Longo broke in through the front door of Bar Nana on Gansevoort Street at 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 27 and went to the cash register, but found it empty, according to police.

He grabbed a bottle of Appleton Rum and took off, cops said.

Fifteen minutes later, he went into steakhouse Macelleria down the block, but fled empty-handed when he heard workers in the back, according to police.

At 4:30 a.m., he broke into Corsino Cantina on Hudson Street but, once again, ran off empty-handed, cops added.

Last Friday, a cop caught him in the act as he broke into a Thompson Street business, officials said.

Investigators linked Longo to three more January break-ins — at Obao Noodles and BBQ on Water Street, Vans clothing store on Grand Street and Palmer Trading Company on Sullivan Street.

The thief made off with $2,700 from the Sullivan and Water street jobs, cops said.

Longo, whose rap sheet includes arrests for other burglary sprees, was charged with seven counts of burglary, police sources said.


The Bronx

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in High Bridge on Monday, police said.

An unknown gunman opened fire on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard around 2:35 a.m., striking Marquis Brewer, of Summit Avenue, several times in the torso, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

No arrests have been made and the motive of the shooting was not immediately clear.


Queens

A city Sanitation worker was arrested for putting his 7-year-old child on the back of his motorcycle and crashing it in Ozone Park, police said.

Edward Vazquez, 41, lost control of the bike near Cross Bay Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, cops said.

The father and daughter suffered minor injuries and went to Jamaica Hospital for treatment, police said.

Vazquez was arrested at the hospital and charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

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An off-duty cop was arrested after crashing his car in Woodside, police said.

Albert Robles, 37, smashed the vehicle on 49th Avenue and 69th Street at about 7 a.m. Sunday, cops said.

He was not injured, but allegedly caused property damage, police sources said.

The cop, who is assigned to Queens North, was charged with DWI.

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A hit-and-run driver was arrested after smashing into a bus stop and injuring five people in Woodside, authorities said.

Luis Andrade, 32, lost control of his white Mazda near the corner of Northern Boulevard and 48th Street before crashing into the bus shelter’s glass at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, cops said.

A 7-year-old girl was among those injured before Andrade sped off and abandoned his banged-up car in the vicinity of 62nd Street and 38th Avenue, according to police.

All of the victims were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition. Investigators found the car with a shattered windshield and severe front-end damage.

Cops busted the driver late Sunday and charged him with several counts of leaving the scene of an accident.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
February 5, 2014 | 1:38am

The Bronx

A knife-wielding robber threatened to kill a delivery man in Fordham Heights, authorities said.

Davel Johnson, 25, saw a man trying to deliver food on the fourth floor of his apartment building at 375 E. 188th St., waved a large kitchen knife and threatened, “If you say anything, I’m going to kill you,” court records state.

“Be quiet. Drop everything in your pockets. I want everything,” he said, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

The terrified worker turned over his cellphone, $18 and his keys, law-enforcement sources said.

Johnson, who lives on the second floor, was charged with robbery, petit larceny, weapon possession, menacing and harassment.

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A thief snatched envelope filled with cash from an elderly woman’s hand on a Tremont street corner, authorities said.

Sean Brown, 46, saw the 69-year-old woman outside the post office on East Tremont and Lafontaine avenues peering into the envelope at about 3:40 p.m. on Jan. 22, a Criminal Court complaint states.

“Gimme the money,” he allegedly ordered.

Brown grabbed the envelope with $98 and ran, records show.

“I did something very stupid and is truly sorry,” he allegedly explained.

“I’m going through a problem with hunger and money problems.”

Brown was charged with robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny and possession of stolen property. He was being held on $10,000 bail, authorities said.


Staten Island

A man was slashed in the face after getting into an argument with another customer at a bodega in Stapleton.

The 24-year-old victim was waiting in line at the Diamond Deli on Broad Street, near Cedar Street, at about 4 a.m. on Jan. 11 when a man cut ahead of him and the pair began to argue, cops said.

The suspect allegedly pulled out a sharp object, cut the victim’s left cheek, and fled in a white car.

The victim was taken to the Richmond University Medical Center and was in stable condition, authorities said.

The attacker, believed to be in his 30s, is about 5-foot-10 and bald, police said.

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A man survived a shooting in Clifton but refused to identify his assailant, authorities said.

The 45-year-old victim was on Irving Avenue near Vanderbilt Avenue at about 5 a.m. Tuesday when a gunman opened fire, striking him once in the chest, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Staten Island University North Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

No arrests have been made and the victim has been uncooperative.

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A teen was caught on video surveillance trying to break into a Tompkinsville home, cops said.

The suspect shattered a rear window of the sprawling five-bedroom house on Nixon Avenue near Ward Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. on Jan. 20, according to police.

The teen tried but failed to get in through the window, then fled, cops said.


Queens

A creepy burglar followed a 65-year-old woman into her Sunnyside home last week, police said.

The victim, who lives on 50th Street near 43rd Avenue, had just reached her front door at about 7 p.m. last Thursday when the suspect threw her to the ground and punched her in the head, cops said.

The victim’s lip was bruised and swollen, but she refused medical attention, authorities said.

The thug fled empty-handed.


Brooklyn

Three punks robbed a student of her backpack in Williamsburg, cops said.

The thieves followed the 19-year-old woman into a Roebling Street building near South Ninth Street at about 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and snatched the bag, according to police.

All three suspects are believed to be 18 years old.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Daniel Prendergast, Amber Sutherland and Natasha Velez
February 7, 2014 | 6:06am

Brooklyn

A man is wanted for smashing the window of a parked minivan in Bedford-Stuyvesant before burglarizing the vehicle last fall, authorities said.

The suspect shattered the driver’s side window of a Nissan Quest on Kent Avenue near Little Nassau Street on Oct. 21 before reaching in and grabbing a Toshiba laptop, cops said.

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A man was shot in Park Slope in front of terrified parents and school children Thursday, authorities and witnesses said.

The scene unfolded just after 8:30 a.m. when two men got into an argument on St. John’s Place near Sixth Avenue, police said.

“There were kids in strollers. I’d say there were two on the block,” said a witness Tim Foster, 50.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, according to witnesses.

“It’s really scary. Children are going to school and people are going to work,” said dental assistant Lisa Costello, 43.

Police said the 40-year-old victim was being uncooperative with investigators and it was unclear what sparked the violence.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital and was in stable condition, cops said.

Manhattan

A nonprofit worker who teaches underprivileged city kids to play hockey was robbed at gunpoint inside his Harlem apartment building, law enforcement sources said.

The 48-year-old victim walked up to his building on West 117th Street at about 10 p.m. on Nov. 18 when he saw the suspect loitering outside.

After the resident entered the building, the thief followed him inside. He approached the victim and pulled out a silver pistol, commanding him to “Give me everything,” sources said.

The victim pulled out $40, an iPhone and his MetroCard, throwing the items to the ground.

The masked thief picked up the goods and fled, according to law enforcement sources.

Queens

A couple robbed a livery cab driver in South Ozone Park, authorities said.

The male and female suspects hailed the driver near the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn at around 4 a.m. last Sunday and asked to be taken to 133rd Street and Linden Boulevard in Queens, cops said.

When the driver arrived at the requested destination, one of the suspects handed the driver cash, but as the hack was making change, the male thief pinned him down and stole a wad of cash from him, cops said.

Both suspects are believed to be in their early 20s.

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Police have arrested the shooter who killed a man in Queens Village last summer, authorities said.

Jeffery Demosthene, 23, was arrested Wednesday for gunning down Brooklyn resident Najee Simmons, 22, as he was standing near the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 217th Street at about 3 a.m. on Aug. 31, cops said.

Simmons was rushed to Jamaica Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back and was later pronounced dead.

Staten Island

A Good Samaritan was stabbed when he tried to break up an argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend outside a Dongan Hills bar, authorities said.

Dominick Belajonas, 23, got into a tiff with his girlfriend at Rhythm and Brews Bar on Richmond Road at about 3 a.m. on Jan. 26 before the couple stepped outside, cops said.

When the 20-year-old do-gooder saw the couple fighting, he stepped in to try and separate them.

Belajonas then pulled out a knife and stabbed the man twice in the back before running away, cops said. He is still on the loose.

The victim was taken to Staten Island University North Hospital where he was treated for nonlife- threatening injuries.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Dana Sauchelli and Natasha Velez
February 8, 2014 | 3:27am

The Bronx

■ A cabdriver was robbed and assaulted after driving four passengers from the South Bronx to Hunts Point, police said.

The 37-year-old driver picked up two women and two men from Lincoln Hospital on Jan. 30 at around 6:30 p.m. and drove them to Manida Street near Randall Avenue, where one of the men in the back seat punched the driver in the head and grabbed his cash.

The cabby tried to fight back but two other men ran over and started assaulting him, too, police said.

The driver fled the cab, from which the victim’s on-board camera and cellphone were stolen, cops said.

Manhattan

■ A cop executing a search warrant fatally shot a pit bull attacking him at a Harlem apartment building, police said.

The officer was outside an apartment on West 121st Street near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. at around 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, cops said.

A tenant opened the door and the pit bull charged at the officer, biting him on the leg, according to police.

The officer fired one shot at the dog, who was killed, according to police.

The cop was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition.

The nature of the search warrant was not revealed.

■ A homeless man was found unconscious in a Chelsea subway station, cops said, and he was declared dead at a hospital.

Police sources said a 911 caller reported that the man was unconscious *after a serious assault at the West 14th Street/Sixth Avenue station at 3:20 a.m. Friday.

But when investigators arrived, there were no immediate signs of trauma on the victim and no witnesses, cops said.

The unconscious man was found near a turnstile, according to police.

Emergency responders rushed him to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on *arrival.

The identity of the deceased was withheld pending family notification. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

The investigation is continuing, cops said.

■ Two men were shot in front of a Flatiron social club, cops said.

A group of pals was in the club on West 24th Street and Sixth Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. Friday, cops said.

Two men got into an argument with the group on the fourth floor of the building, the sources said.

The argument escalated and the foes were told to leave, police said.

Outside, one of the suspects in the group of six grabbed a metal pipe and allegedly assaulted a 34-year-old man who was with a 24-year-old pal, cops said.

Moments later, one of the suspects shot both victims in the ankle, cops said.

The victims were rushed to Bellevue Hospital where they were listed in stable condition.

Police later raided the club, which had a notice of violation taped to the door at the scene.

■ The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after three men yelled anti-gay slurs at a duo in Stuyvesant Town, police said.

The 27- and 34-year-old victims were walking on First Avenue near East 15th Street at around 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day when three guys in their 30s walked past and shouted anti-gay remarks, according to police.

The 27-year-old turned and yelled back at them, cops said.

He claimed one of the three men assaulted him but he can’t remember how, according to cops.

The victim suffered bruising to the head.

All three men are wanted for questioning.

Queens

■ A dimwitted truck driver stole a trailer from a former employer at Kennedy Airport and parked it in front of his house, a Port Authority Police said.

Jaidatt Mangar, 28, hitched the trailer to the back of his personal truck from a cargo area at JFK on Jan. 28 and drove it to his home in East New York, Brooklyn, the sources said.

The trailer, a 2006 Great Dane “Swingdoor” worth $25,000, was stolen from DHL Cargo, a trucking company where the thief used to work.

On Wednesday, his former boss called detectives and said he had spotted the trailer at Mangar’s home near Linden Boulevard and Emerald Street. Mangar was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
February 9, 2014 | 4:14am

Queens

■ A gunman robbed a 99-cent store in Jamaica, cops said.

The suspect initially walked into Mario’s 99 Cent Store on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard near 108th Street on Jan. 29 at 5:30 a.m. without his mask pulled down, surveillance video shows.

He looked around, and then decided to pull it down, ordering a store employee to the ground and snatched a wallet containing $500 in cash, police said.

He also scored $50 from the register.


■ A gambling man having a profitable day apparently committed suicide by leaping off an upper-floor escalator at *Resorts World Casino in *Jamaica.

Police identified him as Syed Alam, 39, who died just before 6 p.m. Friday.

He was playing the slots at Resorts and was up about $1,200.

“He was not in the hole,” a police source said, adding that the man had actually made money at the slots.

“Actually, he was up,” a source said.

A witness dialed 911 to report that Alam had leaped, the source said.


Brooklyn

■ Police say they have arrested the heartless thief who scammed two elderly women in Coney Island.

Salvador Morales, 58, told two victims he was an upstairs tenant whose apartment had sprung a leak — and would then snatch jewelry and cash when the unsuspecting women let him in their homes, cops said.

Morales first struck on Christmas Eve when he followed an 88-year-old woman into her building on Beach 7th Street at around 3 p.m., cops said.

He told the woman that water from his apartment was leaking down into her home, and that he wanted to see and pay for any damage, cops said.

Once inside, the thief snatched $2,200 in cash, gold rings, a necklace and a bracelet, police said.

He pulled the same scam on Jan. 19 when he victimized an 89-year-old woman, from whom he stole $170, a necklace, ring and earrings, police said.

Morales has been charged with burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, cops said.


■ A man was fatally struck by a truck in East New York, cops said.

The unidentified victim was pushing a shopping cart in the roadway on *Atlantic Avenue near Williams Place at around 3:20 p.m. Friday.

A driver behind the wheel of a flatbed truck pulled out of a parking spot and struck him, then left the scene, cops said.

The victim’s identity was being withheld pending family notification.


■ Police nabbed a gunman who killed a Gravesend teen on Christmas Eve, *authorities said.

The suspect, identified as Jerome Leslie, was already in jail on marijuana charges when detectives linked him to the murder, sources said.

Cops said Leslie fatally shot Yaquin English, 17, whose body was found near Neptune Avenue.

Detectives connected Leslie to the murder after he made incriminating statements that linked him to the case, sources said.

Leslie was charged with murder, cops said.

 

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Daily blotter
By Daniel Prendergast
February 10, 2014 | 2:39am

Manhattan

The woman is wanted for stealing cash and property from the purses of distracted shoppers in Harlem, authorities said.

She first approached a woman at a shopping center on 125th Street near Eighth Avenue at around 4:40 p.m. Jan. 9 and removed $113 in cash from the victim’s purse when the shopper wasn’t paying attention, cops said.

Minutes later, the thief targeted a 37-year-old woman, removing credit cards and $830 in cash from her bag, cops said.

The pickpocket is described as 5-foot-8 and approximately 170 pounds, and has long black hair that is shaved on the left side of her head, cops said. She was last seen wearing a black jacket.

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A Turtle Bay resident awoke to find a stocky thief lurking in his apartment, authorities said.

The 24-year-old victim was asleep in his apartment at 53rd Street and Third Avenue at 7:45 a.m. Feb. 6 when he was awakened by a noise in another room.

When he confronted the burglar, the thief

warned him that he had a knife and “just needed some money,” according to police.

The victim gave the intruder $26 in cash, and the man fled.

The crook is described as 5 feet tall and approximately 170 pounds, and has a teardrop tattoo under his left eye.


The Bronx

Police have arrested a young man who gunned down another teen in Tremont, authorities said.

Jesswill Perez, 18, was arrested Saturday for shooting Edward Molina, 18, after the two argued on East Tremont Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20, cops said.

Molina was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital after being struck once in the torso, and was later pronounced dead.

Perez has been charged with murder, manslaughter, and possession of a loaded firearm, cops said.

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A man is wanted for robbing a livery cabdriver in Soundview, authorities said.

The thug flagged the driver down at Metropolitan Avenue and Hugh Grant Circle at around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6 and asked to be taken to Castle Hill and Randall avenues, cops said.

When the hack arrived at the destination, the thief simulated a handgun inside his jacket pocket and ordered the victim to hand over cash, authorities said.

The driver complied, and the man fled with $28.

The thief is believed to be in his 40s and around 5-foot-10. He has a goatee and was dressed all in black.

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Police have arrested the teen gunman who murdered a man in Highbridge earlier this month, authorities said.

Jarelle Johnson, 16, opened fire during a dispute at the Highbridge Houses on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard at around 2:30 a.m. Feb. 3, striking Marquis Brewer, 20, several times in the torso, cops said.

Brewer was rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Johnson was arrested Sunday and charged with murder and manslaughter, cops said.


Queens

A band of armed robbers is wanted for terrorizing stores throughout Queens, authorities said.

The crew first struck when two of its members walked into the Mejia Deli on Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans at around 5 p.m. Jan. 29 and, at gunpoint, ordered the clerk to lie on the floor, cops said.

One of the thieves then went behind the counter and removed money from the register.

Three days later, a trio of men from the ring entered Alex’s Beauty Salon on Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village at around 7:30 p.m. and stole cash, cellphones and beauty supplies, cops said.

Two of the thieves then robbed the Farmer’s Deli and Grocery at around 10:30 p.m. the next day, again holding the clerk at gunpoint and stealing cash from the register.

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Three men burglarized the garage of a private home in Richmond Hill, authorities said.

The thieves broke the lock on the garage door at around 3 a.m. Jan. 22 and were caught on surveillance video rifling through the shelves and removing several cases filled with drills and electric saws, cops said.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Daniel Prendergast
February 11, 2014 | 1:38am

Brooklyn

Cops are looking for two armed thieves who stole jewelry and electronics from an East New York apartment.

The suspects entered the Snediker Avenue home around 9:50 a.m. on Dec. 30, pulled out handguns and stole the valuables, police said.

No injuries were reported.

One of the suspects was wearing a black jacket with a white zipper, a red hoodie and a black knit cap with matching jeans.

No description was available for the second suspect.


Queens

Police are investigating the death of a couple inside a Crown Heights home where several bedrooms were for rent.

Sara Boudreaux, 26, and Geoffrey Boos, were living in one of four small rooms being rented out at 970 Eastern Parkway, near Troy Avenue, where they were found unconscious around 9 p.m., Sunday.

A 911 caller reported Boudreaux missing because she hadn’t been seen recently, law enforcement sources said.

Both victims were fully clothed and were thought to have been drug-users, sources added.

Boudreaux was found face-up on the bed and Boos was found on his side on the floor.

Investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death, but they believe drug overdose is likely, sources said.

There were no signs of trauma or forced entry.

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The man accused of brutally beating a nurse into a coma has been charged with attempted murder, police said.

Kwincii Jones, 40, allegedly punched the 70-year-old Brookdale Hospital nurse to the ground when she tried to remove a catheter last Friday. He then began stomping her head, according to police.

Another nurse heard the disturbance and alerted security, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where she was on life support with a fractured skull, sources said.

Jones was charged Saturday with attempted murder and assault.

The alleged attacker has one prior unsealed arrest — for driving with no inspection sticker or registration, law enforcement sources said.

When cops busted him on that charge, they found a switchblade knife and added a weapon possession charge, sources added.

Jones also has several sealed arrests, sources said.

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A traffic agent was arrested for alleged shoplifting at Target in East New York, police sources said.

Genesis Diaz, 22, was off-duty when she was busted at about 10:20 p.m. on Sunday for allegedly trying to steal about $150 worth of merchandise, sources added.

Diaz was charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

Police are investigating the death of a woman on a Jamaica subway platform.

The victim, believed to be in her 50s, was found unconscious with a head injury on the F train’s 179th Street station platform at about 10:50 p.m. Sunday, cops said.

Investigators are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.


Manhattan

Two bandits robbed a man at gunpoint inside his Greenwich Village apartment, authorities said.

The armed suspects entered the 29-year-old man’s unlocked apartment on East 10th Street near Broadway just after midnight on Jan. 25 and ordered him to hand over cash, cops said.

The man surrendered about $200, an iPad and a laptop, police said.

One suspect has a ponytail and was last seen wearing khaki pants, work boots, a blue jacket and dark colored hat.

The other has dreadlocks and was wearing a khaki trench coat and blue hat.


Staten Island

A man arrested in a shoplifting case tried to set the new Graniteville police station on fire, authorities said.

Orlando Perez, 24, was being interrogated on Feb. 2 when he stuffed an aluminum wrapper into an electrical socket at the 121st Precinct station house, which opened in July, a Criminal Court complaint charges. Sparks flew from the foil, causing the wall to burn and the socket to short out, records state.

The fire caused $300 in damages, officials said.

Perez was charged with attempted arson and criminal mischief, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

The shoplifting case is still under investigation and no charges have been filed.

 

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By Kirstan Conley and Daniel Prendergast
February 12, 2014 | 1:59am

Queens

A straphanger exposed himself to a woman on the No. 7 train in Corona and the quick-thinking victim snapped a photo of the creep, police said.

The suspect was on the train near the Junction Boulevard station at about 4:40 p.m. on Feb. 2 when he flashed a 27-year-old passenger, cops said.

The victim got a clear picture of the perv and delivered it to police, who are looking for him, officials said.

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Police released photos of a couple who allegedly beat a woman on a Long Island City subway platform after arguing with her on the E train.

The 51-year-old victim squeezed into a packed car at about 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve before an argument erupted over the lack of personal space, cops said.

When the woman exited at the Queens Plaza station, the suspects followed her and began pushing, punching and kicking her, cops said.


Manhattan

A nurse was assaulted by a patient at Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy Park, authorities said.

Cheyenne Ross, 27, walked into the emergency room before 9 p.m. on Monday complaining of stomach pains, cops said.

When a nurse tried to prepare her for triage, Ross slapped the woman in the face, knocking her glasses off her face.

She then fled before being arrested outside the hospital near the corner of First Avenue and East 14th Street, cops said.

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Cops are looking for a man who shoved a teen to the ground and robbed her cellphone in Inwood.

The suspect followed a 19-year-old woman who was walking near the corner of Bennett Avenue and West 181st Street at about 1 a.m. last Dec. 19 when he pushed her to the pavement, took her phone and earphones, and ran, police said.

The victim was not injured, officials said.


Staten Island

A thief was busted after stealing from the same Target store four times within a week in Heartland Village, authorities said.

Victor Raimo, 44, began his shoplifting spree Jan. 2 at about 2 p.m. when he took two pair of Bose headphones and shoved them under his sweatshirt, a criminal court complaint charges.

He struck again the next morning, adding an SOL headset and two more Bose headphones to his haul, court records state.

He returned Jan. 4, when he grabbed another set of Bose headphones, and again on Jan. 7, when he lifted an LCD TV, documents state.

Raimo was arrested on Jan. 10.

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Police arrested a driver after finding a gun during a traffic stop in Mariners Harbor, authorities said.

Aaron Jenkins, 29, was pulled over in the vicinity of Grandview Avenue and Richmond Terrace at about 10:20 p.m. on Jan. 11 after an officer noticed the temporary license plate on his vehicle was forged, a criminal complaint charges.

Jenkins allegedly handed the cop a forged vehicle registration during the stop.

Police then searched the vehicle, finding a small, tube-like weapon that had a firing pin and is capable of firing bullets but wouldn’t be quickly recognized as a gun, court records state.

Jenkins was charged with possession of a weapon and possession of a forged instrument.


The Bronx

A robber opened fire at a teen, shooting him in the buttocks before stealing his jacket in Bedford Park, police said.

The suspect approached the victim on Morris Avenue at about 8 p.m. on Feb. 4 and demanded his valuables before shooting the 18-year-old, cops said. The thief then grabbed the victim’s red Pelle Pelle jacket and fled, according to police.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.

 

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Daily blotter
By Kirstan Conley
February 13, 2014 | 4:59am

Brooklyn

A thief robbed a teen at gunpoint in Brownsville.

The man ambushed the 18-year-old victim at Broadway and Eastern Parkway at around 3:15 a.m. Jan. 16, and demanded his phone and cash, police said.

The teen handed over his belongings and the armed thief then forced the victim to an ATM and told him to withdraw money, cops said.

But the teen couldn’t get any cash from the machine and the suspect fled, authorities said.

Police released surveillance images of the suspect, who is about 25 years old, 5-foot-7 and 160 pounds.

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An elderly man who had wandered off from his home was killed by a hit-and-run driver in East New York, but his family didn’t know about it for two days, police said.

Ruben Rivera, 81, left his apartment on Rockaway Avenue near Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville at around 9 a.m. Friday, cops said.

Several hours later, he was seen in East New York, pushing a shopping cart past a parked flatbed truck on Atlantic Avenue. When the truck’s driver pulled out of the spot, he mowed Rivera down and fled the scene, cops said.

A 911 caller reported seeing Rivera unconscious with severe trauma near the intersection of Atlantic and Williams Place at around 3:20 p.m.

Rivera was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Two days later, his family reported him missing, and then investigators identified the hit-and-run victim as the man who had disappeared.

Rivera had wandered off in the past, but had always returned home, cops said.

Police are still looking for the driver and his triple-axel flatbed truck with a dark-colored cab and pulley system.


Bronx

A disabled man was shot and killed after trading angry barbs with a stranger in Morrisania, law-enforcement sources said.

Darin Capeheart, 25, and two pals were entering an apartment building in the Forest Houses on East 166th Street at around 9:15 p.m., Jan. 31, when Salim Wilson, 22, and two other men approached, cops said.

The two groups acknowledged each other with a “what’s up,” sources added.

One of the victims opened the door, letting Wilson and his friends inside, police sources said.

The suspect allegedly barked, “Yo, fams, you have a problem?”

One of the victims responded, “Yo, take your s–t over there,” allegedly prompting Wilson to draw a gun and fire at the trio.

One of Capeheart’s pals ran away and dodged the fusillade of bullets.

His other friend was struck several times in the legs and back, and was hospitalized in stable condition.

Capeheart took several shots to the chest and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.

Members of both crews had previous run-ins with police, sources said.

Capeheart, who suffered from spina bifida, had two prior arrests, both for marijuana possession.

His wounded pal has been arrested 23 times on charges that include robbery, menacing, impersonation and reckless endangerment, according to the sources.

Wilson, the alleged shooter, also has a slew of prior arrests, including for weapon possession, trespass, larceny and possession of marijuana, the sources added.


Staten Island

Two men were caught on surveillance video pawning a laptop stolen from a home in St. George, police said.

The duo forced their way into the back door of the Scribner Avenue home between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Jan. 14, and took a television set, a laptop, jewelry and a Nintendo DS before fleeing, cops said.

Nine days later, two men sold the stolen laptop to a pawn shop on Victory Boulevard, according to police.

The suspects are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s.

One was last seen wearing a white “Giants” ball cap and the other one was wearing a black hooded jacket.

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An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested on assault charges after attacking a teen in Rosedale, police sources said.

Tanya Daire, 50, allegedly slapped the 15-year-old during a domestic dispute at around 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The cop, who patrols public housing in Brooklyn, was charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

 

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By Daniel Prendergast
February 14, 2014 | 5:14am

Brooklyn

A lottery player was robbed after purchasing tickets at a Clinton Hill convenience store, authorities said.

The 26-year-old victim was exiting 909 Fulton Grocery and Deli on Fulton Street at around 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 when the thief displayed the butt of a gun in his waistband and demanded money, cops said.

When the victim claimed to not have cash, the suspect reached into the man’s bag, grabbed 10 lottery tickets and fled.

The thief is described as in his 40s and standing *5-foot-7 , cops said.

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Three crooks, one armed with a stick, beat a man for his groceries in East New York, authorities said.

The 33-year-old victim was walking with shopping bags at Autumn and McKinley avenues at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when the trio jumped him.

The suspects grabbed his bags and one then beat him with the stick, cops reported.

The victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Jamaica Hospital.

The suspects are believed to be in their late teens.

The Bronx

Cops arrested a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a disabled Morrisania man, *authorities said.

Julio Velasquez, 20, was arrested Wednesday after he and a pal, Salim Wilson, 22, fatally shot Darin Capehart, 25, at the Forest Houses on East 166th Street at 9:15 p.m. on Jan. 31, according to cops.

Velasquez and Wilson approached Capehart, who suffered from spina bifida, as he was entering the building with two friends and blasted him several times in the chest.

He was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.

One of Capehart’s pals, shot multiple times, was listed in stable condition.

Wilson and Velasquez were charged with murder and attempted murder, authorities said.

Velasquez has five prior arrests, for robbery and resisting arrest, cops said.

Manhattan

A masked gunman made off with thousands in cash and jewelry after assaulting and robbing a family in their West Village apartment, sources said.

One of the victims was entering his West 10th Street building near *Waverly Place at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when he was approached by the thief, who pistol-whipped him in the doorway, sources said.

The 32-year-old man was then forced up to his ninth-floor apartment at gunpoint and ordered to open the door.

The brute then barged in and whacked a 47-year-old female resident in the head with the butt of his gun.

The suspect ransacked the pad and pocketed *between $25,000 and $30,000 in jewelry along with $2,000 in cash, sources said.

Both victims were shaken up but suffered only minor injuries.

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A straphanger was stabbed at an Upper East Side subway station, authorities said.

The 24-year-old victim was walking into the *6-train station at Lexington Avenue and East 96th Street at around 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man approached and stabbed him in the shoulder with a small knife, cops said.

The assailant apparently did not try to rob the man and fled after the attack, authorities said.

The victim told police detectives that he wasn’t acquainted with the stabber, cops said.

He received treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital for minor injuries.

 

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By Kirstan Conley and Dana Sauchelli
February 15, 2014 | 4:36am

The Bronx

■ A pervert crept into a Parkchester nursing home and exposed himself to an elderly patient, police said.

The suspect walked into the Rebekah Rehab and Extended Care Center Tuesday at about 3:05 a.m. and flashed his genitals before fleeing, cops said.
The patient was not injured and no arrests have been made.

The nursing home is set back from Havemeyer Avenue on seven acres near the Hutchinson River Parkway and offers recreational activities, as well as nursing care for long- and short-term patients.

■ Police are looking for a killer who fatally stabbed a man inside a Soundview apartment building.

A visitor paying a call on a friend on the sixth floor of the Lafayette Avenue building turned to head downstairs after no one answered the door, but noticed a trail of blood in the hallway Wednesday at about 8:15 p.m., cops said.

The blood led to the body of 45-year-old Jamal “Snoop” Taylor, who was lifeless on the hallway floor.

Taylor had been stabbed in the stomach and neck, according to police.

Investigators believe Taylor had been in an argument not long before the visitor found him.

Manhattan

■ A thief grabbed $2,000 worth of women’s pants from a Gap clothing store in Midtown and ran out the front door with the haul, police said.

The suspect scooped up several pairs of ladies trousers from a display area and bolted from the shop on Avenue of the Americas and West 48th Street on Feb. 3 at about 2:40 p.m., cops said.

Security spotted him and gave chase, but the thief ducked into the Rockefeller Center subway station and escaped, police said.

The suspect is believed to be 5-foot-6 and about 235 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black military flight jacket and beige slacks.

Staten Island

■ A robber shoved a teen in Westerleigh and stole the victim’s cellphone, watch and cash, police said.

The suspect approached the 16-year-old boy at the corner of Watchogue Road and Bradley Avenue on Jan. 28 at about 5:50 p.m., pushed him and demanded his valuables, cops said.

The victim turned over his belongings and was not injured, officials said.

The suspect was last seen wearing a yellow winter hat, a gray and black North Face jacket, and dark-colored pants.

Brooklyn

■ Police want to question three people seen running from two subway robberies in Borough Park.

A 37-year-old woman was robbed of her cellphone on the D train at the Ninth Avenue and 39th Street station on Feb. 5 at about 7:15 p.m.

A thief on the platform reached through the doors as they began to close and grabbed the device from the victim’s hand.

About 3¹/₂ hours later, a 24-year-old woman was waiting for the D train at the Fort Hamilton Parkway station when a thief walked up and took her phone, cops said.

Neither victim was hurt and no arrests have been made. Police want to talk to two men and a woman who they say were caught on surveillance video running from the scene of the robberies.

The men are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s.

One is 5-foot-10 and weighs 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark winter jacket.

His pal is about 5-foot-7, 130 pounds and was last seen wearing a black jacket, a green hoodie and jeans.

The woman who ran from the scene is believed to be in her late 20s and was wearing a black winter jacket, dark blue jeans and black boots. She was carrying a green purse.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez and Matt McNulty
February 16, 2014 | 2:11am

Staten Island

Two Staten Island men robbed and assaulted a livery cabdriver, cops said.

The victim picked them up at Grandview and Forest avenues at 4:40 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

Passenger Marquariel Smith, 36, asked the driver, “Is this the last fare?” then pal Michael Gord, 26, punched the victim in the face, the sources said.

The driver threw cash at the suspects, who allegedly took it and bolted.

Cops soon found the suspects, who were charged with robbery, and Gord was also charged with assault.


The Bronx

A teen was shot 10 times — and survived — in Baychester, cops said.

The victim was at Ely Avenue near Adee Avenue at 2:35 a.m. Saturday when he was struck by a hail of bullets, according to police.

He told investigators that a white vehicle pulled up moments before he was shot, but he couldn’t tell if the gunman was in the vehicle or on the street.

He suffered nine gunshot wounds to the legs and one to the left hand, cops said.

He was able to run inside the lobby of a nearby building, where EMS later tended to his wounds.

The teen is listed in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center.

No suspects had been identified as of last night.


Brooklyn

A thief took a joyride in a pizza-delivery man’s car in Crown Heights and nearly ran over four cops, police said.

The delivery man, who works for Papa John’s, was outside a Ralph Avenue address Friday at 10:30 p.m., cops said.

He had just handed off a pie to a customer when Grey Richardson, 50, hopped into the car and sped off, the sources said.

Richardson was found seven blocks away in the 1999 Chrysler.

When he saw cops approaching, he attempted to drive off, nearly mowed down four uniformed officers and resisted arrest, the sources said. The cops were not harmed.

Police later learned he had a suspended license.

Richardson was charged with four counts of reckless endangerment, unauthorized use of a vehicle, resisting arrest, criminal possession of stolen property and grand larceny.

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Four crooks stole $8,000 worth of designer sunglasses from a Fort Greene store Friday, cops said.

The thieves entered a Cohen’s Fashion Optical on Flatbush Avenue Extension, where one of them acted as a lookout while his three accomplices grabbed the shades.

“It was top-of-the line [glasses],” a police source. “Whoever was involved certainly had champagne tastes for a criminal.”

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Two armed men robbed a Midwood launderette, police sources said.

One of the suspects pulled a gun and the other a crowbar at the Atlantis Superwash Center on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue N at around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, according to sources.

The duo approached a 29-year-old worker and told him to open the register, the sources said. He forked over $600.

The suspects also robbed two customers, snatching $35 from one and $65 and a cellphone from another, the sources said.

A man was arrested at Kings County Hospital after authorities allegedly found lewd photos of children on a computer at the health *facility.

Melvin Rosa,40 was nabbed by hospital police who then alerted the NYPD on Thursday at 2 p.m., police sources said.

 

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By Daniel Prendergast
February 17, 2014 | 1:37am

Brooklyn

A brute is wanted for assaulting and robbing a woman in Crown Heights, authorities said.

The 57-year-old victim was walking at Montgomery Street and Schenectady Avenue at around 8:30 a.m. Jan. 17 when the thug approached and punched her in the side of the head, cops said.

As the stunned woman lay injured on the sidewalk, the thief dug through her purse and swiped $200 in cash before fleeing.

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Two thieves robbed a livery driver in Kensington, authorities said.

The 22-year-old victim river was sitting in his parked car on East Eighth Street near Cortelyou Road when the two men — including the one in the police sketch above — climbed into the back seat and put a gun to his head at around 5:15 a.m. Jan. 26, cops said.

The thugs ordered the hack to hand over his money, but the driver put up a fight.

The goons punched the driver in the face several times before he handed over about $500 and his iPhone.

The driver got a good look at only one of the thieves. Police describe him as being in his 20s or 30s and weighing around 160 pounds.

He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweat shirt.

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Two thieves tied up the manager of a Fort Greene Laundromat during a brazen gunpoint robbery, authorities said.

A portly man and his female accomplice entered the Wash and Play-Lotto Laundromat on Lafayette Avenue at around 9 p.m. Feb. 4 and pulled a gun on the employee, cops said.

The crooks then tied him to a chair with duct tape, according to cops.

The couple stole the victim’s money and cellphone, as well as money from the store’s cash register and its DVR security system, cops said.

The man is described as being in his mid 30s, about 5-foot-8 and 250 pounds. His accomplice is approximately 28 years old, around 5-foot-5 and 130 pounds.


Manhattan

A man was beaten and robbed by a pack of teens near Times Square, authorities said.

The 43-year-old victim was headed to a subway station when the five thugs approached him near 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue at around 2 a.m. Wednesday and jumped him, cops said.

The teens repeatedly punched and kicked the victim before stealing his wallet and fleeing, cops said.

The man suffered minor injuries.

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A man brazenly robbed a Chelsea supermarket at gunpoint in the middle of last Thursday’s snowstorm, authorities said.

The gun-toting thug walked up to a register at Gristedes at West 24th Street and Ninth Avenue at around 9 a.m., according to police.

The thief demanded cash from the register and fled with $350.

No injuries were reported.

The thief is described as in his 40s. He was last seen wearing cream-colored pants and a brown coat.


The Bronx

A woman was robbed by a knife-wielding thug in the elevator of her Clare*mont apartment building, authorities said.

The 40-year-old victim walked into the elevator of the building at the Gouverneur Morris Houses on Washington Avenue at around noon Jan. 27, and the thief followed her inside, cops said.

After the elevator’s door opened on the 11th floor and the woman stepped out, the thief pulled a knife on her and ordered her to turn over all of her property.

The crook made off with around $500 in cash as well as the woman’s iPhone, cops said.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Daniel Prendergast
February 18, 2014 | 5:00am

Brooklyn

Four thieves beat an elderly man unconscious during a robbery in Brownsville, police said.

The suspects followed the 74-year-old victim out of an elevator in the Van Dyke Houses on Lavonia Avenue, near Powell Street, and smashed him over the head with a blunt object Saturday at about 4:50 p.m., cops said.

The man fell to the floor unconscious and the gang of four stole his wallet with $150 in cash, credit cards, drivers license and Social Security card, police said.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical but stable condition, authorities said.

He was treated for bleeding on the brain and a broken collar bone.

No arrests have been made.

The suspects are all believed to be in their late teens.

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A man was pumped full of bullets Sunday while walking along a busy stretch in East New York, authorities said.

The 19-year-old victim was on Pitkin Avenue, near Van Siclen Avenue, at about 2:30 p.m. when the gunman opened fire, striking the teen several times in the chest and hip, cops said.

The man was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he was in serious condition but expected to survive.

No arrests have been made and police are still investigating the motive behind the attack.

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Three thieves knocked off a Canarsie Radio Shack after tying up employees at gunpoint last week, authorities said.

One armed robber and his two accomplices entered the store on Rockaway Parkway just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday and ordered all of the employees down on the ground, cops said.

The suspects tied up the clerks before ransacking the store and stealing several iPads and iPhones.

The suspects fled and no injuries were reported. No arrests have been made.


Staten Island

How romantic! A carhop who tried to help himself to cash inside a customer’s vehicle in New Dorp told cops he did it because Valentine’s Day was approaching, authorities said.

Allen Dorsey, 18, was caught by a customer rummaging through the driver’s 1986 Pontiac Fiero in the parking lot of a Hylan Boulevard business at 10 a.m. Feb. 11, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

When confronted by the owner of the sports car, Dorsey ran to nearby New Dorp HS, where he is a student, sources said. When cops caught up with him, he allegedly confessed, explaining, “I was looking for change. Valentine’s Day is coming up soon.”

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A Willowbrook man went all Rambo on a relative — threatening to kill him with a loaded crossbow, authorities said.

Nicholas Rotelli, 25 allegedly pulled out a loaded crossbow, pointed it at a family member in his home on Woolley Avenue at about 1:50 p.m. Feb 6 and announced, “I’m going to kill you.”

The relative was not injured but Rotelli was arrested, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He was charged with weapon possession, menacing and harassment, according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.

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A thief snatched a laptop from a New Dorp convenience store, police said.

The suspect entered a 7-Eleven on Lincoln Avenue on Feb. 9 at 6:25 p.m., grabbed the unit and ran, cops said.

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Three thugs beat and robbed a man during an early-morning attack near Times Square, cops said.

The 41-year-old victim was headed toward the subway at 4:30 a.m. Sunday when three men approached him and started punching him in the face.

They grabbed his iPhone and ran. The victim suffered minor injuries.

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A suspect has been collared by the Queens Violent Felony Squad in a motel near the Nassau Coliseum, in what was labeled the first murder of the year.

Sheldon Black, 26, allegedly stabbed a man to death during the first hour of 2014 in a home on 113th Avenue near Sutphin Boulevard in South Jamaica. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Black was charged with murder in the second degree and possession of a weapon.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
February 20, 2014 | 2:42am

Staten Island

A man put a knife to his girlfriend’s throat and threatened to throw her *2-year-old daughter from a 10th-floor balcony in Mariners Harbor — all because he didn’t like the woman’s Facebook pictures, authorities said.

Angel Flores, 47, went ballistic inside the Holland Avenue apartment just after midnight Feb. 15 and demanded that his girlfriend remove the photos, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

When she didn’t do so right away, he grabbed the toddler and threatened to throw her off the balcony, pulled a knife on his girlfriend and then ripped a television off a wall and stomped it to bits, law-enforcement sources said.

The woman and child were not seriously injured.

Flores was charged with menacing, criminal mischief, weapon possession and endangering the welfare of a child.

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US Parks Police arrested a repeat drunken driver in Fort Wadsworth, authorities said.

Martin Sanchez, 40, had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times over the legal limit when an officer spotted him near Fort Wadsworth Park at 5:20 a.m., Saturday, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Sanchez was slumped over inside his 1999 Chevy Tahoe, with his foot on the brake and the SUV in drive, the documents say.

When the cop knocked on his window and woke him up, Sanchez allegedly tried to get away, but the officer jumped into the SUV and stopped it.

Sanchez reeked of alcohol and wobbled when he got out of the vehicle, then flailed his arms to avoid being cuffed, the complaint says.

His blood-alcohol level allegedly registered at .22; the legal limit is .08.

It turned out that Sanchez had two prior arrests for drunken driving, in 2007 and 2010, and his license had been suspended, sources said.

He was charged this time with DUI, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest, said a spokesman for District Attorney Dan Donovan.


Manhattan

A bumbling bandit tried but failed to hold up a bank on the Upper West Side, police said.

The crook walked into the Chase branch on Columbus Avenue near West 67th Street at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and passed the teller a note saying he had a gun, cops said.

The would-be robber demanded cash, but the teller refused to comply and the man ran off empty-handed, according to police.

He is about 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds and was last seen wearing a black hat and a blue coat.


The Bronx

A gun-toting passenger robbed two cabdrivers in Castle Hill months apart, authorities said.

In the first instance, William “Tracy” Ford, 46, hailed a cab on Nov. 19 and asked to be taken to the Castle Hill Houses. When the car pulled up to the destination at around 9:40 p.m., Ford pressed what felt like the barrel of a gun to the driver’s torso, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

“Give me everything or I will hurt you,” he allegedly warned.

The driver turned over $80 and Ford fled, according to the records.

Then at around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6, he pulled the same stunt on the same block, making off with just $28, the documents state.

Ford was charged with robbery, weapon possession, grand larceny, petit larceny, menacing and harassment. Neither driver was injured.

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A South Bronx thug pummeled a man during a failed robbery attempt, authorities said.

Joseph Carey, 23, walked into a deli on Westchester Avenue at around 11:30 a.m. Feb. 8 and demanded cash from the clerk, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

He began punching the 29-year-old victim in the head, face and body, but fled empty-handed, the documents say.

When cops caught up with him, they found nine bags of marijuana in his pockets, the records state.

Carey was charged with assault, attempted robbery, menacing, harassment and possession of marijuana.

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A 20-year-old man was shot several times on a street corner in Eastchester.

The gunman fired several shots at the intersection of East 213th Street and Boston Road at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, hitting the victim, who had just turned the corner.

The victim took a bullet in the back, one in the left hand and one in the upper right arm, according to police.

It was not immediately clear if he was the intended target.

The wounded man was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where he was expected to survive.

The shooter, who fled west on East 213th Street, is about 6-feet tall and was wearing a black jacket.

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A crazed ex-boyfriend seriously assaulted the mother of his child in Bronxdale, authorities said.

Miguel Cantos, 34, got into an argument with the woman on Barnes Avenue at around 8 p.m. Feb. 9, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

“I am going to kill you,” he said, moments before he pried a cellphone out of her hand and beat her with it, the records say.

Cantos then allegedly grabbed her by the hair and threw her around the apartment.

The 24-year-old woman suffered a deep laceration to her forehead and was treated at an area hospital.

Cantos was charged with assault, possession of a weapon, menacing, harassment and assault.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez, Aaron Feis and Daniel Prendergast
February 21, 2014 | 5:08am

Brooklyn

Four men robbed a diner in East New York, police said.

The thieves stormed 3D’s Castle Restaurant on Ashford Street at 3:20 a.m. on Feb. 13, cops said.

One of the robbers waved a gun while his *cohorts jumped over the counter and snatched a cash drawer containing about $900.

The robbers then hopped into a silver Jeep and sped off, according to police.

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A public-school substitute teacher was arrested after assaulting his girlfriend in their East New York home, cops said.

Darnell Alston, 23, attacked his live-in gal-pal at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, *according to police.

He was charged with assault and criminal mischief. The victim declined medical attention.


Queens

Police are looking for a burglar who cut through the roofs of stores in South Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

The suspect lowered himself into the 99¢ Deal store on Liberty Avenue sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 31 and 9:30 a.m. the next day and grabbed $200 in cash, according to police.

On Feb. 5 he broke into the Pioneer Supermarket on 111th Avenue at about 3:50 a.m. and took phone cards, lottery tickets and $1,400 in cash, cops said.

He was caught on camera that time, police added.

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Police released a photograph of an alleged thief who they say snatched a cellphone from an electronics-store clerk in South Richmond Hill.

The suspect (right) walked into Liberty Avenue Wireless World near 113th Street at about 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 4, reached over a counter and snatched the worker’s phone, cops said.


Staten Island

That was an E-Z bust.

Port Authority police nabbed a driver who had no license on the Goethals Bridge, authorities said.

Lenny Gill, 26, of Florida, was headed east in a white tractor-trailer at the toll plaza at about noon Tuesday when officers noticed his license plate was partially obscured and his rig had a missing headlight, Port Authority police said.

He did not have an *E-ZPass and cops learned that his driver’s license had been revoked in New York and Florida, law-enforcement sources said.

Gill had been arrested in Queens last year for driving without a license, the sources added.

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A lovebird became a jailbird for assaulting his beau in St. George following a Valentine’s Day date, law-enforcement sources said.

Lekeith Lewis, 43, and the 41-year-old victim began arguing early last Saturday after a night out, sources added.

Cupid’s arrow had apparently missed the mark because at about 3 a.m. the dispute turned violent and Lewis attacked the victim, police said.

Lewis turned himself in Thursday at the 120th Precinct station house.

He was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, cops said.


The Bronx

A 36-year-old woman was shot as she fought off two carjackers in Morris Heights, police said.

The victim was parking a 2013 Land Rover near 168th Street and College Avenue at 3:50 a.m. Thursday when two men, one armed with a pistol, approached and demanded that she exit the car, cops said.

The woman resisted and struggled as they tried to pull her out.

The gunman finally shot her in the arm and the thugs fled, police sources said.

The victim drove herself to Jacobi Medical Center where she was treated for a graze wound, cops said.

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Five thugs approached a man in Soundview and one shot him, cops said.

The 21-year-old victim was in front of the Monroe Houses on Story Avenue near Taylor Avenue at around 1:50 a.m. Thursday, according to police.

The assailants, believed to be about 19 years old, came up and one shot him twice in the left armpit, cops said.

The victim was in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center.