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http://nypost.com/2014/02/23/daily-blotter-86/

Daily blotter
By Natasha Velez
February 23, 2014 | 4:51am

Manhattan

Next time, mind your own business!

A man who jumped into an argument on a Greenwich Village street got stabbed for his trouble, police sources said.

Joseph Grey, 22, was on La Guardia Place at 3:30 a.m. Saturday when he heard a group of men *arguing and allegedly joined in.

When Grey proclaimed, “I’ll show you Brooklyn!” the group jumped him — prompting Grey to pull a knife and stab one of the attackers, sources said.

But the men wrestled the knife from Grey and stabbed him in the back.

Grey was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

The conditions of the stabbed combatants was not immediately revealed.

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A 44-year-old driver was arrested after he allegedly ignored a Port Authority police officer’s order to stop and sped off, hitting the cop’s hand, police said.

Adebayo Kolawole, 44, was allegedly speeding near the Holland Tunnel at 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the cop pulled up in a cruiser and ordered him to stop.

The officer had his hand out his window and was injured when the suspect drove too close.

Kolawole zoomed into the tunnel’s south tube, where cops caught up to him.

He was charged with resisting arrest, reckless driving and failure to comply with a lawful order, PA *police said.


Brooklyn

A son attacked his sleeping father in East Flatbush, cops said.

Anthony Welch, 27, allegedly grabbed a construction tool and hit his dad just before midnight Friday in the family’s East 95th Street apartment, police said.

The father suffered a broken arm and forehead cuts. Welch, who has a history of domestic disputes, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana.


The Bronx

A Bronx clubgoer was shot in the ankle during an argument early Saturday in a Co-Op City hot spot, police said.

The 24-year-old victim was at The Garage at Tillotson and Delavall avenues at 4 a.m. when a fellow club patron pulled a gun and shot him.

Police are hunting for suspected shooter Marlon Young, 32.

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Three people were shot when rival gangs opened fire on each other in Fordham, police said.

An 19-year-old man was shot in the leg, while an 18-year-old man took a bullet to the arm and a 79-year-old woman was hit in the pinky during the Wednesday-afternoon gun battle on Morris Park Avenue, police said.

The two gangs were in a territorial squabble over marijuana sales, sources said.

Christopher Lopez, 18, allegedly pulled a pistol and fired off seven shots. He was later charged with attempted murder, felony assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

The three victims were treated at Jacobi Medical Center.

 

[The Bobster]

http://nypost.com/2014/02/24/daily-blotter-59/

Daily blotter
By Jamie Schram and Daniel Prendergast
February 24, 2014 | 1:51am

Manhattan

The man robbed two Manhattan banks just 45 minutes apart Saturday, police said.

The 5-foot-8, 165-pound crook first entered the Popular Community Bank at 134 Delancey St. on the Lower East Side at around 11:45 a.m., cops said.

Police said he handed a teller a note that stated: “This is a bank robbery. Give me $7,000 from your top draw, I have a gun.”

The teller turned over about $1,300, and the robber fled.

Then, at 12:22 p.m., the thief walked into the Capitol One Bank at 245 E. 34th St. in Murray Hill and passed a similar demand note to a teller, cops said. This time, he made off with about $1,000.

No gun was displayed in either incident.

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A thief stole thousands of dollars from a Financial District bank and tried to rob two other Manhattan banks, police said Friday.

The skinny, middle-aged crook struck first at a Chase branch on Barclay Street near Greenwich Street at around 11 a.m. Jan. 25, cops said.

He slipped a 19-year-old teller a note that read, “This is a robbery. I have a gun,” sources said.

He then barked orders at the teller, screaming, “Give me the note back! Give me the money!” the sources said.

Frightened, the teller slid the note back to him along with $6,000, the sources said.

Then, on the morning of Feb. 18, the robber strode into a Bank of America on Third Avenue near East 62nd Street and passed a note to a teller, stating, “This is a robbery. Let me get all the 100s and 50s. Nobody gets hurt,” the sources said.

The teller strolled away, prompting the thief to dash out empty-handed.

Hours later, he tried to knock off a Chase Bank at West Fourth Street and Washington Place, but fled empty-handed again.

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A woman was shot dead inside a Harlem housing project Sunday, authorities said.

Mendy Gashier’s bullet-riddled body was discovered lying in a sixth-floor hallway at the Saint Nicholas Houses on 129th Street at around 2 a.m., cops said.

Police said the victim left a trail of blood through the hallway before collapsing in front of a vacant apartment, presumably in a desperate effort to seek help.

Gashier, 24, was taken to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead, cops said.

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Police are questioning the son of a man who was found dead in his Harlem apartment, authorities said.

Clarke Meyers Sr., 61, was found with scratches on his chest, neck and head inside of his 129th Street home at around 4 p.m. Saturday, cops said.

Clarke Meyers Jr., 38, was brought in for questioning, but has not been charged.


The Bronx

An NYPD traffic-enforcement agent was charged with beating up another woman after she spotted her boyfriend dining with the victim at a Fairmont-Claremont Village restaurant, authorities said.

Terrise Grayson, 38, walked into the Back Home Jamaican Restaurant on East 169th Street at around 11 p.m. Saturday when she saw her man eating with a 40-year-old woman, cops said.

Grayson punched and kicked the woman about the face and body, sources said.

She was charged with assault and harassment.


Brooklyn

A man was found stabbed to death inside a Brownsville apartment building, authorities said.

Police found Michael Artist’s lifeless body bleeding out in the second-floor stairwell of a building at the Brownsville Houses on Dumont Avenue at around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Artist, 52, had been stabbed in the chest and arm, cops said. He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Cops said no arrests have been made.


Staten Island

The man is wanted for stealing audio equipment from a Heartland Village department store, authorities said.

The thief entered a P.C. Richards on Richmond Avenue at around 6 p.m. Feb. 8 and removed a Bose sound system, according to police.

He then fled in a grey four-door sedan, cops said.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Dana Sauchelli
February 25, 2014 | 3:14am

Queens

A man was shot outside an East Elmhurst strip joint where a DJ who has performed with a popular rap group was performing, police said.

The 25-year-old victim was outside Perfection on 30th Avenue near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at about 4 a.m. Monday when a gunman opened fire, striking him once in the torso, cops said.

The shooter fled in a white sport utility vehicle and the victim got himself to an area hospital, where he was expected to survive, authorities said.

No arrests have been made.

The strip club hosts DJ Paul, who has performed with Three-6 Mafia, known for the hit, “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp.”

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A suspect has been picked up in connection with a string of knifepoint robberies in Forest Hills and Kew Gardens, where victims have been put into bearhugs by an armed creep, sources said.

Police believe the suspect shoved a 21-year-old victim against a fence on Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens, pulled out a box cutter and demanded her purse on Feb. 11 at about 12:30 a.m.

The next day, the alleged attacker popped out of a dark sedan on Continental Avenue near Dartmouth Street, put a 39-year-old woman in a bearhug and threatened to cut her at about 11:45 p.m., police added.

He snatched her pocketbook and fled, according to cops.

Last Wednesday, he allegedly put a 39-year-old woman in a bearhug on Austin Street near 71st Road in Forest Hills at about 1:45 a.m., pressed a sharp object against her, stole her purse and fled in a dark sedan.

No injuries were reported. The suspect hadn’t been charged as of Monday night.


Brooklyn

Two thieves used a woman’s credit card to buy $2,741 worth of gift cards and candy at a store in Sheepshead Bay, cops said.

The duo entered the Walgreens on Brighton Beach Avenue near Surf Avenue on Feb. 13 at about 6:30 p.m. and paid for the purchase with a credit card in a 27-year-old ID-theft victim’s name, police added.

The woman’s credit card had not been stolen and it’s unclear how thieves obtained her information, cops said.

The first suspect is believed to be about 6-foot-1 in his 20s or early 30s. He was last seen wearing a white baseball cap and black and white sneakers.

The second suspect is believed to be in his 20s and about 5-foot-11.

He was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket, dark-colored jeans and red and white sneakers.


Staten Island

A man accidentally fired an illegal handgun and shot through a painting inside his neighbor’s house in Great Kills, authorities said.

A resident on Dewey Place heard a gunshot on Jan. 10 at about 7 p.m. and found a bullet hole in the living-room wall and in artwork that was hanging on it, law enforcement source said.

When investigators traced the trajectory to John Croce’s home, the 54-year-old told investigators that he took out his .40-caliber semiautomatic Taurus pistol to clean it when he accidentally shot a round into the wall, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Croce said he had removed the clip and picked the gun up by the trigger, without realizing there was a bullet in the chamber, and accidentally let off one round, court records state.

Investigators found the pistol in the dresser and discovered Croce does not have a carry permit, the documents state.

Croce was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition, and criminal mischief, a spokesman for the Staten Island District Attorney’s Office said.

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A man pulled a knife on a 42-year-old man outside a methadone clinic in Prince’s Bay and when cops went to arrest him, they found drugs and stolen property from a string of car break-ins, authorities said.

Angelo Guadarrama, 34, was on the corner of Seguine Avenue and Hylan Boulevard on Jan. 10 at about 9 a.m. when he allegedly pulled a knife on someone saying, “I’m going to kill you.”

When cops searched him, they found 30 bags of heroin and stolen credit cards from a string of robberies in New Springville, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Those victims reported more than $1,000 worth of property stolen, including diamond earrings, credit cards and gift cards.

Guadarrama was charged with drug possession, weapon possession, menacing, grand larceny, petit larceny and possession of stolen property.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez, Aaron Feis and Dana Sauchelli
February 26, 2014 | 3:01am

Manhattan

Two would-be robbers used a bomb threat to try to knock off a Hamilton Heights check-cashing joint, authorities said.

The suspects walked into the Pay-O-Matic on Broadway near West 151st Street on Feb. 18 at about 8:30 a.m. and demanded access to the safe, police said.

They claimed to have a bomb and threatened to detonate it, cops added.

An employee triggered a panic alarm and the pair fled empty-handed.

One suspect is 5-foot-10 and was wearing glasses, a purple scarf, a blue hoodie, blue coat and jeans.

His accomplice is about 5-foot-9 with a mustache, and wore a black ski hat, scarf, hooded sweat shirt, leather jacket and dark blue jeans.

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Police are looking for a bandit who hit a bank near Grand Central Terminal.

The suspect walked into the Apple Bank on East 42nd Street near Lexington Avenue last Friday at 1:05 p.m., handed a note to the teller and demanded money, cops said.

The worker gave the robber a stack of cash and the suspect fled with the loot, police added.

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Three thieves jumped a man and stole his cellphone on the Lower East Side, police said.

The thugs punched the 28-year-old man in the back of the head on Ludlow Street, near Canal Street, on Jan. 16 at about 2:10 p.m., cops said.

The victim’s phone fell to the ground and, as he tried to pick it up, the attackers kicked him in the back, police added.

One of the three brutes snatched the device, and they fled west on Canal Street.

The victim was not seriously injured.


Staten Island

A Chinese-food deliveryman was attacked by an angry customer in Mariner’s Harbor, authorities said.

It’s not clear why Eduardo Ramirez, 39, was upset with the order, but when the deliveryman came to his door on Morningstar Road last Saturday at about 2:20 p.m., the pair began arguing, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Ramirez and the deliveryman struggled over the food until Ramirez shoved the victim, kicked him in the back and snatched the grub, the records claim.

Ramirez was charged with attempted assault and harassment, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan.

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An unlicensed driver left a 3-year-old and 7-year-old in the back seat of a moving car as he tried to flee from a traffic stop in St. George, authorities said.

Aaron Miles, 22, was driving on Jersey Street in a 1995 Nissan Maxima last Saturday at about 4 p.m. when an officer tried to pull him over, a criminal complaint charges.

Miles bolted, leaving the car running with the engine in drive and the children in the back seat, authorities said.

A passenger was in the front seat as well, according to the records.

The cop checked the plates and found that Miles’ license had been suspended for a sixth time and his car was not registered or insured, records state. He also was carrying pot, authorities said.

Miles was charged with driving without a license, child endangerment, reckless driving and marijuana possession.


Queens

Cops are looking for a man who used a duplicate debit card for two trips to Target in Astoria.

The shopper bought $180 worth of electronics with a Ponce De Leon Bank debit card on Feb. 4 at 10:50 a.m. at the Target on 20th Avenue, police said.

At about 5 p.m. on the same day, he purchased an iPad with a $340 service plan, cops added.

The suspect was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue hoodie, a knit cap and red sneakers.

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A tech-savvy thief embedded stolen credit card information onto another card and racked up purchases at a Cypress Hill liquor store, police said.

The suspect was caught smirking on camera using the illicit card to buy more than $255 worth of booze at the Lucky Ren Liquor Store on Fulton Street at about 5:25 p.m. on Feb. 13 and again the next day, cops said.

 

[The Bobster]

http://nypost.com/2014/02/27/daily-blotter-89/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez, Aaron Feis and Dana Sauchelli
February 27, 2014 | 3:40am

Manhattan

A group of thieves used a construction site to break into a deli in Washington Heights, according to police.

The foursome crept into the work site on Wadsworth Avenue near West 182nd Street at around 1:30 a.m. Monday, and broke through a building’s side wall to get inside the bodega, police said.

The crew grabbed cash from the registers and the ATM and snatched cigarettes and scratch-off lottery tickets.


Brooklyn

Don’t forget the tequila!

A thief was caught on video surveillance as he burglarized a Mexican restaurant in Fort Greene — and he made sure to snatch a bottle of José Cuervo on his way out, cops said.

The thief broke into the eatery on Myrtle and Grand avenues at 7 a.m. last Friday, according to police.

He swiped $300 from a cash register and grabbed a bottle of the top-shelf liquor, cops said.

No arrests have been made.

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A woman has been charged with the stabbing murder of her beau in a Brownsville apartment building, cops said.

Latrina Crocker, 45, attacked Michael Artist, 52, in the Brownsville Houses on Dumont Avenue at around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said.

The victim was found in the second-floor stairwell, bleeding from knife wounds to the chest and arm.

Artist was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Crocker has six prior arrests, five of which are sealed.

One was for a misdemeanor assault.

The deadly attack on her boyfriend was sparked by an argument, police said.

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A gun-wielding teen wearing a hooded sweatshirt boasting, “Haters Make Me Famous” robbed a woman of her cellphone in East New York, police said.

The victim was walking into an apartment building on Hegemen Avenue near Van Siclen Avenue at around 7:15 p.m. Jan. 30, when the thug, estimated to be about 17 years old, pulled a black semiautomatic handgun on her, cops said.

The young robber then demanded the woman’s cellphone and she turned over her Samsung Galaxy, police added.

The thief fled and the victim was not injured, officials said.

The suspect is about 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds with brown eyes.


The Bronx

These guys must be serious gamers.

Two crooks ransacked and robbed a GameStop in Marble Hill, police said.

One of the masked thieves acted as a lookout on West 225th Street near Kingsbridge Road, while his accomplice walked into the store and pulled out a pistol at around 8 p.m. on Feb. 18, cops said.

The gunman gathered some 50 PlayStation 4 video games and stuffed them into a bag before walking out, police added.

The two employees in the store were not injured.

 

[The Bobster]

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Daily Blotter
By Daniel Prendergast
February 28, 2014 | 3:26am

Brooklyn

■ Three armed bandits are wanted for sticking up several laundromats and fried chicken restaurants in Brooklyn and Queens, authorities said.

The spree started Jan. 19 when the masked men robbed about $900 from Choo Choo Laundry on East 102nd Street in Canarsie at around 2:30 a.m., cops said.

On Feb. 12, they knocked off a Kennedy Fried Chicken on Avenue D in East Flatbush, cops said.

The thieves proceeded to rob another six laundromats and one more chicken joint in various parts of Brooklyn before moving into Queens for their most recent hit Tuesday at Megawash Laundry on Merrick Boulevard in St. Albans at about 3 a.m., cops said.

The Bronx

■ A thief is wanted for stealing a cellphone out of a subway rider’s hand, authorities said.

The 59-year-old woman was fiddling with the device on a downtown No. 6 train as it was pulling into the East 177th Street-Parkchester station at about 10:30 a.m. on Jan 25.

As the doors opened, the mugger ripped the phone from her hands and ran off the train, cops said.

He was caught on surveillance video fleeing the station.

■ A cop was arrested for allegedly beating his wife in front of the couple’s infant son, sources said.

Howard Peralta, 36, was arrested Tuesday following the altercation at their Fieldston home.

The couple’s 3-month-old child was present at the time of the fight, sources said.

Peralta was charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child, cops said.

■ A 16-year-old girl was beaten and robbed by two young men in Norwood, authorities said.

The girl was walking on Bainbridge Avenue while listening to music on her iPhone just before 6 p.m. on Feb. 14 when the hoodie-clad muggers snuck up behind her, punched her in the face and threw her to the ground while trying to snatch the phone, cops said.

The teen put up a struggle, but the thugs eventually wrested the phone away and fled.

The suspects are described as being in their teens and stand about 5-foot-8, cops said.

One of the suspects was last seen wearing a white hood, black ski mask, blue jacket and black jeans.

The other suspect was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and carrying a book bag.

Manhattan

■ Two clowns were dragged out of the Times Square station in cuffs for “annoying” subway riders, authorities said.

Andrew Valins, 37, and Gordon Reinits, 42, were trying to get some laughs from stone-faced straphangers while dressed as clowns on the Times Square-Grand Central shuttle at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.

The men, wearing white face paint and big red noses, were walking up and down the train car while aggressively trying to get riders to eat from a bowl of peanuts.

A few passengers got off the train and told two patrol cops about the jokers bothering people.

Valins and Reinits were charged with loitering and given desk-appearance tickets, cops said.

■ An Manhattanville club patron was beaten and robbed following an argument, authorities said.

The 28-year-old victim was partying at Club 9A on 12th Avenue near West 133rd Street at about 11:30 p.m. Monday and got into a dispute with two other club patrons, cops said.

When the victim tried to leave the club, he was jumped by the two men who threw him to the ground and started punching and kicking him.

The man suffered a broken nose and lost a tooth during the fight and had a pair of $1,500 earrings stolen from him, cops said.

 

[The Bobster]

http://nypost.com/2014/03/01/daily-blotter-91/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 1, 2014 | 2:58am

The Bronx

■ A gunman and his pal swiped a man’s wallet and cellphone in a Bedford Park subway station, authorities said.

The 20-year-old victim was standing on the D-train platform at East 205th Street and Norwood around 8:30 p.m., Feb. 16, when two suspects approached him from behind, cops said.

One robber flashed a gun and demanded money, police added.

The victim handed over his wallet and cellphone, and the thieves fled the station, according to cops.

The gun-toting suspect has braids and was last seen wearing a black hat, police said .

Surveillance cameras caught both men in the station, wearing dark jackets and light-colored pants.

■ A pack of violent teens robbed a man on the train and then beat him up when he tried to exit in Bedford Park, police said.

The 34-year-old man was riding a southbound D train around 8:15 p.m., Feb. 17, when someone snatched his iPhone from his hand and fled at the 205th Street station, cops said.

The suspect fled and as the victim exited the train behind him, several other suspects punched him in the face and ran, police added.

Staten Island

■ A man who had nearly 100 oxycodone pills in the center console of his car was arrested by a cop who spied the stash in New Springville, authorities said.

Robert Pagan, 38, was sitting behind the wheel of his Inifiniti coupe on the corner of Ferndale and Rockland avenues around 10:35 p.m., Friday, when an officer spotted a pile of pills in plain view, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Pagan was cuffed and charged with drug possession, according to a spokesman for Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Brooklyn

■ A man was discovered bound and shot dead in his Crown Heights apartment, cops said.

The victim, Sergio Bosse, 69, was discovered tied up, with a gunshot wound to the back of his head, in his second-floor home on Albany Avenue, near Lefferts Avenue, just after midnight Friday, according to police.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bosse had prior arrests for drug possession and two for driving with a suspended license

■ A man attempted to rob a downtown Brooklyn Federal Savings Bank, cops said.

The smirking suspect walked into the branch near Borough Hall on the corner of Court and Livingston streets around 4:50 p.m., Wednesday, and handed the teller a demand note, police said.

The bank employee hesitated and the would-be thief got spooked and fled empty-handed, according to cops.

No one was injured and no arrests have been made.

Queens

■ Cops released surveillance photos of a man wanted for a bias attack in Hunters Point.

The 43-year-old victim was riding the northbound 7 train around 4 p.m. Sunday when the suspect punched him in the face twice and hurled anti-Mexican slurs, police said.

The suspect fled at the Court Square station.

The victim suffered cuts and bruises but refused medical attention.

The suspect is about 6 feet tall, 165 pounds and was wearing a gray shirt, a black coat, black jeans and black shoes.

■ A man suspected of robbing a bank in Tribeca, and trying to rob one on the Upper East Side and a third in Greenwich Village, has been arrested.

Rodney Griffin, 49, of Brooklyn was charged with robbery for allegedly stealing $6,000 from the Chase Bank on Barclay Street around 11 a.m., on Jan. 25.

He is also a suspect in two failed robberies, police said.

The first botched heist was at Bank of America on Third Avenue and East 63rd Street, around 11 a.m., Feb. 18.

Around five hours later, he tried but failed to rob another Chase Branch on West Fourth Street, cops added.

 

[The Bobster]

http://nypost.com/2014/03/02/police-blotter-for-march-2-2014/

Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
March 2, 2014 | 12:43am

Manhattan

A masked man forced his way into a Greenwich Village building and pistol-whipped a father and son in a robbery, cops said.

The 31-year-old son was followed into his building by a man who pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and smacked him in the back of the head at around 1 a.m. Feb. 12, cops said.

The thug then forced the man up to his ninth-floor apartment in the West 10th Street building near Waverly Place, police said.

The thug said, “Give me the money and the jewelry,” and then pistol-whipped the victim’s father, 62, who was in the apartment with a woman, 47, according to police.

The thug gathered $11,000 worth of jewelry, including a white-gold solitaire engagement ring and wedding band and $14,000 in cash, police sources said.

He fled in an unknown direction and was last seen wearing a quarter-length overcoat.

He is believed to be 25 years old and about 6-foot-3 with long, black, curly hair.

The victims were treated at an area hospital for minor injuries.

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A homeless man was killed by a subway train in Chelsea, cops said.

The victim, who has not yet been identified, was struck in a tunnel by a southbound E train at around 6 a.m. Saturday, cops said.

The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit removed the body and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene, cops said.

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A man is in serious condition after being stabbed in Morningside Heights, authorities said.

He was attacked on Broadway near Tieman Place at around 6:20 p.m. Friday, cops said.

He was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, authorities said.


The Bronx

An 11-year-old boy was robbed by four youths wearing hooded sweatshirts in Soundview, cops said.

The thugs, believed to be 12 to 16 years old, approached the victim on Unionport Road near Tremont Avenue at around 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

They snatched his headphones and a cellphone and fled, cops said.

No injuries were reported.


Brooklyn

A hit-and-run driver who struck a man crossing a Chinatown street has been arrested, police said.

Shenequa Gayle was driving a red 2014 Infinity Q50 west on Hester Street near Bowery at around 7 a.m. Friday when she hit Tag Ng , 63, according to police.

She got out of the car to check on the man who was clinging to life, but she quickly fled. The car was discovered at St. John’s Place and Bedford Avenue, cops said.

Gayle was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, unauthorized use of a vehicle and being an unlicensed operator.

Ng remains in critical condition.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Rebecca Harshbarger and Antonio Antenucci
March 3, 2014 | 4:18am

The Bronx

Three cops on their dinner break jumped into action after hearing an argument nearby and shot a man who pointed a gun at them, authorities said Sunday.

The cops were eating at the Sake II Restaurant on East 187th Street in Belmont at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when they heard a fight outside, according to police.

When they went to investigate, they saw Jayson Ramos, 22, allegedly pointing a gun at three people. They ordered him to drop his weapon, but Ramos ran off instead, sources said.

The cops chased Ramos, and he allegedly pointed his gun at them on Beaumont Avenue. One of the cops shot Ramos in the left leg.

Ramos managed to run two more blocks before he was taken into custody, cops said. He was listed in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital.

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An off-duty MTA worker with at least eight prior arrests — including a drug bust in August — was nabbed over the weekend when cops spotted cocaine in his car after they pulled him over, authorities said.

Muck Mathurin, 41, who is listed on a public Web site of state employees as a train operator, was stopped by the police at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday near 168th Street and Third Avenue in Morrisania, a police source said.

It was unclear why he was stopped, but during the ensuing investigation, an officer spotted cocaine in his car, the source said.

When an officer tried to arrest him, Mathurin allegedly resisted being handcuffed, but he was eventually taken into custody.

He was busted in January 2013 for a suspended license and then in August on four drug charges: three for sale and one for possession.

An MTA spokesman could not confirm Mathurin’s job title or status.

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A woman was knocked onto the stairs of a Fordham Heights subway station and then robbed by two teens, cops said.

The thugs approached the 30-year-old victim from behind at about 4:50 p.m. Feb. 12 at the 182nd-183rd Street station near the Grand Concourse, authorities said.

After she was pushed onto the stairs, the duo grabbed her iPhone and $70 in cash from her.


Staten Island

Two teens have been charged in a vicious crowbar attack in Manor Heights, authorities said.

Alfonso Smalls, 18, and Kraekwon Pierce, 18, allegedly attacked the 19-year-old victim with the crowbar at about 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in a home on Bradley Avenue near Holden Boulevard, gashing the top of his head and sending him to Richmond University Medical Center.

Pierce was arrested Feb. 10 and charged with assault and weapon possession, according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan. Smalls was arrested Feb. 24 and hit with similar charges, cops said.

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A shoplifter was busted for stealing from the Target store in Heartland Village, authorities said.

Glen Hendry, 43, allegedly put $119.40 in merchandise in his pockets and walked out of the store without paying at about 1:10 p.m. Feb. 11.

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Cops are investigating the death of a baby boy in Clinton Hill, authorities said.

The 2-month-old was discovered unconscious by his parents at about 7:54 a.m. Sunday in their Classon Avenue residence near Lafayette Avenue and pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital, cops said.

It does not appear that there is any criminality, but investigators are waiting for an autopsy by the medical examiner, sources said.


Brooklyn

A man was shot in the leg as he stood outside an apartment building in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The unidentified victim, believed to be in his 20s, was hit in the right thigh at around 2:56 p.m. in front of the Farragut Houses on York Street in Vinegar Hill, cops said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, where he was listed in stable condition.


Manhattan

A North Carolina man choked a woman in the Bryant Park Hotel early Sunday, authorities said.

Bennie Wallace, 34, violated a North Carolina restraining order that the 40-year-old victim had taken out against him and attacked her at about 6 a.m. in the luxury hotel on West 40th Street, then tried to keep her from leaving her room, cops said.

Wallace allegedly then threw her onto the floor, causing her nose to bleed.

Cops arrested him on a slew of charges, including strangulation, unlawful imprisonment and criminal contempt.

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A gun-toting thug robbed an Upper East Side drugstore of painkillers and impotence pills, police said.

The thug went into the Health Source Pharmacy on Second Avenue near 69th Street at 10:20 a.m. Saturday and demanded oxycodone, Viagra and Cialis, cops said.

A clerk gave him the drugs, and the thief ran off. Police said the robber is 6 feet tall and about 190 pounds.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Daniel Prendergast, Kirstan Conley and Antonio Antenucci
March 4, 2014 | 2:06am

Manhattan

A man dressed in a teddy-bear hat and armed with a large knife tried to rob a woman in the lobby of her Lower East Side building, authorities said.

The 31-year-old victim had just exited the Essex Street subway station on Feb. 12 at about 2:30 a.m. when the suspect started tailing her, cops said.

When the woman entered her Suffolk Street building, the suspect followed her inside, pulled out a butcher knife and demanded her valuables.

The victim fought back, grabbing the thug’s wrists and getting into a scuffle in the hallway before the mugger fled empty-handed, cops said.

The woman was not injured, officials said.

The suspect is described as being about 25 years old, 5-foot-5 and 130 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a beige knitted bear hat and camouflage jacket.

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Cops Monday released photos of two suspects wanted in an iPhone-snatching on a Harlem bus.

The bus was heading eastbound on West 125th Street toward Fifth Avenue last Dec. 1 at about 6:25 a.m. when one suspect grabbed the 26-year-old woman’s device, police said.

An accomplice shielded him and then helped him flee, cops added.

Both suspects are believed to be in their 20s.

The one who took the phone was wearing a black fleece jacket and red hoodie, police said.

His accomplice was wearing a tan jacket with a red collar and a black hoodie, cops said.


Queens

A 2-year-old boy was critically injured when he was struck by a car after darting into traffic while walking with his mother in Auburndale on Monday, authorities said.

The mother and son were walking down 196th Street near Northern Boulevard at about 2:30 p.m. when the boy ran into the street just as a car was coming, cops said.

The driver remained on scene after the accident.

The boy was taken to Long Island Jewish Hospital.

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An off-duty correction officer was busted Monday for drunken driving, police said.

Patrick Brown, 33, was initially pulled over for having a broken taillight at the corner of Francis Lewis Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway at about 3:45 a.m. Cops then noticed that Brown smelled of booze, had slurred speech and a wobbly stance, police sources said.

Brown registered a .105 on a Breathalyzer — the legal limit is .08 — and was charged with DWI and a traffic violation for driving without taillights, cops said.

This suspect is wanted for an attempted rape in Astoria, police said.

The 22-year-old victim was walking down 30th Avenue on Feb. 23 at about 3:30 a.m. when a fiend attacked her from behind, pushed her to the ground and climbed on top of her, cops said.

The woman struggled as the brute tried to rape her. He eventually got scared off and ran.

The woman suffered minor cut and bruises.

The suspect is described as being in his 30s, around 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds.


The Bronx

A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday in Fordham Heights, cops said.

Joseph Belton was standing in front of 2265 Creston Avenue around 6 p.m. when a gunman opened fire, striking the victim several times in the torso.

Belton was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Cops are looking for a thief who stole a cellphone and a debit card from a snoozing straphanger after slicing open his pocket on a train in Bedford Park.

The robber crept up on the 21-year-old 6-train rider on Jan. 23 at about 2:30 a.m., cut open his pocket and swiped his iPhone5 and debit card, police said.

Police said the thief used the stolen debit card to buy a MetroCard four days later.

The suspect is about 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds.

 

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Just toss a welfare check into an empty football stadium after spreading the news on da internets.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Erin Calabrese
March 5, 2014 | 2:40am

The Bronx

A thief made off with $11,200 after passing a threatening note to a teller in a Fordham bank, cops said.

The suspect walked into the Capital One Bank on East Fordham Road near Grand Concourse at 3 p.m. last Friday and slipped a note to the teller that read, “This is a robbery, I have a gun, give me all the money,” sources said.

The terrified teller forked over the cash, and the suspect fled.


Manhattan

The teen Houdini who slipped out of her handcuffs and escaped police custody in Midtown on Monday was found hiding at her boyfriend’s home in Brooklyn a couple of hours later, police sources said.

The 15-year-old girl had been arrested for allegedly stealing clothes from Macy’s in Herald Square and was being held in a juvenile-detention area at the Midtown South Precinct when she wriggled out of the cuffs and crept out of the station at about 10:20 p.m., cops said.

She made it to her 14-year-old boyfriend’s place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where she talked about having stolen $1,000 worth of goods from the department store, a source at the home told The Post.

“She also said she hurt her hand, but we didn’t know what to believe because she says this kind of stuff all the time,” the source said. “Then detectives showed up.”

The teen, whose name is being withheld by The Post because she is a juvenile, was cuffed again at about 12:30 a.m. and charged with grand larceny and fleeing police custody, law-enforcement sources said.

She was arraigned Tuesday in Family Court.

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Two burglars broke into a Greenwich Village home and stole nearly $9,500 worth of electronics, police said.

The suspects got into an apartment in a three-story building at 512 Hudson St. on Feb. 25 at about 9:20 p.m., cops said.

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A serial robber netted more than $10,000 during a string of gunpoint heists on the East and West sides, cops said.

The gunman would typically walk into the businesses, show his weapon, tie up the workers and then steal cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets, cops said.

The suspect first struck at a deli on the corner of East 84th Street and Lexington Avenue last Nov. 27 at about 8:35 p.m., grabbing more than $2,000 in cash, $1,000 worth of lottery tickets and more than $500 worth of prepaid calling cards, police said.

On Dec. 3 at about 10 p.m., he knocked off a grocer on the corner of Broadway and West 39th Street, where he took more than $1,000, cops said.

The thief then snatched more than $4,000 from a newsstand on Broadway near West 77th Street on Jan. 30 at about 10:35 p.m., according to police.

He was caught on camera that time, cops said.

His latest heist came Feb. 15, when he took more than $2,000 worth of cash and Newport cigarettes from Mike’s Smoke Shop on First Avenue near East 87th Street, police added.

The suspect is believed to be in his 40s, about 5-foot-8 and was last seen wearing a White Sox baseball cap with the word “Chicago” on it.


Brooklyn

Cops are looking for an ATV driver who mowed down a cop in East New York and then sped off.

The suspect was riding on Pitkin Avenue near Lincoln Avenue at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when he ran over a Brooklyn North detective’s leg and kept going.

The cop sustained a fractured vertebra, a broken nose, bruised ribs and a cut on his left ankle, officials said.

The detective had stopped the suspect for driving his yellow four-wheeler erratically. The vehicles are not allowed on city streets at all, according to police.

A second ATV driver, Christian Oliviere, 24, was charged with reckless endangerment for speeding near the scene of the accident.

Authorities are offering a $12,000 reward for information leading to the hit-and-run suspect’s arrest.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez and Aaron Feis
March 6, 2014 | 2:40am

Manhattan

A thief ripped a ring off an elderly woman’s finger as she lay in a hospital bed, police said.

The 86-year-old patient was in the Emergency Room at Beth Israel Medical Center on First Avenue, near East 17th Street, on Sunday at about 8:30 a.m. when the suspect snatched the gold ring from her index finger, cops said.

He tugged at the band with so much force that the octogenarian’s finger was injured, police added.

He was last seen wearing a dark jacket, jeans and white sneakers.


Brooklyn

A thief who swiped a teenager’s cellphone on the F train in Bensonhurst lost his own phone when the girl fought back, cops said.

The suspect snatched the Samsung phone from the victim on Jan. 24 at about 10:30 a.m. while the train was near the Avenue N station, authorities said.

The scrappy 16-year-old followed the mugger to the next car and tackled him, according to police.

As the pair tussled, the girl grabbed a cellphone from the man’s pocket, believing it to be her own, cops said.

The thief managed to escape, but the victim was able to give investigators his cellphone, which contained pictures of the suspect , police said.

He was described as being 6-feet tall, about 180 pounds and in his 30s.


The Bronx

Cops are looking for a creep wanted for groping a woman on a High Bridge subway platform.

The suspect approached a 25-year-old woman at the 170th Street station on the D line on Feb. 24 at about 11:50 p.m., grabbed her buttocks and fled, according to police.

The victim snapped a photo of the suspect before he got away, cops said.

The suspect is believed to be in his 30s, 5-foot-6, with black hair.

He was last seen wearing a green hoodie with light blue jeans.

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A pack of thugs broke a man’s leg and took his cellphone in Foxhurst, police said.

The suspects attacked the 47-year-old victim in front of a Checkers burger joint on the corner of Westchester Avenue and Southern Boulevard on Feb. 23 at about 4:40 p.m., cops said.

The crew took the victim’s Samsung cellphone and fled, police added.

The victim suffered a broken leg and was taken to Lincoln Hospital for treatment, officials said.


Queens

A thief snatched cash from a man at a Jackson Heights ATM, cops said.

Immediately after the 40-year-old victim withdrew money on Roosevelt Avenue and 80th Street on Jan. 21 about 1:20 a.m., he was confronted by the bandit, who grabbed $200, cops said.

The victim tried to fight back, but the thief got away, police added.

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A burglar is wanted for at least 10 break-ins around Ozone Park, cops said.

The suspect began his spree in early January and has been targeting homes on 77th and 78th streets, between 105th to 118th avenue, police said.

Each time, he has either broken in through a window or rear door, cops added.

In most incidents, he has stolen jewelry and cash, officials said.

The suspect last struck on Feb. 10 at about 2:30 p.m. at an apartment on 77th Street, near 105th Avenue, and it was his largest haul yet, police said.

He fled with a flat screen television, an Xbox console, games, shoes, watches, a laptop, handbags, a Wii console, a PlayStation Portable, a Kindle Fire, a Nintendo DS and two cellphones.

The suspect has brown eyes, a black mustache and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie with *“Hollister” on it.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Daniel Prendergast
March 7, 2014 | 5:00am

Brooklyn

A man is suspected of robbing a 25-year-old man at gunpoint on a subway elevator in Kensington, cops said.

The victim boarded the elevator at the Church Avenue F-train station followed by the robber at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 4, according to police.

The thief pulled a gun and demanded cash, cops said, and the victim handed over his wallet.

The suspect is believed to be 35 years old and sporting a beard and a mustache, cops said.

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A woman is believed to be responsible for the death of a bodega owner last month in East Flatbush, authorities said.

Sergio Bosse, 69, was found with stab wounds to the back of the head on Feb. 28 in his Albany Avenue apartment, cops said.

The woman was seen on surveillance video shortly before the murder and is believed to be an associate of the victim.


Manhattan

A Long Island resident bar-hopping along The Bowery last weekend may have been the latest victim of a “knockout game” attack.

The 23-year-old victim was strolling at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday when the attacker came running up and punched him in the back of the head, cops said.

Police said the victim was punched so hard, he fell to the pavement and shattered his jaw.

He regained consciousness at Bellevue Hospital.

Police said the attacker and the victim had no contact prior to the assault, which authorities believe was a random *attack.


The Bronx

Cops are searching for two men in connection with a violent Morris Heights robbery in January.

Tirrell Allen, 21, and Samuel Clifton, 20, allegedly took part in assaulting and robbing a 47-year-old man on Sedgwick Avenue near Fordham Place at around 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 31, cops said.

Two alleged accomplices, Michelle Lee, 21, and Treyvon Roberts, 19, were arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery, assault, possession of stolen property and petit larceny, cops said.

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An off-duty firefighter was arrested for alleged drunken driving in Park Versailles after he plowed into two women, one of whom is pregnant, cops said.

Lt. Sean Farrell, 39, was driving on Westchester Avenue at around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday when he bumped into the women while attempting to turn onto White Plains Road, cops said.

The 42-year-old pregnant victim and her 38-year-old friend were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where they were treated for minor injuries and *released.

Farrell, who refused to take a Breathalyzer, was charged with DWI, authorities said.

In 2010, Farrell was busted for drunken driving after cops intervened in a road-rage incident.

In that case, Farrell allegedly cut off a taxi driver on the Upper West Side, authorities said.


Queens

Three gunmen held up a livery-car company in Maspeth and made off with approximately $16,000, authorities said.

The robbers entered Sensational Livery Cab Leasing Services on 48th Avenue near 69th Street at about 6:40 p.m. on Feb. 25 and trained their weapons on five employees, police said.

The trio fled with the workers’ cellphones and cash, and approximately $16,000 from the company coffers, according to cops.

The suspects are believed to be in their early 20s with slim builds, authorities added.

One man was last seen wearing a black and orange baseball cap, dark jacket, camouflage pants and black and white sneakers.

An accomplice was last seen in a baseball cap, dark jacket, sweatpants and sneakers.

The third suspect was last seen wearing a blue hoodie and dark pants, authorities said.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Dana Sauchelli, Matt McNulty, Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 8, 2014 | 1:55am

Manhattan

■ A woman was beaten as she was holding an unoccupied pool table for her boyfriend at a Hell’s Kitchen bowling alley, cops said.

A man who also wanted to use the table began arguing with the 24-year-old victim at Lucky Strike Lanes on West 42nd Street just after midnight last Saturday, police said.

A woman accompanying the irate man then began assaulting the victim, cops added, and two other women jumped into the fray.

The victim lost a clump of hair in the melee and suffered scratches and bruises to the face and arms, officials said.

Cops are looking for the attackers, one of whom has a shaved head, sources said.


Queens

■ A creep tried to lure a 12-year-old girl into his SUV in Astoria, police said.

The scruffy-faced pervert pulled his light-colored SUV alongside a girl at 49th Street and Ditmars Boulevard at around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, but the child nixed his entreaties and the suspect sped off as her baby-sitter *approached, cops said.


The Bronx

■ Cops are looking for five young thugs who allegedly jumped two men in *Tremont.

The suspects walked past the victims on Davidson Avenue near West 176th Street at around 1:05 a.m. on Feb. 19, then turned back, threw them to the ground and punched and kicked them, police said.

One of the suspects grabbed a smartphone from one victim, and the crew fled north toward West 176th Street, cops added.

The 25- and 38-year-old victims received hospital treatment for minor facial and back injuries, officials reported.

At least two of the suspects are believed to be in their late teens.

One of the attackers stands about 5-foot-10 and weighs 150 pounds, with short black hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray jacket.

Another attacker stands about 5-foot-9 and weighs 140 pounds.

Police do not have *descriptions of the other attackers.

■ A man assaulted a livery driver in Mott Haven after stiffing him on the fare, cops said.

The driver picked up the deadbeat on Madison Avenue in Manhattan at about 8 p.m. Wednesday and took him to 710 Tinton Ave., *police said.

At the destination, the passenger told the 47-year-old driver that a woman would be emerging from a building to pay the fare, cops added.

The cabby locked the thug in the car until the girlfriend came out, but then the thief told the woman not to hand over any cash and they began walking off, police said.

The driver followed the couple and tried to snap a photo of the fare-beater, but the thug punched him in the face, cops said.

The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, officials said.

The suspect stands about 5-foot-6 and weighs 160 pounds, and was last seen wearing a puffy jacket.

■ Police have identified the suspect in connection with the robbery of a woman in University Heights.

Stephanie Watson, 42, allegedly approached a 54-year-old woman in a Chase Bank vestibule at West Burnside and Jerome avenues at about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 12, police said.

Watson allegedly put an unknown object to the back of the victim’s head and demanded cash, cops said.

The woman, who had withdrawn $1,000, struggled with Watson but the thief managed to grab the money, police said.

The victim was not injured, officials said. Cops are still looking for Watson.

The same bank branch was targeted in a robbery last Dec. 26, when James Torres, 44, stole an iPhone and a wallet from a 24-year-old man waiting for a bus in the vestibule.

The victim in that case flagged down cops, who got into a struggle with the armed suspect before shooting him in the chest.

Torres died later that day at St. Barnabus Hospital.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
March 9, 2014 | 3:54am

Brooklyn

Three JetBlue employees got into a brawl with two men outside a Williamsburg hookah lounge, leaving one of the airline workers shot in the gut, cops said.

The pals were in Zamaan Hookah Lounge on Broadway near Keap Street at around 3 a.m. Saturday, celebrating a co-worker’s transfer to Florida, a police source said.

At the bar, the three befriended two men who arrived with two women. But the two men became enraged when the JetBlue trio flirted with the women.

“He [a 31-year-old JetBlue worker] got sucker-punched by one of the two suspects,” a police source said.

One of the two men with the women then pulled a gun.

“You think you’re tough?” he said, squeezing a bullet into the victim’s stomach, a police source said.

The gunman’s pal was wearing a red hoodie. The two fled north on Broadway in a white SUV with the women, cops said.


Queens

A 64-year-old man was in a coma after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Long Island City.

The victim was jaywalking on Northern Boulevard near 41st Road when a dark-colored Chevy Blazer westbound in the right lane struck him at 10:25 p.m. Friday, according to police.

The victim suffered severe head trauma and a broken leg, cops said.

He was found unconscious and unresponsive and was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.

Doctors placed him in a medically induced coma, cops said.

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A thief swiped a credit card from a locker room in an Astoria gym and used it to buy drill bits at a Home Depot, cops said.

The victim realized his credit card was missing from his locker inside Retro Fitness at 49th Street and Broadway at noon Jan. 13, cops said.

The thief was later seen on video surveillance in a Home Depot, cops said.

The crook is bald and was last seen wearing a green jacket with white stripes.


Staten Island

Cops are searching for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a New Dorp man.

Brendan Smith, 31, struck the victim in the face with a silver gun during an altercation at Mallory and Foch avenues at 5 a.m. last Sunday, cops said.

The 41-year-old victim was watching television when he got an angry knock at the door.

“Where is my girlfriend?” said Smith, according to police. He then struck the victim in the face, cops said.

Smith fled in a silver Chevy sedan with New Jersey plates, cops said.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Matt McNulty
March 10, 2014 | 3:51am

Brooklyn

Cops are looking for a woman wearing Muslim religious garb who was caught with a pal in surveillance images allegedly using stolen credit cards in several Kensington-area stores.

Police believe that the credit cards were taken from a 23-year-old straphanger who was pickpocketed on a Q train near the Sheepshead Bay station at around 8:30 a.m. Feb. 28.

The victim reported the theft and a few hours later, the hijab-clad woman and her male cohort were using the victim’s credit cards to buy groceries, gift cards and cigarettes in several stores, cops said.


The Bronx

A man was shot dead in a Fordham Heights apartment and investigators believe that he may have been the victim of a home-invasion robbery.

The 43-year-old victim was found with a bullet wound in the head and another in the neck in the apartment on East 187th Street between Elm Place and Tiebout Avenue at around 4:45 a.m. Sunday.

The man, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests had been made by Sunday night, and no description of the suspect had been provided.

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Cops are looking for a woman who, they say, stabbed her older beau during an argument in a Morrisania apartment building.

The 33-year-old woman plunged a knife into the 50-year-old man’s leg in the apartment at 1214 Sheridan Ave. near East 167th Street at around 2:40 p.m. Saturday, according to police.

The victim was rushed to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

Cops did not release the names of the woman or the victim.


Manhattan

Police are looking for a man who was foiled in two attempts to rob banks in the Flatiron District.

The thief, believed to be in his 20s, walked into the Chase Bank branch on Fifth Avenue near East 15th Street at around 12:25 p.m. Saturday, and passed a demand note to a teller, cops said.

The teller refused to hand over cash, and the would-be robber fled, according to police.

Five minutes later, the man passed a note to a teller at the Citibank about one block north on Fifth Avenue, and was again denied, cops said.

No arrests had been made by Sunday night.

The frustrated thief is about 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds.

He was last seen wearing black pants, black shoes, a black do-rag, a brown jacket and sunglasses.

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A man robbed an Upper West Side bank of $2,000, police sources said.

The thief, believed to be in his 30s, entered the Capital One Bank on Broadway at West 70th Street at 11:45 a.m. Saturday and passed a note to a teller, who turned over the loot, cops added.

The robber fled. He was described as being about 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, with a goatee and glasses.

He was wearing unusual accessories, including a multicolored hat and sneakers, jogging pants and a gray jacket, cops said.


Queens

A man struck by a hit-and-run driver in Long Island City on Friday has died, police said Sunday.

Kumar Ragunath, 64, of Jamaica was crossing Northern Boulevard near 41st Road at 10:25 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a dark Chevy Blazer, cops said.

Ragunath was on his way to work when the Blazer, in the westbound lane, struck him in the crosswalk.

The driver took off, leaving Ragunath in critical condition, police said.

The victim was rushed to Elmhurst General Hospital with severe head trauma and a broken leg.

He died a few hours later after being put in a medically induced coma, police said.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Matt McNulty and Dana Sauchelli
March 11, 2014 | 2:49am

Manhattan

Two cleaners were slashed and robbed Monday outside a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant, cops said.

The victims, ages 24 and 22, left the restaurant on Ninth Avenue, near West 51st Street, at about 6:45 a.m., police said.

Two men armed with a knife slashed them and stole their cash, cops added.

The 22-year-old victim suffered a cut to the face and the 24-year-old victim was slashed on the wrist, and , police said.

The injured men fled their attackers and ran to a Pilates studio on the second floor of the building, according to studio owner Kim Kuznitz, 45.

The studio was empty at the time, but a class was in session at Sonic Yoga, on the third floor, where the yogis were forced to stay until the crime scene was cleared, sources said.

The victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.

The two attackers are both about 5-foot-7 and were dressed all in black, police said.


Queens

An unarmed man made off with $2,000 in cash after robbing a bank in Flushing on Monday.

The suspect, in his teens, passed a demand note to a teller at Flushing Bank on Roosevelt Avenue, near Main Street, at about 10:30 a.m., cops said.

The teller surrendered the cash and the robber fled.

He was last seen wearing black sunglasses, black jeans, a black hoodie, and a black jacket.

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An off-duty EMT was arrested Monday in Jamaica after his brother called the cops and reported him for having an illegal starter pistol, authorities said.

Alveto Green, 26, had an argument with his brother on 133rd Drive, near Hook Creek Boulevard, at about 4:45 a.m., police said.

The brother called the cops on the EMT and when the officers showed up, he reported the illegal gun, cops added.

Green was slapped with charges of criminal possession of a weapon. A starter pistol fires blanks.


The Bronx

A creep is wanted for rubbing up against a woman in University Heights, cops said.

The suspect approached the 29-year-old victim in the lobby of her apartment building just after midnight on Sunday morning, according to police.

“The guy started touching her inner thigh, gyrating on her buttocks. It was pretty disgusting,” a police source said.

Cops said the man did not know the victim.

The woman was not injured during the ordeal.


Brooklyn

An off-duty correction officer was charged with assault after he got in a fight with his child’s mother in University Heights, police sources said.

Herman Jiminian, 39, was busted Sunday at about 10:55 p.m. following a domestic dispute in front of a University Avenue building, where Jiminian was dropping off his son, according to cops.

The couple filed cross-complaints with police and each was arrested.

Wenda Cabral, 25, also was charged with assault, cops said.

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An off-duty police officer and his wife were assaulted Monday after the cop tried to break up an argument between a couple on a Bushwick street, authorities said.

The cop was walking with his wife on Wyckoff Avenue, near Linden Boulevard, at about 3:20 a.m. when the officer saw the man and woman fighting and tried to intervene, officials said.

The couple — and two friends they had been walking with — turned on the cop and began kicking and punching him and his wife, authorities said.

The injured officer and his wife were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were treated for cuts and bruises on their faces, officials said.

Two of the four suspects, Sofia Reyna, 24, and Jose Ludizaca, 20, were arrested and charged with assault.


Staten Island

A thief crashed a vehicle into two parked cars immediately after stealing it in Graniteville, authorities said.

Elizandra Morales, 20, allegedly hopped into the 2000 GMC truck on Vanname Avenue around 11:50 p.m., Friday, and tore off.

He tried to swing across the avenue when he side-swiped a parked 1997 Honda, bounced off that car and then crashed into a 2000 Toyota, a court complaint charges.

Cops cuffed Morales at the scene and charged him with grand larceny, possession of stolen property, criminal mischief, petit larceny and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

The cars he hit each sustained more than $200 in damages, court records state.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Aaron Feis, Natasha Velez and Daniel Prendergast
March 12, 2014 | 3:48am

Manhattan

Police are trying to identify a man who has been hospitalized for 10 days.

The man collapsed inside John’s Luncheonette at 95th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven after taking a rest in the deli at about 5:45 p.m. on March 1, a worker there said.

“Some customers saw him not feeling so good outside,” the employee said. “We let him take a rest. We tried to ask him questions but he didn’t talk. Then he fell.” The victim, who is at Jamaica Hospital, can’t or won’t speak, read or write, sources said.

He wasn’t carrying identification.

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Cops found video surveillance of two men who cashed in stolen lottery tickets after allegedly burglarizing at least seven businesses in and around Jamaica by cutting holes in roofs and prying out air conditioners.

The suspects first struck at the Grand 99 Cents Store on Jamaica Avenue around 6 a.m. on Dec. 14, police said.

They pried open registers, grabbed cash, lottery tickets and phone cards from variety stores, supermarkets and bodegas, according to cops.

They were caught on camera redeeming some of their lottery tickets inside a Brooklyn shop, officials said.


Manhattan

An elderly man with a pacemaker had his head stomped at the Port Authority Bus Terminal by a scar-faced homeless hooker with a history of prison escape, sources said.

Danika Riley, 40, punched the 80-year-old man outside the ladies’ room Saturday at about 7:30 a.m., officials said.

She threw him to the ground and kicked him in the head at least five times, sources added.

Riley was nabbed in the act by Port Authority cops Tom Kimble and Michael Birnstill, officials said.

The victim was treated by EMS at the scene.

Police said Riley had a crack pipe caked with residue. She was charged with felony assault and drug possession.

Riley has a long history of violent crimes and once escaped an Oklahoma penitentiary, records state.

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Cops released a photo of suspects in a slashing and robbery outside a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant Monday.

Two cleaners were leaving Vynl on Ninth Avenue, near West 51st Street, at about 6:25 a.m. when the suspects cornered the duo and robbed them, police said. The muggers slashed one victim in the face and the other on the wrist before fleeing, police said.

The victims, ages 24 and 22, were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they were treated and released, cops said.


Brooklyn

Two robbers stole a man’s iPhone after tying him up with his phone charger cord in his Borough Park home, police said.

The thieves followed the 28-year-old victim into his building near 39th Street and 10th Avenue on Feb. 27 at about 1:45 a.m. and bound his hands, cops said.

They swiped the man’s iPhone 5 and $150 in cash, cops said.

One suspect was wearing a hoodie, a light-colored jacket, dark gloves, dark pants, and light-colored shoes.

The accomplice was wearing a blue- and white-striped hat, a blue jacket, light-colored pants and dark shoes.


The Bronx

Firefighters battling an Allerton car blaze made a horrific discovery Tuesday when they found a man’s charred body lying on the back seat of the luxury sedan.

The smoke-eaters found the burning BMW with its license plates missing in a narrow alleyway between two rows of houses near Allerton and Cruger avenues at about 5:30 a.m.

When the firefighters beat down the flames, which stretched above the two-story rooftops, they found the badly burnt corpse inside, cops said.

“One of the firemen jumped,” said a local resident, who identified himself as Paul. “I heard him say, ‘There’s a hand.’ ”

Police are still investigating to determine whether the fire was set intentionally and could not say if the victim died in the fire or was killed before being placed inside the vehicle.

 

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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
March 13, 2014 | 3:26am

Manhattan

A perv exposed himself to a teen on a PATH train in Greenwich Village, cops said.

Ivan Garzon, 28, of upstate Maybrook, exposed his private parts and fondled himself in front of a 17-year-old girl as the train approached the Ninth Street station Tuesday at about 4:10 p.m., officials said.

The girl got up and walked to another car, but Garzon followed her while he continued to touch himself, police said.

When the train doors opened, the girl ran to Port Authority Police officers, reported the crime and pointed out the suspect, cops said.

Garzon was charged with public lewdness.


Brooklyn

A 22-year-old woman scared off a would-be rapist during a terrifying attack in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said.

The suspect approached the victim from behind, grabbed her by the neck, indicated he had a gun and shoved her into a vestibule in an apartment building near the corner of Myrtle and Tompkins avenues Monday at about 1:50 a.m., cops said.

The attacker ripped off the victim’s shirt and bra, fondled her breasts and pulled down her pants, police said.

The victim screamed for help and scared off the attacker, who snatched her cellphone and $60 on his way out the door, according to police.

The suspect is believed to be in his 30 and was last seen wearing dark clothing, black sneakers and was holding a pair of gloves in his hand.

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A cigarette-smoking robber trashed a Bushwick bodega and attacked employees before cleaning out the cash register, surveillance video shows.

The suspect walked into the Mini Deli Market on the corner of Broadway and Kossuth Place at about 10:50 p.m. on Monday, cops said.

A clerk asked the smoker to go outside, but the robber demanded cash, police added.

When the worker refused to hand over money, the suspect jumped the counter, threw a chair, attacked three clerks, grabbed all the bills from the register and fled with $2,000, according to cops.

The suspect is believed to be in his 30s, was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.


Queens

An off-duty sanitation worker was charged with driving while impaired after speeding over 90 mph in Forest Hills, cops said.

Roy Foster, 29, was allegedly changing lanes without signaling and speeding on the Grand Central Parkway, near 67th Road, at about 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, when police pulled him over.

Cops suspected he was drunk and high on marijuana, but Foster refused to take a breathalyzer test, officials said.

The sanitation worker was charged with driving while his ability was impaired by drugs and alcohol, unsafe lane changes, speeding and refusing to take the breath test.


Staten Island

A woman armed with a scalpel slashed a 23-year-old woman in West New Brighton, leaving the victim with 65 stitches, authorities said.

The victim was leaving an elevator on the sixth floor of an apartment building on Henderson Avenue, near Alaska Street, on March 9 at about 5:30 a.m. when Sayleen Jordan, 34, slashed her in the neck and chest with the scalpel, a Criminal Court complaint states.

The victim was seriously injured and was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where she received stitches for her wounds, officials said.

Jordan was charged with assault and weapon possession.

It was not clear what sparked the dispute.

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A woman was charged with drunken driving after she blew a red light near the Bayonne Bridge in Port Richmond and confessed to drinking several beers, officials said.

Toni Van Name, 23, ignored the traffic signal as she drove her 2006 Nissan through the intersection of Morningstar Road and Walker Street at about 1:05 a.m. Wednesday, cops said.

When Port Authority Police pulled her over, she said she had several beers, then failed a field sobriety test, according to police.

She took a breathalyzer test, blew a .15 and was charged with DWI and running a red light, according to Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo.