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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 14, 2014 | 4:55am

The Bronx

A thief stole jewelry and cash from an elderly woman in Schuylerville, where he pretended to be a boiler repairman, police said.

The 75-year-old victim had made an appointment for a worker to come and fix the heating equipment in her home Monday, and the suspect showed up at about 11:30 a.m., cops said.

The man asked the homeowner to show him to the boiler room, tinkered around, and then said he needed to go get some parts, police said.

After he left, the woman noticed her dresser drawers were open and her jewelry and cash were missing, cops said.

The suspect never returned. He is believed to be in his 50s and had a black mustache. :mad:


Queens

An on-duty crossing guard was arrested in Rockaway Beach after being given a bag with cash and cocaine inside and failing to turn it in, law-enforcement sources said.

Bernard Pelzer, 58, was directing school children across the street at Beach 79th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard on Wednesday when he was targeted in an NYPD integrity test designed to catch department employees for misconduct, sources added.

He took a bag containing cash and white powder that looked like cocaine and tried to keep it, according to the sources.

He was charged with petit larceny, official misconduct, possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance.

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A man who was arrested for trying to lure a 12-year-old girl into his SUV in Astoria has at least seven aliases and a record that stretches across the tri-state area, police sources said.

Registered sex offender Houshang Hamiki, 69, tried to coax the child into his vehicle on 49th Street and Ditmars Avenue on March 5 at about 4:15 p.m., cops said.

The girl refused and her babysitter approached, scaring Hamiki off, police said. Hamiki never updated his current address under the state’s sex offender registry requirements, authorities said.

He has several prior arrests that include criminal trespass, and endangering the welfare of a child in Nassau County and Connecticut, sources said.


Brooklyn

A man was shot near a Catholic school and a kindergarten in East Flatbush, police said.

The victim was on the corner of Avenue D and East 45th Street on Wednesday at about 8:40 a.m. when at least two men approached and one of them opened fire, cops said.

The pair fled in a gold Nissan Maxima, police said.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was expected to survive, officials said.

Students from the Little Flower Catholic School and Get Set Kindergarten were not hurt, cops said.


Manhattan

Police have arrested a suspect in a fatal Washington Heights shooting last November.

Alvin Nelson, 37, and a friend got into an argument with victim Gregory Tate, 49, inside Tate’s building on West 156th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway, on Nov. 29, cops said.

Video surveillance shows Tate running out of the building with Nelson and his pal in pursuit before one of the men began fighting with the victim.

The second attacker then pulled out a gun and shot Tate, police said. Tate was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian, where he was pronounced dead.

Police aren’t sure what sparked the deadly dispute.

Nelson was busted Wednesday and charged with murder and criminal use of a firearm.

He has an arrest record that spans more than two decades and includes at least 13 prior arrests, sources said.

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Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who they say tried to rip off a woman’s clothes after following her into her Harlem building.

The 31-year-old victim entered her building Monday at about 10:30 p.m. and was checking her mail while the suspect lurked nearby and crept up the stairs behind her, cops said.

As the victim neared her apartment door, the suspect accosted her and went through her pockets, trying to steal her cellphone, police said. The woman fought back and the suspect retreated down the steps, police said.

The mugger waited until the victim opened her apartment door before running back up to the landing and into her apartment, video surveillance shows.

He tried to tear off the woman’s shirt and pants, but she fought back and yelled, scaring the attacker off, police said.

The attacker did manage to get the phone before fleeing, officials said.

He is 5-foot-7 and was wearing a beige coat with a black hoodie underneath. :mad:
 
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Cops cuff two in Bronx, Queens murders
By Matt McNulty
March 15, 2014 | 4:57am

Two suspected murderers were collared Friday for separate killings in Bronx and Queens, cops said.

Misha Coleman, 32, was arrested for fatally shooting Sage Chebere, 20, in the Bronx on Thursday.

The Long Island resident was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Sekwan Carter, 30, was cuffed for the murder of Sydney London, 22, who was shot and killed and left in the driver’s seat of a white Dodge Charger in Queens in April 2011.

The Queens resident was also charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

“It’s the result of good police work,” a police source said of the arrests.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Dana Sauchelli, Jamie Schram and Matt McNulty
March 15, 2014 | 3:22am

Manhattan

■ Cops are looking for the assailant who fatally shot a man on a Morningside Heights street Thursday.

The 33-year-old victim was outside an apartment building on Morningside Avenue near 123rd Street at 8:30 p.m. when a gunman walked up and shot him in the head and shoulder, police said.

The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he died.

Police do not yet have a motive in the brazen *slaying.

■ A Manhattan teacher was arrested Friday after sexually abusing a student for five months, police said.

Richard Jenkins, 41, allegedly slapped the buttocks of the 13-year-old girl on several occasions while he was teaching gym and social studies at PS 206 in East Harlem from September 2012 to January 2013.

He was arrested Friday at a Department of Education facility in the Fordham section of The Bronx on charges of forcible touching and sexual abuse.

Jenkins, whose salary as a city teacher is $76,306 a year, was suspended from his job.


The Bronx

■ A man was shot dead and another wounded Thursday when a gunman ambushed them in a Fordham apartment building, cops said.

The assailant accosted the 20- and 34-year-old victims on the second floor of an apartment building on Vyse Avenue near East 181st Street at 8:50 p.m., cops said.

He pumped bullets into the torso of the 20-year-old and the leg of the other victim. The younger man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 34-year-old was rushed to Saint Barnabus Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

Investigators were trying to piece together a motive.

■ A triggerman shot a shopper in a Soundview bodega Wed*nesday, cops said.

The unidentified suspect, wearing a black hat, black jacket and blue jeans :mad:, strolled into the deli on Castle Hill Avenue near Chatterton Avenue at around noon and shot the 26-year-old victim twice in the back, police said.

The victim was being treated at Montefiore Hospital and was expected to survive, cops said.

■ Two thugs assaulted and robbed a woman in University Heights, cops said.

The 26-year-old victim was at West 182nd Street and Jerome Avenue at 6:10 p.m. on Feb. 27 when the duo grabbed her from behind and put her in a choke hold, cops said.

The men pushed her to the ground, grabbed her iPhone and took off on foot, police said.

Surveillance footage shows the culprits nonchalantly strolling down the street waiting for their prey.

One thug was wearing a dark bubble jacket and jeans with leather patches.

The other was dressed in a blue sweatshirt and a gray bubble jacket.


Brooklyn

■ A man was shot dead outside a Brownsville housing project early Friday, cops said.

The unidentified victim, about 21 years old, was cut down behind the Howard Houses on East New York Avenue near St. Marks Avenue at around 12:20 a.m., authorities said.

A gunman came up and shot him twice in the torso for unknown reasons, cops said.

The victim died at Brookdale Hospital.


Staten Island

■ The woman stole a pricey pair of replica ruby red “Wizard of Oz” slippers from a Bulls Head hotel, cops said.

According to police detectives, the blond suspect was seen on surveillance camera as she fled with the sparkling footwar on March 3 just after 2 a.m.

The slippers, which cops valued at about $2,500, were in a display case in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn on South Avenue.
 
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Boy, 12, and three teens shot in Brooklyn
By Gabrielle Fonrouge and Matt McNulty
March 15, 2014 | 1:47am

A boy and three male teens were struck by gunfire as they sprinted away from a blasting gunman in Brooklyn on Friday night, cops said.

The shooting victims included a 12-year-old, two 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old and all were struck in the legs during the 7:30 p.m. shootout on South 1st and Roebling Street, cops said.

No arrests have been made in connection to the shooting. Police said the investigation is ongoing — but the victims were keeping their mouths shut.

“They haven’t been very cooperative,” a police source said. “So the investigation could take a while.”

The 12- and one 14-year-old were taken to Bellevue Hospital while the other 14-year-old and the 17-year-old were taken to Kings County Hospital. All were in serious condition but were expected to live. :mad:
 
http://nypost.com/2014/03/16/daily-blotter-105/

Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez and Jamie Schram
March 16, 2014 | 3:17am

The Bronx

A man who had been shot in Foxhurst flagged down a livery cab — but refused a ride to the hospital once he learned an *undercover cop was behind the wheel.

The victim was with two pals at Freeman Street and West Farms Road at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when they heard a group of men yell out, “That’s them!”

As the trio fled, the 20-year-old victim heard two shots and was grazed on the head by a bullet, cops said.

He flagged down the cab and said shouted, “Please help us!”

The driver identified himself and a “passenger” as undercover cops — and the gunshot victim fled.

The detective driver called EMS, who treated the man on Jennings Street, a couple of blocks away.

The victim was then taken to Lincoln Hospital with a non-life-threatening wound.


Manhattan

A pervert squeezed the derriere of an Upper East Side woman, police sources said.

The 47-year-old victim was walking at East 83rd Street and Madison Avenue at 9 a.m. Wednesday when a man pinched her butt, according to police.

The suspect fled south on East 83rd Street, made a right on Madison and disappeared, cops said.

The victim reported pain and bruising, cops said.

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A receptionist was clocked in the head with an iPad at a Midtown Audi dealership, cops said.

The 47-year-old victim was tending to visitors in the dealership’s lobby on Park Avenue near East 47th Street Wednesday when an unidentified man walked up to her, hit her in the head with an iPad and fled, police sources said.

The victim went to the emergency room later that day but doctors said her injury was considered minor.

The victim didn’t report the crime to police until Wednesday.

However, the dealership has video surveillance of the attack, which cops are reviewing.

It wasn’t clear what sparked the assault.

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A burglar broke into a Tribeca jewelry shop, cops said.

The suspect entered the Cass Lilien custom-jewelry-design store at Harrison and Jay streets sometime after business hours Thursday, according to police.

The 48-year-old shop owner on Friday reported the break-in to police when she discovered that jewelry was missing.

The burglar stole $20,000 worth of items, including a $15,000 Judith Leiber bangle, and a platinum Victorian ring and necklace.

There were no signs of forced entry but the front door doesn’t always close properly, a source said.


Brooklyn

A homeless man was shot dead in Fort Greene, cops said.

Kelly Gilbert, 65, was found face down, unconscious and unresponsive on Grand Avenue near Gates Avenue at about 4:20 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

Gilbert, shot in the torso, was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.

Gilbert had 37 prior arrests, mostly for possession of controlled substances, cops said.


Queens

A 22-year-old California woman was found dead in a Howard Beach motel, cops said.

The victim was last seen entering the Surfside 3 motel on Cross Bay Boulevard near 164th Avenue Saturday at around 3 a.m., according to police.

A housekeeper made the discovery at around 11:30 a.m., cops said.

Investigators believe two men were in the room with her earlier, but their whereabouts were unknown, police sources said.

The identity of the woman was withheld pending family notification.

The investigation is ongoing.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/03/17/daily-blotter-106/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Matt McNulty
March 17, 2014 | 3:45am

The Bronx

A gang of about 15 people attacked two men — shooting one — at a Laconia gas station, police said.

Two 25-year-old men were in the parking lot of a Gulf station on East Gun Hill Road near Bouck Avenue at around 1 a.m. Saturday when the gang gathered around them and an argument began, according to cops.

The victims were attacked and one of the assailants shot one of the men in the chest, police said.

The thugs fled and the man shot was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.

The second victim refused medical treatment at the scene.

Police are still looking for the thugs, including the shooter, who is described as having dreadlocks, officials said.


Queens

A teenage girl was found dead in a hot-sheet motel in Howard Beach on Saturday.

The 17-year-old Queens resident was discovered lifeless, with a cut to her chin, inside a room at the Surfside Motel at 11:25 p.m.

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification to her family, cops said.

The girl was last seen with two men, entering a room at the motel at the 164-33 Cross Bay Blvd., which offers hourly rates, sources said.

Aside from the cut to her chin, the victim showed no signs of trauma, the sources added.

Investigators are examining video for clues, while the Medical Examiner’s Office is trying to determine the cause of death.


Manhattan

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed several times in the chest and shoulders during a street fight in Harlem, police said Saturday.

The victim was outside 232 W. 116th St. near Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at around 7:50 p.m. Saturday, when he got into an argument that turned physical, cops said.

The attacker fled and the victim is not cooperating with police, law-enforcement sources added.


Brooklyn

Police are searching for two gunmen who they believe shot a man and woman on an East Flatbush corner.

One of the thugs pulled a gun from a backpack and handed it to a pal, who then opened fired on the 55-year-old woman and the 50-year-old man at East 48th Street and Church Avenue at 3:45 p.m. March 8, cops said.

The shooter then fired several rounds into a nearby store, according to police.

The victims were rushed to Kings County Hospital, where the woman was treated for a wound to the neck and the man was treated for a bullet to the leg, authorities said.

The assailants fled and investigators do not have a motive, cops added.

The shooter was wearing a black and red jacket with a white hoodie, police said.

The other man was wearing a dark-green hoodie, cops said.

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Cops released the name of an alleged bat-wielding attacker and his cohort who they say left a 22-year-old man fighting for his life in Sunset Park.

Jonathan Torres, 22, punched the victim several times in front of a liquor store on Fourth Avenue near 58th Street at around 5 p.m. Feb. 7, according to police.

His hulking pal Jorge Soto, 28, clobbered the injured man with the bat, cops said.

The victim suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Lutheran Medical Center for treatment, authorities said.

Police are still looking for the suspects, with whom the victim has had an ongoing dispute.

Soto is 6-foot-2, 200 pounds and has “Lucc” tattooed under his left eye and “Ingrid” tattooed on the left side of his neck.

Torres is 5-foot-8 and has “Jay” tattooed on his arm.


Staten Island

A motorcyclist has been busted for riding on the wrong side of the street, crossing the double yellow lines and weaving through traffic without a helmet or license in Mariner’s Harbor, authorities said.

Jerome Rolle, 24, was riding his Kawasaki the wrong way on Richmond Terrace and South Avenue at around 5 p.m. March 9, when a uniformed cop in a marked police car tried to pull him over, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Rolle ditched the bike and ran into the woods at Marsh Pond Park, court records show.

Police busted the suspect when he showed up at a police station house a few hours later to pick up his bike, sources said.

He was charged with riding with a suspended license, reckless driving and fleeing police, according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Matt McNulty and Dana Sauchelli
March 18, 2014 | 3:03am

Brooklyn

Police have released surveillance photos of the gunman who they believe wounded a 12-year-old and three teens in Williamsburg.

The thug chased a group of youngsters along South Second Street toward Havemeyer Street at around 7:25 p.m. Friday, and fired off several shots as he ran, cops said.

Three boys, ages 12, 14 and 17, were each struck in a leg and rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where they were in stable condition, authorities said.

A second 14-year-old was also struck in the leg and taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, officials said.

The gunman was captured by surveillance cameras running south on Havemeyer, cops said.

Police believe the shooter is about 20 years old, and was wearing an orange or red sweater or jacket, dark pants and white sneakers.

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The smoking bandit who robbed a bodega in Bushwick last week has been arrested, cops said.

Ibin Thomas, 26, walked into the deli on Broadway near Kossuth Place with a lit cigarette hanging from his mouth at around 10:50 p.m. March 10, police said.

When a clerk asked him to take the butt outside, Thomas refused, jumped the counter, threw a chair, ransacked the place, attacked three shop employees and cleaned out the cash register, according to cops.

The employees were not seriously injured.

Authorities released surveillance footage of the rampage and arrested Thomas on Monday.

He has been charged with robbery.


The Bronx

Three sneaky thieves posing as flower delivery people robbed a woman when she opened the door of her Highbridge apartment, according to police.

A woman with flowers knocked on the victim’s door on East 168th Street near Jerome Avenue at around noon Monday, and when the woman answered, two men barged in and ransacked her home, taking her valuables, police said.

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A grandmother in Highbridge grabbed her 1-year-old grandson by the neck and shoved her 4-year-old granddaughter, as well as another child in the family, in front of the baby’s mother, authorities said.

Lorell Snipe, 49, shoved the girl, pushed that child’s 7-year-old cousin and picked the baby up by his neck in an apartment on Nelson Avenue near West 172nd Street at around 4 p.m. March 1, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The angry grandma shoved her own daughter as well and declared, “I can put my hands on whoever I want to,” the court papers allege.

The children all began screaming in fear, and the toddler had to be taken to a hospital to be treated for bruises and swelling on his neck, the documents state.

Snipe was charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, menacing and harassment.

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A man allegedly whacked his baby’s mom over the head with a bottle of Hennessy cognac.

José McCord, 41, hit the woman in an apartment on Concord Avenue near East 151st Street in the Melrose section during an argument on Feb. 12, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Police sources said it wasn’t clear what angered the father, and the baby wasn’t home at the time.

The victim was treated at a local hospital for a cut to the head, but she did not require stitches, the sources said.

McCord was charged with assault, menacing, weapon possession and harassment.


Staten Island

Two men tried to take 20 rolls of expensive electrical wire from the Home Depot store in Charleston, authorities said.

Roger Keefe, 49, and Voman Krauchina, 24, tried to haul more than $2,500 worth of the product out of the store on Veterans Road West at around 1:35 p.m. March 8, but employees spotted them and reported the theft to cops, who caught the duo red-handed with the goods, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Both men were charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property and petit larceny.

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A fast-food customer in New Brighton stole tips from the restaurant’s workers, law-enforcement sources said.

Everett Hardy, 34, was in the Subway sandwich shop on Richmond Terrace near Bank Street at around 3 p.m. March 8, when he snatched five one-dollar bills from the tip jar on the counter, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Workers spotted him and called cops, who nabbed Hardy as he was fleeing, the sources added.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
March 19, 2014 | 3:16am

Manhattan

The FBI and NYPD are hunting for a fifth suspect in the $700,000 smash-and-grab at Cartier’s on New Year’s Eve.

Ralik Hansen was one of at least five thieves who raced inside the crowded Fifth Avenue flagship store through a side entrance at 12:30 p.m., cops said.

More than a dozen shocked customers and staff watched as the crooks used hammers to smash a display case and scoop out 16 timepieces worth $709,000, sources said.

The FBI, assisted by the NYPD, has tracked down four of the perpetrators.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Hansen was last seen with a shaved head and noticeable scars on his left wrist and left elbow.

Hansen, 28, has been charged and indicted in the Cartier case.

Anyone with information is urged to call the FBI at (212) 384-1000. All calls will be kept confidential.

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A stoned driver with prescription sedatives and an armor-piercing bullet in his car was arrested after smashing into the walls of the Holland Tunnel, police said.

Noel Bautista, 19, of Allentown, Pa., was driving his gray Infiniti out of the city Monday at about 6:30 p.m. when he swerved and hit a wall in the north tube, knocking off his front fender, police said.

When Port Authority cops questioned and searched Bautista, the driver admitted he had “smoke weed,” officials said.

Police also said they found the prescription drug Clonazepam and a hollow-point bullet.

The bullets are sometimes referred to as “cop killers” because they can pierce protective vests worn by police.

Bautista and his passenger, José Ortiz (photo below Bautista’s), 18, were charged with possession of the ammunition, PA police spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said.

Bautista also was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and illegal possession of prescription drugs.


Staten Island

Two men who had 180 bags of heroin labeled “Victory” between them were arrested in Stapleton, authorities said.

Hermino Rivera and Efrain LaTorre, 44, were spotted selling the dope from a Ford Explorer on Water Street last Friday at about 8:50 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint states.

Cops watched as one of the men got out of the SUV, entered a Mercedes driven by Jonathan Straughter, 49, and made a hand-to-hand deal, court records state.

The duo dropped 80 bags of heroin from the window before cops searched the vehicle and busted them, court documents state.

Rivera and LaTorre were charged with possession and sale of controlled substances, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Straughter was charged with drug possession.

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A boozed-up driver from New Jersey kicked off St. Patrick’s Day by driving a 2014 Mercedes more than 100 mph while drunk in Travis, authorities said.

Amit Patel, 34, was stopped Monday at about 2 a.m. for gunning it through the intersection of West Shore Expressway and Edward Curry Avenue allegedly with a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit, sources said.

Cops said that when they questioned him, they noticed he had blood-shot eyes and smelled booze on his breath before administering a blood alcohol test that registered .182.

The legal limit is .08.

Patel was charged with driving while intoxicated.


The Bronx

Two teens jumped and stabbed a man in Claremont, authorities said.

Jose Rivera, 16, and Tiquan Robinson, 17, walked up to the victim on Franklin Avenue, near East 169th Street, last Friday at about 11:30 a.m., asked to speak to him, then threatened to “line up” the victim, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Robinson then pulled a pocket-knife with a black handle, while Rivera began punching the victim in the face, court records state.

Rivera jumped on the man’s back just before the victim felt a sharp stabbing pain, court documents state.

The victim then saw Robinson standing nearby with the knife in his hand, the complaint says.

Rivera and Robinson were charged with assault, menacing, weapon possession and harassment.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Aaron Feis and Kirstan Conley
March 20, 2014 | 2:40am

Manhattan

Cops are looking for a man who has allegedly robbed seven banks in three boroughs.

He is believed to have begun his robbery spree at 11 a.m. on Jan. 25 in Tribeca, where he got cash from the Chase branch on Barclay Street near Chambers Street, police said.

On Feb. 22 at about 11:45 a.m. on the Lower East Side, he entered the Popular branch on Delancey Street near Norfolk Street and fled with cash, cops added.

He traveled up the East Side the same day and robbed the Capital One branch on 34th Street near Second Avenue at about 12:20 p.m., police said.

His fourth known heist, at about 3 p.m. on Feb. 28 in The Bronx, brought him $11,000 from the Capital One branch on East Fordham Road near the Grand Concourse in the Fordham section, officials said.

On March 8 back in Manhattan, the robber hit two banks on lower Fifth Avenue in the space of three minutes, cops said.

A teller at a Chase branch near East 15th Street gave him cash at about 12:20.

He then hustled up the block to a Citibank at East 16th Street.

There, he passed a note to a teller, who refused his demand and stepped away, so the thief fled empty-handed, police said.

The robber’s most recent heist took place in Queens at about 10 a.m. on March 10, when he robbed the Flushing Savings branch on Roosevelt Avenue near Main Street, cops said.

No one was harmed in any of the robberies.

The thief is believed to be 25 years old, 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds.


Brooklyn

A man exposed himself to three girls in Bensonhurst in a span of 15 minutes, authorities said.

The pervert, driving a white Ford F-150 pickup, first pulled up to an 11-year-old at around 7:25 a.m. Monday as she waited for a school bus at West Ninth Street and Avenue O, police said.

He exited the vehicle and tried to strike up a conversation with the child, then exposed himself to her and fled, cops said.

About five minutes later, he followed a 14-year-old girl into an apartment building near West Seventh Street and Bay Parkway, where he tried chatting her up, then exposed himself, police said.

About 10 minutes later, the perv exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl near West Sixth and 65th streets, police said.

The loser is believed to be in his 30s, and has a thin beard and a pockmarked face, cops added.

He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and black boots.

The vehicle he was driving has two bumper stickers and possible damage to the tail light and body on the rear passenger side, detectives said.


The Bronx

This was utter blasphemy.

Three men held up a religious store in High Bridge, authorities said.

The holy terrors walked into Botanica San Miguel Arcangel on Shakespeare Avenue near West 167th Street at about 6:45 p.m. Monday, according to law-enforcement authorities.

One of the robbers pulled a gun on the clerks, then the three grabbed cash from the register and one staffer’s iPhone 5, cops said.

The thieves then ran off, and no one was harmed, officials added.

The gunman is believed to be in his early 20s, standing 5-foot-8 and weighing 140 pounds, and was last seen wearing a dark, hooded jacket, blue jeans and dark shoes. :mad:

One accomplice is believed to be in his late 20s, weighing about 210 pounds, and was last seen wearing a Yankees baseball cap, a dark jacket and jeans. :mad:

The third robber, also in his 20s, was last seen wearing a hooded jacket and jeans.

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That stinks.

A jilted ex-boyfriend threatened to kill his former flame after stealing $60 worth of perfume from her, authorities said.

Joel Cortes, 36, broke into his ex-girlfriend’s place on Findlay Avenue near East 170th Street at about 6:30 p.m. last Friday, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He then grabbed the woman’s shirt, ripped it, shoved her and warned, “I’m going to kill you. I’ve got my people. You’ll see what happens next,” the court records state.

The victim was not seriously injured in the mayhem.

Cortes was charged with burglary, trespass, petit larceny, possession of stolen property, criminal mischief and harassment, according to officials.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/03/21/daily-blotter-110/

Daily Blotter
By Aaron Feis, Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 21, 2014 | 5:13am

The Bronx

Two teens assaulted a police officer in a Parkchester subway station after the cop caught them jumping the turnstile, then managed to get away, authorities said.

The uniformed cop was on duty when he spotted Travis Johnson, 19, and Dasia White, 18, beating subway fares at the East 177th Street/Parkchester station on the No. 6 line on March 7 at about 11:45 p.m., police said.

When the officer asked the teens for ID, they bolted, but the cop caught up with the duo and tried to arrest them, officials said.

Johnson slugged the officer, while his gal pal jumped on the officer’s back, authorities said.

The pair managed to knock the officer to the ground before fleeing, police said.

The cop was treated for bruises and swelling on his face, authorities added.

Johnson is about 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds.

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A man slashed a romantic rival’s face with a box cutter on a Van Nest subway platform, police said.

Lorenzo Lawson, 50, didn’t say a word as he approached the 45-year-old victim on the northbound platform of the East 180th Street station on the 2/5 line Monday at about 9:45 a.m., authorities said.

The attacker allegedly took the blade and cut the man’s face several times before fleeing, cops said.

The victim was treated for his wounds, authorities added.

Lawson is dating the victim’s ex-wife and the two men have been arguing over her, police sources said.

He was arrested and charged with two counts of felony assault.

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A teen has been charged with trying to hold up a Kennedy Fried Chicken in Morrisania with two pals, authorities said.

Ismael Melendez, 17, and two unidentified accomplices went to the fast-food joint on East 169th Street, near Washington Avenue, on Jan. 25 at about 1 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint charges.

Melendez was wearing a red mask and green hoodie when he walked into the restaurant, placed what appeared to be a black handgun through the opening and shouted, “Give me the money!” the documents state.

His friends were waiting outside, but all three would-be robbers were scared off when the manager and another worker ran toward the back of the store, authorities said.

When cops arrested Melendez and questioned the teen, he allegedly said, “My iPhone was taken out of my hands while I was walking so I needed money for a new phone.

“So, I tried to rob 482 East 169th Street, K.F.C. with a BB-gun.”

Melendez was charged with attempted robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and attempted possession of stolen property.


Manhattan

A man used a stolen debit card to withdraw $1,000 from a Midtown bank ATM, police said.

The suspect went to the Bank of America on Broadway near West 53rd Street on March 8 at about 2:15 a.m., entered a PIN that he had somehow obtained and scored $1,000 from the ATM, cops said.

The suspect fled after his image was on captured video surveillance cameras, according to police.

He was last seen wearing a gray shirt with the number 49 on it. :mad:


Staten Island

Two thieves bought a chair at the Staples in Dongan Hills and walked out with nearly $2,000 worth of goods they had shoved into the box that was holding the office furniture, police said.

The men went to the store on Feb. 7 at about 7 p.m. and took $1,768 worth of iPhone cases, iPad cases and HP toners and hid them in a box holding an inexpensive office chair, cops said.

They paid for the chair and walked out, authorities said.

One of the suspects is about 25 years old, 5-foot-11 and 210 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red baseball hat, a blue jacket and tan pants. :mad:

The second suspect is about 30 years old, 5-foot-7, 180 pounds and was last seen wearing glasses, a green sweat shirt, blue jeans and tan boots, according to police. :mad:
 
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By Natasha Velez
March 22, 2014 | 4:11am

The Bronx

■ Police are questioning a correction officer who allegedly fatally shot his son-in-law in Wakefield, police sources said.

The men were arguing in the lobby of an apartment building at East 242nd Street and Barnes Avenue at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, *according to police.

The woman’s correction-offcer dad pulled a pistol and shot the victim in the head, cops said.

The victim, identified as Vonde Cabbagestalk, 21, had earlier argued with the mother of his child.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.

The father-in-law told investigators he had acted in self-defense. Charges have not yet been filed.

Cabbagestalk had prior arrests, for jumping a turnstile and trespassing, and a slew of sealed arrests, cops said.

Investigators are still trying to determine if Cab*bage*stalk had lunged for the gun, the sources said.

The older man told cops his son-in-law had done so, the sources said.

■ Cops are looking for a man who snatched cash out of a woman’s hands at a West Bronx check-cashing store, cops said.

The 60-year-old victim was at Pay-O-Matic on East 180th Street near Third Avenue at 10:15 a.m. on March 1 when a man walked up and wrested an unknown sum of cash from her grip, cops said.

The suspect is described as 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a green bubble coat and a black hood. :mad:

■ A man crept into the bedroom window of a woman’s apartment in Fordham Heights and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics, jewelry and cash, cops said.

The man sneaked into the apartment on Creston Avenue near East 184th Street while nobody was home at 8:30 p.m. on March 5, cops said.

He grabbed a book bag and filled it with two laptop computers, two tablets, gold rings, necklaces, bracelets and $2,025 in cash, cops said.

The suspect was seen on surveillance video leaving the building with the book bag slung over his back, said law-enforcement authorities.

■ Cops placed a 19-year-old man under arrest in connection with the slaying of a Bronx man who died *defending his mother from an assault last Sunday, cops said.

Daquan Lanier was arrested Thursday on charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon after he shot Tony Burgess, 24, in the head, police said.

Burgess was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, according to officials.


Brooklyn

■ A 43-year-old driver *fatally struck an elderly woman in Sheepshead Bay and was slapped with two summonses, police said.

The victim, identified as Pei Yao Wu, 82, was at East 16th Street and Gravesend Neck Road at around 8 a.m. Friday when an SUV plowed into her, cops said.

The victim was in the marked crosswalk, according to police.

The SUV driver remained at the scene and was issued two summonses: failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care, cops said.

Wu was rushed to Coney Island Hospital where she died a short time later, cops said.


Manhattan

■ Authorities have identified a man wanted for questioning in a string of Manhattan bank robberies this month.

According to police, *40-year-old James Walton on three occasions passed a demand not to a teller, cops said.

On March 6 at 12:25 p.m., he entered the HSBC branch on Fifth Avenue near East 21st Street in the Flatiron District and left with $250, cops said.

On March 8 at 11:30 a.m., he hit the HSBC branch on Broadway near West 39th Street in Midtown and scored $1,745, cops said.

On Monday at 11 a.m., he entered the Capital One bank on University Place near St. Marks Place in Noho and walked out with $1,700.

Walton is described as 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes, cops said.
 
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By Natasha Velez and Matthew Mcnulty
March 23, 2014 | 2:35am

Queens

A livery cabdriver elbowed a Port Authority cop in the face after being caught illegally soliciting rides at JFK Airport, according to the Port Authority.

The fight unfolded at 6:15 a.m. Friday when Emanuel Attah, 66, of Far Rockaway, was confronted by PA cops at the arrivals gate at Terminal 8 near an area designated for yellow cabs only, police said.

PA cops had given him a warning earlier that day, and when they tried to arrest him, he exited his vehicle and started flailing.

During the scuffle, Attah elbowed an officer and pushed him to the ground, PA cops said.


Brooklyn

A 22-year-old man was shot in East New York on Saturday, cops said.

The victim was at Williams and Atlantic avenues at around 4:40 a.m. when he was shot once in the lower back.

The victim, who is being uncooperative, is in serious condition at Kings County Hospital, authorities said.

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Police arrested a teen in Boerum Hill for his alleged role in a ‘‘knockout’’ attack last month.

Stephon Talbert, 16, clocked a man in the face at Dean and Bond streets at around 7 p.m. on Feb 28, according to police.

Cops from the 84th Precinct’s anti-crime unit arrested him later that day after canvassing the area.

He admitted to being involved in other ‘‘knock-out’’ attacks, in which an unsuspecting victim is suddenly sucker-punched in the face, police said.

Talbert, who has no prior arrest history in New York, was charged with assault, cops said.


The Bronx

Police are searching for a man wanted for groping several women in University Heights over the past two weeks, cops said.

The first incident was on March 5, when police say the perv (pictured here) approached a 36-year-old woman from behind and touched her backside on Popham Avenue.

Four days later, the man groped two women in their 20s in separate incidents, according to cops.

Both victims were uninjured, authorities said.

Since then, the man has groped two other women — a 20-year-old on March 15 and a 27-year-old three days later, according to police.

The creep is about 22, *5-foot-10 and approximately 170 pounds.

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Two men were shot Saturday in University Heights, cops said.

The two were squabbling with a third man at around 4:15 a.m. in an apartment on Grand Avenue near West 181st Street, cops said.

The gunman pulled a pistol and shot a 26-year-old man in the thigh and a 42-year-old man in the mouth and leg, according to police.

The victims were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital and are expected to survive, according to authorities.

The shooter, a short man who was wearing a blue jacket and dark jeans, fled the scene, cops said.
 
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By Kirstan Conley
March 24, 2014 | 3:27am

Manhattan

A nimble vandal scaled a locked fence at the Atlah Church in Harlem and spray-painted “God is gay” on its message board, police sources said.

The vandal climbed over the gate on West 123rd Street near Lenox Avenue at around 12:25 a.m. Saturday, removed the board’s letters and then left his graffiti, police said.

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A trucker was arrested after crashing his oversized rig trying to get onto a ramp to the George Washington Bridge and snarling traffic in Washington Heights, officials said.

Mahamadi Quedraogo, 46, was driving his tractor-trailer past the bus terminal on Broadway and West 178th Street to get onto the ramp for the westbound upper level of the bridge at around 11:25 a.m. Wednesday when the incident occurred, police said.

His truck was too wide and hit a light pole, which crashed onto a parked Toyota Highlander and Dodge Caravan, according to the Port Authority police. Both vehicles were empty, and no injuries were reported.

When cops arrived, Quedraogo, who was driving a 2012 Freightliner, gave them his Georgia license, and investigators discovered he had five suspensions in five states, including New York, officials added.

Quedraogo was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, according to Joseph Pentangelo, a PA spokesman.

The tractor-trailer was impounded.

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A New Jersey man partying in lower Manhattan on St. Patrick’s Day was arrested after crashing his car on the way out of town, officials said.

Timothy Faistl of Colts Neck was going through the Holland Tunnel in his 2014 Jeep Commander at around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday when he lost control and flipped the vehicle, according to cops.

Port Authority police officers who responded to the scene found Faistl and a 24-year-old woman trapped in the Jeep and helped them get out through a window, authorities said.

The driver smelled of booze, swayed and had bloodshot eyes, police added.

He failed sobriety tests and was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, according to the PA police.

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A hulking woman attacked her mother and trashed the family’s apartment after waking up on the wrong side of the bed in Marble Hill, authorities said.

Bianca Santiago, 20, awoke in her mom’s apartment on West 228th Street near Broadway at around 9:30 a.m. March 17, and for no apparent reason, began screaming before throwing a punch at the older woman, cops said.

The 5-foot-9, 200-pound Santiago :eek: then grabbed her mother and shoved her around until the victim fled the home to call police, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

When the mother returned, her irate daughter screamed, “Come! Come and see what I did to your apartment!” the documents allege.

The victim found her framed art, mirrors and bathroom shelves shattered on the floor, the records claim.

A house plant had been yanked from the window sill and thrown around the room, leaving piles of soil on the floor and couches, according to the documents.

The mom’s stereo lay broken on the floor and her dresser was in pieces.

When cops arrived, the daughter yelled, “I’m going to kill that bitch! She’s going to be six feet under,’’ and, “Yeah, I broke everything, start from the ground up,” law-enforcement sources said.

The mother suffered a cut to her finger and pain to her right arm.

The daughter was charged with assault, criminal mischief, menacing and harassment.


The Bronx

A man choked his girlfriend until she blacked out, authorities said.

Andrea Georges, 24, grabbed the woman’s neck and squeezed until she lost consciousness at around 10 a.m. March 17 inside the home on South Oak Drive near Barnes Avenue in the Allerton section, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Georges also stole the woman’s debit card, according to the records.

When cops went to pick him up near the home at around 11:30 a.m., they found 24 bags of marijuana on him, the documents state.

“I have weed,” Georges allegedly confessed.

He was charged with grand larceny, assault, petit larceny, obstruction of breathing, harassment and pot possession.


Queens

At least two people were shot in an Astoria courtyard early Sunday, police said.

Investigators are unsure what sparked the shooting outside the Queensboro Houses on 12th Street at around 2:45 a.m.

One victim was struck in the foot, and the other was hit in the knee.

Police were trying to determine whether a third victim was taken to an area hospital.
 
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By Kirsten Conley and Dana Sauchelli
March 25, 2014 | 3:26am

Manhattan

The mother of a 6-month-old baby boy found abandoned in a Harlem playground was charged with child endangerment, cops said Monday.

Kenyetta Rowell, 18, of Staten Island, admitted to officers that she had left her son bundled up against the cold and stocked with formula in his stroller in the Renaissance Playground near West 143rd Street and Eighth Avenue at around 9 p.m., Sunday, police said.

A good Samaritan, 52-year-old Michael Allen, spotted the child and notified police.

The baby was taken to Harlem Hospital in good health and turned over to the Administration for Children’s Services.

His father walked into the 32nd Precinct station house at 10 a.m. Monday, with Rowell following shortly behind, cops said.

After questioning, she was charged with failure to exercise control over a minor, reckless endangerment and falsely reporting an incident. Sources said the father had nothing to do with the crime.


Brooklyn

An off-duty NYPD school-safety agent pulled a knife on his ex-girlfriend’s new lover at a Downtown hotel, law-enforcement sources said.

Antonio Thomas, 33, went to the Hotel Indigo on Duffield Street at 11:30 p.m., Sunday to meet with his 23-year-old ex, but the woman’s new girlfriend showed up and things got out of hand, cops said.

Thomas started fighting with his new 19-year-old female rival and pulled a knife on her, police said.

He was slapped with charges of weapon possession and menacing


Staten Island

A junkie stole more than $17,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from a former NYPD detective and his wife after the couple let him stay in their New Springville home, authorities said.

Christian Kempf, 26, snatched the retired detective’s duplicate shield, his iPhone and his wife’s engagement ring, wallet and other jewelry between January and Feb. 27, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He even took the ex-cop’s daughter’s necklace, too, the papers allege.

Most of the valuables had been locked in a safe, according to the victim.

The theft was discovered when the junkie landed in the hospital after a vein burst and the ex-cop, delivering him clothes, found some of the family’s belongings in the suspect’s pockets, the court documents claim.

Other belongings had been sold to area pawn shops and jewelers, according to the records.

When confronted, Kempf allegedly stated, “I stole their property to support a heroin habit. I am completely ashamed for what I have done. I found a safe key and that is where I found most of the items I sold. I can’t even begin to express how sorry I am and I am willing to do everything I have to do to make this right.”

Kempf was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

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A high-school bully gave another student a black eye while trying to rob him of his headphones on their way home from school in St. George, law-enforcement sources said.

The alleged bully, Zaquane Reid, 16, attacked the victim at 3:30 p.m. on March 18, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The two had reached Winter and Westervelt avenues when Reid punched the other kid in the face and tried to yank off his headphones, the complaint claims.

Reid was charged with assault, attempted robbery, attempted petit larceny and attempted possession of stolen property.

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A so-called friend snatched his buddy’s wallet, which contained nearly $4,000 in cash, while the two men grabbed some grub at a Tottenville pizza place, authorities said.

Nicholas Gibilaro, 24, was chowing down with his 21-year-year-old “pal” at Pino’s Pizza on Rossville Avenue at around 3 p.m., March 13, when the victim looked away and the thief snatched his wallet off the counter and slipped it into his jacket pocket, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

“I saw an opportunity and took his wallet,” Gibilaro allegedly confessed to investigators.

Surveillance cameras captured the dirty deed and cops arrested Gibilaro on charges of grand larceny, petit larceny and possession of stolen property, officials said.


The Bronx

A man standing next to his car with a gun in plain view was arrested on the spot, authorities said.

Edrick Anderson, 28, had the trunk of his 2013 Nissan Maxima open at Yates and Adee avenues in Laconia at around 12:55 a.m. Sunday, a Criminal Court complaint states.

That’s when a cop from the 49th Precinct noticed a Smith & Wesson in the trunk and a matching gun clip with 13 live rounds, the complaint states.

Inside the console compartment of the vehicle, which had Connecticut license plates, were several prescription pills and three joints, according to the records.

The pills were the painkillers oxycodone and Percocet, the papers say.

“This is my car and everything is mine,” Anderson allegedly told the cop, who charged him with possession of a weapon, ammo, controlled substance and marijuana.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 26, 2014 | 3:57am

Brooklyn

Another genius has provided cops with her own photo after snapping selfies with a cellphone stolen during a burglary — this time in Canarsie, sources said.

A thief broke into a 26-year-old man’s apartment on East 105th Street on Jan. 25 at about 4 a.m., took the victim’s Samsung Galaxy phone and his iPad and fled, according to police.

A woman later used the phone to take her own photo, which automatically uploaded to the victim’s account and was promptly turned over to cops, sources said.

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Police arrested one man and are looking for a second suspect in a Sunset Park beating that left a man hospitalized with brain injuries.

Jonathan Torres, 23, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, weapon possession, gang assault and assault and cops are seeking Jorge Soto for the attack, police said Monday.

Torres jumped and punched the 22-year-old man while Soto bludgeoned him with a baseball bat in front of a liquor store on Fourth Avenue near 58th Street on Feb. 7 at about 5 p.m., cops said.

Soto, 28, is 6-foot-2, 200 pounds and has “Ingrid” tattooed on his neck and “Lucc” tattooed under his left eye.

The victim has been released from an area hospital but continues to suffer from the brain injuries, sources said.

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A food delivery worker suffered head trauma and other injuries when five thieves beat and robbed him in Lefferts Gardens, authorities said.

The 44-year-old victim was trying to drop off food in front of 305 Clarkson Ave., near Nostrand Avenue, on Saturday at about 9 p.m., police said.

As the deliveryman approached, the five suspects burst through the doors and attacked him, punching and kicking him in the head, cops added.

The gang stole the victim’s iPhone, $500, personal items and the food he was trying to deliver, according to police.

The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital for head trauma, a broken nose and cuts to the face, authorities said.

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A mugger socked a woman in the face and stole her cellphone in Coney Island, cops said.

The thug knocked the 30-year-old woman down from behind near Brighton 8 Street and Ocean View Avenue on Saturday at about 2:15 p.m., punched her in the face, grabbed her phone and fled, according to police.

The suspect is believed to be in his late teens, with a medium build and close-cropped hair. :mad:

He was wearing a red zippered vest over a gray hooded sweatshirt, cops added. :mad:

The victim suffered bruising and pain.

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A gunman shot two men in Bushwick early Tuesday, authorities said.

The victims were on Bleecker Street and Evergreen Avenue at about 2:25 a.m. when the bullets flew, according to police.

The victims, ages 19 and 21, were both struck in the leg and managed to get themselves to an area hospital, cops said.


Queens

A robber snatched a woman’s purse during a knifepoint robbery in Astoria, police said.

The attacker was gripping the knife in plain view as he approached the 36-year-old victim, grabbed her and made off with her pocketbook on 38th Street at 1:35 a.m. on March 16, police said.

Surveillance video captured footage of the shadows of the attacker and victim as they struggled on the sidewalk.

The victim was not injured and the thief fled with the bag, which contained $120 cash, keys and credit cards, cops said.


Staten Island

A man was busted with a semiautomatic pistol, ammo, cocaine, marijuana, nearly $2,000 and a cache of cellphones during a raid in Graniteville, authorities said.

Anthony DeFranco, 32, had the loaded weapon, a stash of drugs, pills, electronic devices and a ledger scattered throughout a house on Andrea Place, near Birch Road, when cops executed a search warrant there last Friday, a criminal complaint states.

DeFranco was charged with possession of a loaded weapon, drugs, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
March 27, 2014 | 3:07am

Manhattan

■ A drunken and irate bar patron was arrested after dropping his drawers and mooning a Chelsea watering hole where workers had tried to cut him off, law enforcement sources said.

Jose Pichardo, 33, was inside Flight 151 on Eighth Avenue, near West 18th Street, last Friday at about 11:50 p.m. when the bartender asked him to leave because he’d had enough to drink, sources said.

After Pichardo left, he pulled down his pants and pressed his buttocks against the window pane :D, exposing himself to about 30 customers in the neighbhorhood bar, which reviewers compare to Cheers, sources added.

His antics also put him in full view of pedestrians, sources said.

Pichardo was charged with public lewdness, exposure and disorderly conduct for allegedly creating a hazardous condition.

■ A livery cab driver was cheated out of his fare early Wednesday after a passenger duped him on the Upper West Side, cops said.

The passenger hopped into the cab on Lenox Avenue near West 116th Street at about 12:30 a.m. and went for a nearly three-hour joyride around Manhattan until 3:15 a.m., when he asked to be dropped off on West 81st Street and Riverside Drive, cops said.

When told the fare was $120, the rider the driver he would give him two $100 bills, but wanted the change up front, police said.

He promised the cabby a $40 tip, sources said. The dimwitted driver forked over $40 and the passenger fled with the cash. The driver called 911 and cops apprehended the suspect on West 82nd Street and Broadway. He was taken into custody and charges were pending.

■ A man inside a fetish club in Chelsea never felt a thing when someone lifted his Prada wallet from his back pocket, sources said.

The 38-year-old victim was inside the Eagle Bar around 1:45 a.m. last Friday, when he realized that someone had snatched his $350 wallet and his $250 iPhone 4, sources added.

No arrests have been made, but cops are scouring for video inside the leather club that may yield clues about a suspect.

■ Thieves have struck at least three times in gym locker rooms in Chelsea, sources said.

A member visited the Chelsea Piers Sports Complex last Saturday at about noon and secured his belongings with a combination lock before going for a swim. He returned to find the locker had been broken into, sources said.

His iPhone 5, an alligator watch and $1,000 in cash were missing, sources added.

Another member who had dropped in about two hours earlier had his motorcycle helmet and gloves stolen after placing them on top of the lockers, police sources said.

Last Friday, a 29-year-old man working out at the Chelsea Recreation Center on West 25th Street at about 2 p.m. had his $300 Beats headphone, his $300 Samsung phone and a MetroCard stolen, sources added.

■ A man who thought he was going to get lucky when he picked up a stranger ended up being a crime victim, sources said.

The victim encountered the man on West 28th Street at about 1 a.m. on March 17, asked the guy to come to his pad and then went to the bathroom, sources said.

The victim came out of the bathroom to find both his love interest and his MacBook Pro gone, sources said.

No arrests have been made and the victim wasn’t sure he could identify the suspect because he saw him only for a few minutes, sources added.


Queens

■ An on-duty sanitation worker was caught driving a salt spreader while drunk early Wednesday after he smashed into a parked vehicle in St. Albans, cops said.

Dewayne Ruddock, 33, was driving on 132nd Avenue, near Rockaway Boulevard, at about 12:30 a.m. preparing for a spring storm that never materialized when he hit the parked car with a man inside, police said.

Cops were called to the scene and allegedly noticed booze on his breath, sources added.

Ruddock was charged with driving a commercial vehicle while ability impaired.


The Bronx

■ One suspect was cleared and another has been arrested in an attack on a police officer, authorities said.

Cops originally identified Dasia White, 18, as one of two people who jumped a cop and knocked him to the ground on March 7 at about 11:50 p.m. after a man jumped a turnstile at the Parkchester/East 177th Street station on the No. 6 line.

White was questioned and police realized she was not one of the attackers, authorities said.

By Wednesday, police announced that they had nabbed Raquelle Evans, 20, in the attack.

Police are still looking for alleged accomplice Travis Johnson, 19, who they say slugged a transit cop in the face after jumping the turnstile.

The officer suffered bruises and swelling.

White was charged with assault on a police officer, theft of service, resisting arrest, trespass and obstruction of governmental administration, cops said.
 
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By Kirstan Conley, Natasha Velez, Aaron Feis and Dana Sauchelli
March 28, 2014 | 4:16am

Brooklyn

■ A robber took more than $7,000 from a Midwood bank, police sources said.

The suspect slipped the teller at Santander Bank at 1302 Avenue J a demand note Wednesday at about 3:50 p.m. and fled with $7,160, according to cops.

No injuries were reported.

The suspect is believed to be in his 50s, about 6 feet tall and thin. :mad:

He was last seen wearing a black and red jacket with a fur-trimmed hood and a cap underneath.

■ A teen slapped a bicyclist who was pedaling around Park Slope with her husband, police said.

Eric McClure said he was biking on First Street near Sixth Avenue on March 1 at about 9 p.m. when a 14-year-old jumped out at him with two fists up.

“This kid popped out and feinted like he was going to swing at me, and my wife was behind me, and then I had heard her yell and he had slapped her in the face,” McClure said.

The wife chased after the teen, following him for two blocks, while McClure reported the incident to 911.

Cops caught up with the suspect and gave him a summons for harassment, a violation.

“If it was intended to be a knockout, it was not a very good knockout,” *McClure said.

Police did not release the name of the suspect because he is a minor.

■ A 23-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint during a stroll in Vinegar Hill, police sources said.

The victim was walking on Sands Avenue near Navy Street on March 20 at about 12:15 p.m. when a teen pulled a silver handgun and said, “Give me everything or I’ll shoot you.”

The victim forked over a set of Dr. Dre Beats headphones, her debit card, license and phone, cops said.

The victim was not injured and no arrests have been made.


Manhattan

■ A man made off with a $5,000 Yves St. Laurent leather jacket from Bergdorf Goodman, cops said.

The suspect snatched the garment from the Fifth Avenue store near West 57th Street on March 8 at about 4 p.m., police said.

He was seen on video surveillance wearing a zipped sweater and blue jeans and carrying a duffle bag, cops said.

No one was injured and no arrests have been made.


The Bronx

A robber armed with a sawed-off shotgun stole $3,000 in merchandise from a Castle Hill clothing store, authorities said.

The man brought the clothes to the counter at the Reflection Boutique on Castle Hill Avenue near Ellis Avenue Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. and told the clerk he had to get money from the bank, police said.

The suspect returned and demanded to know why the clerk hadn’t bagged the items, then pulled a sawed-off shotgun out of a bag and swiped the clothes, cops said.

The clerk was not injured and the suspect ran off with the merchandise, police added.

The suspect is believed to be in his 30s, 5-foot-6 and 185 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a black hoodie with red and white stripes, a black vest, gray cargo pants and sneakers.


Queens

■ A creep exposed himself to two women after following them in his car in St. Albans, authorities said.

The suspect was sitting in a 2003 Subaru Legacy on 120th Avenue on March 20 at about 5  p.m. when he spotted two women in their 20s walking by, police said.

The pervert pulled in front of them and, when the women passed, he had his legs on the dashboard and was naked from the waist down, cops said.

The shocked women fled, officials said.

The sicko’s Subaru is gray and green, police added.
 
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By Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
March 29, 2014 | 3:15am

Manhattan

■ A 25-year-old woman attacked a family of three in Chelsea with her high-heel stilettos, police sources said.

The family was walking to their car at Icon Parking in the Google building on Eighth Avenue last Sunday at about 10 p.m. when the attacker approached them near West 15th Street, according to *cops.

AnneMarie Chavez appeared to be boozed up as she lunged at the family, sources said.

She struck the 61-year-old father in the head and then assaulted the man’s wife with her high-heel shoe, police said.

The couple was treated at Bellevue Hospital for cuts.

Chavez was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, assault and harassment, cops said.


Brooklyn

■ A 17-year-old girl was groped at a Sunset Park subway station, cops said.

The victim was at the 62nd Street station on the N line last Sunday around midnight when this man grabbed her butt and fled, according to police.

He was caught on video surveillance wearing a black vest and dark green hooded sweater.

■ Three cops were injured when a window shattered while they were trying to escort to two rowdy teens from a Downtown Brooklyn Chinese restaurant, police said.

The two 15-year-olds, students from Boys and Girls HS in Bedford-Stuyvesant and August Martin HS in South Jamaica, Queens, were with a group of at least 20 teens acting up inside the New China Star restaurant on Lawrence Street between Willoughby and Fulton streets Thursday at about 3:50 p.m., cops said.

Management called police in a bid to eject the group. A sergeant and two school-safety cops tried to control the wild teens, but the 15-year-old pals started yelling and refused to leave.

One of the cops tripped and fell into the window when one the duo pulled away. The glass shattered and caused cuts and bruises to the officers.

The sergeant suffered a sprained elbow while trying to detain the second teen.

Both 15-year-olds were charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, cops said. Their names weren’t released because of their age.

■ Cops are looking for four to five people wanted for breaking into a fenced parking lot in Bedford-Stuyvesant and stealing three construction vehicles.

The group broke the locks and slipped into the lot at 420 Park Ave. Tuesday night at about 8:30 p.m., police said.

They made off with a 2005 Excavator, a 1986 Mack Tractor bearing license plate number 26208ME, with a “Maja” logo on the driver’s side, and a 1980 Roger Trailer bearing the license plate number plate BE15142. All three vehicles had New York plates, according to authorities.

The vehicles had not been located as of Friday night, and police say an investigation is ongoing.

■ The suspected killer in a St. Albans shooting two years ago was hunted down in Georgia and arrested, cops said.

Tracy Johnson, 28, allegedly shot Shakey Foster-Bay, 24, in the torso, arm and leg on Galway Avenue near Mayville Street on May 19, 2012, at about 4:15 a.m., cops said. The victim died at Jamaica Hospital.

On March 13, detectives from the 113th Precinct traveled to Snellville, Ga., to arrest Johnson, who was staying with a girlfriend. He was held at a Gwinnett County jail facility for two weeks before his extradition to New York, sources said.

Johnson has been charged with murder, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.

He has more than 20 prior arrests but only nine were made public.

Foster-Bay had eight prior arrests, including for felony assault and burglary, sources said.

■ A mugger tried to snatch a purse from a woman in Astoria — but she wasn’t having it!

The suspect approached the 28-year-old woman on Crescent Street and 31st Avenue Tuesday at noon, according to police.

He reached for her purse, but the woman clutched her bag and managed to pull it back.

The man fled northbound on Crescent Street empty-handed.

He was caught on video surveillance and was last seen wearing a black jacket with a gray hooded sweatshirt underneath. :mad:
 
http://nypost.com/2014/03/30/daily-blotter-119/

Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
March 30, 2014 | 4:10am

Brooklyn

A woman celebrating a pal’s birthday was shot in the face as she hopped off a party bus in Crown Heights, police said.

The 20-year-old victim was at Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway when an unknown person put a bullet in her mouth at about 5:40 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

She was on the phone trying to summon a taxi and told investigators she remembered seeing three men behind her, sources said.

The woman somehow managed to dial 911 and was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where she is being treated for her wounds, authorities said.

The bullet was lodged in her neck, police sources said. She is expected to survive.

There are no suspects at this time and police said the investigation is continuing.

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A man was fatally gunned down in East New York, police said.

The 27-year-old victim was inside a Sutter Avenue apartment near Logan Street on Saturday at 2 a.m., according to police.

He was found unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the torso, according to authorities.

Emergency responders rushed him to Brookdale Hospital but he succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead on arrival, according to *police.

The identity of the victim was withheld pending family notification.

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A 35-year-old man was shot in Brownsville, cops said.

The victim was at Riverdale Avenue and Thomas S. Boyland Street at around 1:10 a.m. Saturday when an unknown gunman squeezed off a bullet that went into his neck.

He was rushed to Brookdale Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition, cops said.

No arrests have been made at this time. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.


The Bronx

Cops are looking for a man who burglarized a South Bronx school.

He climbed through a window of Health Opportunities HS at approximately 2:50 a.m. last Sunday on Gerard Avenue near East 140th Street, according to police.

The thief was wearing a pair of black gloves when he maneuvered his way through a ground-level window at the southwest corner of the school, cops said.

He then entered multiple classrooms and swiped $300 in cash, MetroCards, laptop computers and digital cameras, according to authorities.

He was last seen wearing a black cap and blue jeans. :mad:

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Four suspects are being sought in connection with a home-invasion robbery in Bedford Park, cops said.

The men approached the front door on Cedar Avenue and West Fordham Road at about 2:30 p.m. on March 22, according to police.

Inside, they held two people at gunpoint and tied up a third victim, cops said.

The four men grabbed $20,000 in cash, an iPhone, an iPad and a laptop and escaped in a dark-colored BMW SUV, cops said.

The hooded men were seen on video surveillance in front of the victim’s home moments before the robbery, according to law-enforcement authorities.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/03/31/daily-blotter-120/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
March 31, 2014 | 3:17am

Manhattan

■ Don’t mess with this “blue” blood!

A policewoman whose parents are both former NYPD officers arrested three guys in the knifepoint robbery of a man who refused their sexual advances in Chelsea, sources said.

Officer Suzy McKenna was named the 10th Precinct’s cop of the month Wednesday for the bust.

The thugs first approached the victim in a video store on Eighth Avenue near West 27th Street at around 3:15 a.m. Jan. 1, police said.

The three men offered the guy sexual favors in exchange for cash, but the 35-year-old victim wanted no part of it, law-enforcement sources said.

After the victim refused their advances, one of the men pulled a knife on him and demanded cash, the sources added.

The victim turned over $100, and the men fled, according to cops.

McKenna, an officer responding to the scene, soon arrested two suspects, Jack Mars, 30, and Tony Beacham, 32, nearby.

She continued investigating and went back four days later to interview witnesses — and noticed that the third suspect also had returned.

The petite cop and her partner nabbed David Soto, 35, said Capt. David Miller as he presented the award to McKenna.

“He tried to flee and threw stuff down, like you see in the movies when someone’s trying to get away from police,” Miller added.

All three men were eventually charged with robbery, law-enforcement officials said.

McKenna has three years on the job.

■ A driver fled after hitting a marked police car in Midtown, police sources said.

A cop parked his vehicle near the NYPD’s Traffic Control Division offices on West 34th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues at 8:30 a.m. March 20. He returned to find the driver’s-side and rear doors damaged, the sources said.

■ A heartless thief snatched a handicap-parking permit from a disabled driver in Hell’s Kitchen, police sources said.

The 44-year-old victim said she left her car inside the Quik Park on West 41st Street near 11th Avenue at around 10 a.m. March 8 with the placard inside the glove box.

When she returned to her vehicle, the placard was missing, she said.

■ A Con Ed truck’s license plates were swiped while the vehicle was parked near the Hudson Yards, sources said.

The 42-year-old driver parked the utility company’s 2002 GM truck on 11th Avenue near West 29th Street at around 7 p.m. March 20.

When he returned, he found the commercial plates missing, the sources added.


Queens

■  He’s not the fastest learner.

An unlicensed driver with a forged hack license was arrested at Kennedy Airport on Wednesday, two days after being ticketed for the same offense in St. Albans, police sources said.

Narinjjan Singh, 40, of Michigan, was trolling for passengers at JFK at 3 p.m. Wednesday, when cops spotted his illegally parked 2007 Lincoln Town Car, officials said.

Investigators asked to see his driver’s license and noticed that it was suspended, according to Joseph Pentangelo, spokesman for Port Authority.

Cops said Singh’s separate hack license was forged and placed him under arrest.

A grinning Singh was charged with felony criminal possession of a forged instrument and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Singh had received a desk-appearance ticket for the same infractions just a few miles away Monday, police sources said.


Brooklyn

■ A man in East New York was robbed by an acquaintance who let an accomplice inside his home and then handcuffed the victim while the duo cleaned the place out, law-enforcement officials said.

One of the thieves, whom the victim knew only as “Eric,’’ was hanging out at the man’s home at around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, when the 49-year-old host went to use his bathroom, police said.

The resident emerged to find that Eric had let a second person inside the home, cops added.

Eric then ordered the victim to the floor and cuffed him.

Meanwhile, the second thief snatched the bound resident’s cash, credit cards and phone, police said.

The pair then fled. The victim was not seriously hurt. His address has been withheld.

Eric was later spotted on a surveillance camera using the stolen credit card, cops said.
 
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