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Daily Blotter
By Dana Sauchelli and Matt McNulty
April 1, 2014 | 2:37am

Queens

■ A mugger assaulted and robbed a teenager aboard a subway car in Flushing, police said.

The unidentified suspect accosted the 17-year-old, who was boarding a No. 7 train at the Main Street station Feb. 27 just after 3:30 p.m., according to police.

He snatched the victim’s iPhone out of his hand and punched him in the face before fleeing, cops said.

The teen was treated for minor injuries.


Manhattan

■ Two robbers stole $18,000 worth of sunglasses from a shop in the Meatpacking District on Monday, cops and a sales associate said.

The two men, in their late 20s, were at Solstice on Ninth Avenue near Jane Street and started filling a plastic bag with expensive sunglasses, the sales associate, Zach Spaulding, told The Post.

A total of 51 pairs of sunglasses were stolen, according to Spaulding.

“I was terrified,” the store employee said.

“They pulled all the glasses they wanted and put then in a plastic bag and into a backpack and said, ‘Don’t follow us.’ ”

Cops said one of the suspects was carrying a red-and-white backpack while the second suspect was described as wearing all black.


Brooklyn

■ A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the head inside his burning Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, cops said.

Qasim Mitchell, 24, was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where he later died, after being discovered in the fire at the Stuyvesant Gardens Houseson on Gates Avenue Sunday at about 4:30 p.m., cops said.

Another man, 38, whose identity was not released, was found in the rear courtyard of the building with gunshots to his shoulder and torso, cops said.

He was taken to Kings County Hospital and was in stable condition, cops said.

The cause of the fire was unknown, cops said.

■ An NYPD officer was arrested for attacking his girlfriend in their East New York apartment Monday, cops said.

McKensie Jean-Francois, 26, got into an argument with his gal pal and choked her using a pillow, cops said.

He was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing. It was unclear what sparked the dispute.

■ A crook snatched a cellphone from a subway rider in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.

The 25-year-old woman was boarding a northbound C train at the Ralph Avenue station on Feb. 11 when a man came up to her and grabbed the phone.

The suspect ran up a stairwell and out of the station before police arrived, cops said.

He’s described as being in his late teens, approximately 5-foot-10, wearing a black bubble jacket with a white design and a black hat, according to police. :mad:

■ A burglar stole cash from two Bensonhurst homes and attempted to break into three other residences, cops said Monday.

The thief forced his way into two homes on 62nd Street near 18th Avenue between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on March 22, cops said.

He made off with a total of $100, cops said.

He then tried, but failed to enter three nearby houses, police said.

Video surveillance released Monday showed the suspect lurking between homes and peering into one camera before walking away.

He was seen wearing a blue backward slung baseball cap, blue jeans, and a black jacket. :mad:


Staten Island

■ Cops are hunting for a man who assaulted his girlfriend with a stove burner in a flea-bag hotel in New Dorp, cops said.

David Ruiz, 24, was living with his girlfriend in a single occupancy room on Midland Avenue near Boundary Avenue on Feb. 21 at noon when he grabbed the burner from the stove and hit the 22-year-old woman in the face, cops said.

The victim suffered a deep cut to the face but did not go to the hospital, cops said.

The suspect has a dragon tattoo on his arm, cops said.

It was unclear what set off the suspect.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Aaron Feis
April 2, 2014 | 3:57am

Manhattan

■ Cops are looking for a man who tried to rob a Lower East Side bank.

The suspect walked into the Popular Community Bank at 134 Delancey St. Saturday at about 1 p.m. and gave the teller a note demanding cash, but the teller balked, police sources said.

The would-be robber fled empty-handed, first west on Delancey Street, then north on Norfolk Street.

He is believed to be in his 20s and thin.

He was last seen wearing sunglasses, a black and gray ski cap and a black hooded sweatshirt with a white Jordan logo.

He also was using white Apple iPhone earbuds.

■ A thief who swiped an iPhone 5 from a Chipotle in the Financial District told the victim he could buy his phone back, law enforcement sources said.

The crook swiped the phone when a customer at the fast-food restaurant set it down, along with a credit card he had slipped in the case Monday at about 7 p.m., sources said.

The victim turned around to see his phone was gone and canceled the credit card, but not before it was used to buy a $6 meal at a McDonald’s in The Bronx, sources added.

The victim used the FindMyiPhone app and tracked his device to Bainbridge Avenue in The Bronx. The victim got in touch with a man who said his name was “Jay” and offered to sell the phone back to the victim, sources said.

Jay offered to meet the victim, but the phone was turned off and he didn’t show, sources added.

The victim captured two phone numbers associated with the suspect, one on caller ID and the other one after the victim provided it, sources said.

No arrests have been made.

■ A homeless drifter attacked a man trying to hail a cab at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, police said.

Bryant Sassony, 31, punched the 52-year-old victim in the back of the head Monday at about 5:45 a.m. on Eighth Avenue near West 42nd Street, according to Port Authority Police.

The victim fell to the pavement, got up and went into a nearby store to seek safety, but Sassony followed him, demanding the man’s cellphone and continuing to attack him, cops said.

Port Authority police caught up with the alleged attacker at the scene and arrested him on charges of attempted robbery and assault.

The victim was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he treated for injuries to his face and elbow, officials said.

Sassony has an extensive arrest history for assault, battery, DUI and pot possession in Last Vegas and Delaware, sources said.


Brooklyn

■ Two men tried to hold up a Burger King in East New York, authorities said.

The would-be robbers walked into the fast-food joint on Linden Boulevard near Pennsylvania Avenue March 20 at about 6 a.m., cops said.

One of the thugs trained a gun on the workers and ordered them into the back of the restaurant while his accomplice kept a lookout, police said.

However, the duo fled empty-handed, according to cops.

The gunman was seen on surveillance video wearing the hardhat and a reflective vest. :mad:

His pal was carrying a black backpack and wore a yellow hat, black jacket, gray pants and light-colored shoes. :mad:


The Bronx

■ A teen trying to get to school on a city bus was threatened by another teen passenger who claimed to have a gun, threatened to bring the weapon to school and promised to open fire on the bus in Parkchester, authorities said.

The 14-year-old was on the BX39 on March 25 at about 8:30 a.m. when Ken Bell, 16, boarded on White Plains Road, sat beside him, and announced, “I have a gun. Let’s go to Truman High School. Do you want to see my gun?” according to a court complaint.

Bell then demanded the younger kid’s iPhone, password and headphones, while threatening, “If you don’t give me the phone, I’m going to start shooting the bus.

“I’m going to keep this and you’re getting off at the next stop or else I’m going to shoot you. I’m going to need your headphones, too,” court papers state.

Bell snatched the iPhone5 and headphones, but was arrested, police said.

He was charged with robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny, possession of stolen property, menacing and harassment.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Natasha Velez
April 3, 2014 | 1:20am

Staten Island

Back to the Big House, buddy.

A parolee was arrested after bringing a loaded gun and cocaine to a parole visit in New Brighton, authorities said.

Tyrell McKenzie, 29, walked into the parole office on Jersey Street at about 6 a.m. Tuesday with a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson, law-enforcement sources said.

Afterward, cops executing a search warrant at his home recovered the loaded weapon and 17 additional rounds in a black bag, as well as cocaine, a Criminal Court complaint states.

McKenzie had been on parole after being convicted of felony assault in 2003, court records show.

He was charged with possession of a weapon, ammunition and drugs, according to a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.

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A charity worker illegally filled his car with more than $1,100 worth of gasoline using his employer’s account in Castleton Corners, officials said.

Garth Moreau, 37, admitted he used a New York Foundling account at a Mobil station between September and November 2013, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Workers at the charity that serves children and families noticed the unauthorized purchases, rec*ords show.

When cops confronted Moreau, he allegedly said, “I did use my ID to get some gas a couple of times.”

Actually, his purchases totaled $1,146.94, and he was hit with charges of grand larceny, possession of stolen property and petit larceny, prosecutors said.


Manhattan

A McDonald’s-munching lookout and four thieves stole more than $4,000 worth of duds from a clothing store in lower Manhattan, sources said.

A snacking woman lurked around a newly opened Urban Outfitters on Broadway near Fulton Street at about 11 a.m. last Friday, casing the business, the sources said.

Then four crooks entered the establishment, strolled past security guards, took 10 pairs of bleached jeans, five pairs of lye-washed Ramblers and two Herschel backpacks, and fled without paying, sources added.

Alarms sounded and the thieves were seen fleeing with their haul, but no arrests had been made as of last night, police said.

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An absent-minded gym member left her $5,500 Rolex watch in a cup-holder at the Equinox in Tribecca and it had vanished by the time she realized what she had done, sources said.

The 25-year-old fitness buff set the pricey timepiece in the cup-holder while she was working out at about 7:30 p.m. on March 24.

She later went home and only then realized she had left it behind, sources added.

The victim returned to the gym to find that the watch was gone, the cup-holder had been cleaned and employees said they hadn’t seen it, sources said.

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A thief stole a laptop computer and a purse from a conference attendee taking a coffee break at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park hotel.

The 29-year-old upstate resident placed the $1,200 computer in its case and set it by her purse beneath a chair in a crowded meeting room on West Street at about 10:20 a.m. last Thursday, sources said.

When she returned, her Dell laptop computer and her purse containing seven credit cards and a driver’s license had disappeared.

There were nearly 200 conference participants but no witnesses, sources said.

The hotel has surveillance cameras outside but not inside the conference room, according to law-enforcement authorities.

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An irate customer was so upset with an online bidding service, he went to its offices in Chelsea and delivered verbal threats, sources said.

Employees said the unidentified suspect, who appeared to be about 55 years old, walked into the offices of liveauctioneers.com on 12th Avenue at about 1 p.m. on March 18 and menacingly vowed, “I’m going to be back in three days and I’m going to leave something at your door.”

He left and did not follow through, sources added.

The suspect stands about 5-foot-7, weighs about 165 pounds and has black hair. :mad:

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An employee at the El Quijote restaurant in Chelsea threatened to kill a co-worker, sources said.

It was unclear what set off the 40-year-old worker at about 10 p.m. on March 19, but the man, known to the victim as “Cesar,” shoved the 42-year-old woman and promised, “I’m going to kill you one day,” the victim told cops.

The suspect fled and no arrests have been made.


Brooklyn

Two men were shot in Bushwick, cops said.

The victims, 20 and 23, were in the Bushwick Houses on Flushing Avenue near Bushwick Avenue at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to police.

The 23-year-old victim was shot in the foot and the 20-year-old victim took bullets to the torso and leg, police said.

They were rushed to Bellevue Hospital where they were listed in stable condition, cops said.

No arrests have been made.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
April 4, 2014 | 5:04am

Brooklyn

■ Two bumbling robbers shoved a 59-year-old woman into a clothing rack and stole her wallet in a Sheepshead Bay store, but dropped it on the way out, police said.

The women approached the victim from behind inside the Telco clothing store on Avenue U on March 22 at about 4:45 p.m., cops said. They pushed her into the displayed merchandise, snatched her wallet and fled, according to police.

The two women who stole the wallet dropped it on the way out, cops said.


Manhattan

■ A brawl inside a Financial District watering hole left one man with injuries so bad that he’ll need surgery, sources said.

The 34-year-old man was inside Killarney Rose on Pearl Street near Hanover Street last Saturday at about 1 a.m. when he cracked a joke about a friend of a friend and was punched in the face in *response, sources added.

The victim suffered a black eye and a broken orbital bone that requires reconstructive surgery, sources said.

He did not immediately provide a suspect description and no arrests have been made, law-enforcement sources said.

■ A school safety agent was busted for smoking weed in public in Gramercy, police said.

Martha Oyola, 40, was nabbed Wednesday at about 5:10 p.m. and charged with pot possession, cops said.

■ Cops at the Port Authority Bus Terminal rounded up several criminal suspects this week, including three men with more than 100 prior arrests among them, sources said.

Lawrence Jarvis-Robinson, 36, was arrested while hitting up people for cash next to an ATM inside the depot Monday at about 3:45 a.m., police said.

He was one of four people whom PA officers busted that day for pestering people for money, officials said. Jarvis-Robinson has an extensive record with 30 prior arrests, sources added.

The following day, police arrested two more suspects in the bus depot.

Mukadien Moultrie, 30, asked a passerby for a cigarette Tuesday at about 5:55 p.m., and when the person refused, Moultrie punched him, cops said.

Moultrie has a record that includes at least 40 arrests, sources said. He was charged with assault and harassment.

About an hour earlier, a homeless man, Richard Widstrand, 44, was blocking pedestrians, offering to carry luggage to cabs.

When a man objected, Widstrand got into an argument with the passerby and cops intervened, sources said.

When cops tried to cuff Widstrand, he bit an officer’s hand, police said.

Widstrand was charged with assault and resisting arrest, cops said. His rec*ord includes 32 prior *arrests, sources said.

■ A student claims she was pickpocketed during class at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in Tribeca.

The 23-year-old victim told cops she was at the school on Chambers Street at about 4 p.m. on March 20 when she thought she felt her purse brush against her backside, sources said.

The woman walked out of class and realized her wallet was gone, sources added.

Soon after, someone rang up a $13 charge on her credit card and a school safety agent reported that the wallet had been found about two blocks away on Murray Street between West Broadway and Greenwich Street, sources added.

No arrests have been made.

■ A wallet was stolen from a woman distracted while taking a picture of a friend at a popular live-music spot in Soho, police said.

The 32-year-old lawyer had just paid her bar tab and put her purse on a railing so she could snap a photo of her pal inside SOB’s on Varick Street at about 2 a.m. on March 26.

She then turned to find that someone had snatched her Nine West wallet with $40, her lawyer identification and a key inside, sources added.

No arrests have been made.


Staten Island

■ Two men were arrested for drug possession in Oakwood after cops found 400 bags of heroin between them, *authorities said.

Narcotics officers had Mirsad Bogdanovic, 37, and John King, 24, under surveillance while the two were inside a car at the corner of Tysens Lane and Mill Road on Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m., a Criminal Court complaint states.

When cops approached, they spotted in the car two zipped bags filled with hundreds of glassines of heroin, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Bogdanovic and King were arrested and charged with drug possession, said a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
April 5, 2014 | 5:06am

Manhattan

■ An Australian tourist who brought a blonde back to his room at a posh Chelsea hotel with the hopes of a ménage à trois got royally screwed when the seductress fleeced him of his money and passport, police sources said.

The 40-year-old man was at the PHD rooftop lounge at the Dream Downtown hotel on West 16th Street March 19 at about 3 a.m. when the 5-foot-10 woman approached him at the bar and asked to go to his room, the sources said.

When the duo settled in, the statuesque woman suggested he take a shower while she fetched another woman to accompany them for a threesome, the sources said.

But 15 minutes after he stepped out of the shower, he grew suspicious, checked his pockets and discovered the theft, the sources said.

She fled with 4,500 euros and the passport.


Brooklyn

■ An elderly woman was slugged in the face on a Park Slope subway platform, cops said.

The 70-year-old straphanger was waiting for the R train on the southbound side of the Ninth Street station last Sunday at 10:45 a.m. when a man walked up to her and punched her, cops said.

The suspect fled before police arrived.

The woman was treated for minor injuries, authorities said.

■ A 25-year-old man was carjacked by two armed thugs in Bedford Stuyvesant, cops said.

The gunmen approached the victim seated in a red 2001 Honda Accord on Monroe Street near Stuyvesant Avenue last Sunday at about 4 p.m. and ordered him to get out of the vehicle before fleeing in the car, police said.

Later that day, two women were caught on video surveillance after using the victim’s debit card, which had been left in the car, in the vicinity of the carjacking.

■ A man was fatally struck by a van Friday as he crossed an East Flatbush street, police said.

Dwayne Dwyer, 30, was walking across Utica Avenue at Avenue D at about 5:45 a.m. when he was mowed down by the white van, cops said. Dwyer was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he died.

The van’s driver stayed at the scene and was not charged.


The Bronx

■ A man tried to rob a Chase bank in Soundview, but left empty-handed, cops said.

The suspect walked into bank on Westchester and Castle Hill avenues last Monday at about 2 p.m. and handed a demand note to a teller before fleeing, according to police.

The suspect was caught on video surveillance carrying a black bag, wearing a tan jacket and black hat.

■ An elderly man was allegedly on drugs when he plowed into a pedestrian in Soundview, cops said.

James Coleman, 72, was driving a 2010 Dodge Avenger at 3:30 p.m. Thursday when he struck a 60-year-old man and fled the scene, according to police.

Coleman then sideswiped a 2009 Mercury driven by a 25-year-old man, cops said.

The Mercury motorist was able to catch up to Coleman, who was arrested by police.

The 60-year-old victim suffered severe head trauma and was in serious condition at Jacobi Medical Center.

Coleman has been charged with vehicular assault, operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and aggravated unlicensed operator, cops said.

This was his first arrest in New York.

■ A woman hailing a cab was shot in the leg and a man was hit in the shoulder when bullets went flying in Soundview, cops said.

Each victim was in the vicinity of East 174th Street and Manor Avenue Thursday at about 7 p.m., according to police.

The 23-year-old woman told cops she was looking for a cab when she suddenly felt pain in her leg and realized she had been shot.

The 20-year-old man was found wounded a short while later in a second-floor hallway and was initially uncooperative with police.

But video surveillance shows the 20-year-old man was outside moments before he was shot.

He was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital and the woman was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, authorities said.

They have since been treated and released, cops said.

The 20-year-old victim has prior arrests for trespassing and possession of marijuana, cops said.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez
April 6, 2014 | 3:00am

Brooklyn

Cops arrested a gunman after a dramatic standoff in Crown Heights early Saturday, police said.

Two plainclothes officers responding to a call of shots fired at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway at 3:30 a.m. were met by Obatakuma :confused: Staton, 26, who had a .22-caliber gun in his hand, cops said.

Staton fired off one round and ran.

The cops tracked him down at the New Utica Produce bodega nearby, according to police.

Inside the bodega, Staton was told to drop the gun. He refused, prompting one of the officers to fire a shot, which missed Staton, cops said.

The cops eventually got the cuffs on Staton, who was charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest.

The officers were treated for tinnitus and released. Staton has prior arrests for assault.

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Cops are searching for the two gun-toting thieves pictured above who followed a woman into a *Coney Island elevator and fled with her purse.

The thugs followed the 55-year-old victim into the lift in a building on Mermaid Avenue near West 29th Street at about 5 p.m. on March 14, cops said.

Once she made it to the eighth floor, one of the robbers whipped out a pistol and snatched her purse, cops said.

The gunman is believed to be in his 20s and was wearing a black ’do rag and a black, waist-length Moncler brand jacket.

His accomplice is in his 30s and was wearing a red Yankee baseball cap, a red, plaid scarf around his face, and had braided hair and pierced ears.


Staten Island

Two men snatched $360 out of the hand of an elderly woman in Mariners Harbor, cops said.

The 71-year-old victim was standing at Lockman Avenue and Richmond Terrace when the two robbers approached at around 5:15 p.m. on March 21, according to police.

The woman was not injured.


Queens

Two pals were robbed at gunpoint in Richmond Hill, cops said.

The two were at 115th Street and 95th Avenue when a light blue Toyota Corolla with two men inside drove up at 1:30 a.m. Friday, cops said.

The passenger pulled a pistol and demanded that the victims fork over their belongings, police said.

The pair handed over their cellphones, a pair of iPhone headphones, a wallet and a gold ring, cops said.

The car then fled east on 95th Avenue and onto *Lefferts Boulevard.

The thieves were both described as about 6-foot-2 and 220 to 230 pounds. :mad:
 
http://nypost.com/2014/04/07/wave-of-gun-violence-leaves-4-dead-across-nyc/

Wave of gun violence leaves 4 dead across NYC
By Antonio Antenucci and Dana Sauchelli
April 7, 2014 | 10:22am

Four men are dead after a bloody night of gun violence swept through the city in separate incidents Sunday, authorities said.

The first shooting occurred outside the Edenwald Houses on East 225th Street in The Bronx, where Andre Hanson, 26, was found by police at around 4:40 p.m. with a gunshot wound through his left armpit, cops said.

Hanson was rushed to Montefiore Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

About an hour later, Ivan Martinez, 29, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head outside an apartment building on Suydam Avenue near Irving Avenue in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, cops said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.

Aaron Utsey, 21, was shot multiple times in the torso on Mother Gaston Boulevard near Liberty Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn, around 8:40 p.m., cops said. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he died, authorities said.

Also in Brooklyn, Eric Lantimo, 22, was shot twice in the back of the head and once in the right shoulder on the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Tilden Avenue around 11 p.m., cops said. He died at Kings County Hospital, officials said.

There have been no arrests.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley
April 7, 2014 | 4:24am

Manhattan

This bank robber really gets around.

James Walden is being sought for knocking over four banks around Manhattan last month, cops said Sunday.

He first struck March 6 at the HSBC branch on Fifth Avenue near East 21st Street in the Flatiron District, they said.

Two days later, Walden allegedly robbed a Capital One bank on Broadway near West 70th Street on the Upper West Side.

On March 17, he hit another Capital One, at University Place and Eighth Street in Greenwich Village, cops said.

Finally, he allegedly knocked over the Chase bank on Madison Avenue near East 79th Street on the Upper East Side.

In each theft, Walden slipped a teller a note demanding money and ran with the cash, according to police.


Brooklyn

Two livery drivers were robbed at gunpoint in the span of less than half an hour in Bushwick, police said Sunday.

Two thugs requested car service at Wyckoff Avenue and Covert Street at around 11:10 a.m. Saturday, and soon after getting into the vehicle, pulled a black gun and demanded cash, cops said.

The driver jumped out and ran for his life, while the crooks snatched $70 from his seat, according to police.

Twenty minutes later, one of the thieves got into a livery car on Weirfield Street between Irving and Wyckoff avenues, pulled the weapon again and demanded money, police said.

The thug ran after that driver handed over $250, cops said.

The thief believed to have been involved in both heists wore a hoodie and had a mark on the bottom of his face, while the other thug wore a cap, cops said.

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Two correction officers were arrested Saturday after brawling in their East New York home, sources said.

James Williams, 30, and Dominqua Rush, 28, were each charged with misdemeanor assault after the fight at around 10:50 p.m., police said.

It wasn’t clear what sparked the row, but Williams walked away with cuts and bite marks, while Rush suffered pain and bruising from being thrown to the ground, the sources added.

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A teenage gunman opened fire on a small crowd outside a club in East Flatbush on Sunday, striking three men, officials said. All were expected to survive.

It wasn’t clear if the three victims were the intended targets or what caused the confrontation outside Pat’s Palm Tree on Church Avenue near 36th Street at around 3:20 a.m., cops said.

Officers on patrol witnessed the shooting.

They chased the gunman and nabbed him a few blocks away at 38th Street and Church Avenue, police said.

Investigators also recovered a .380-caliber handgun nearby.

No charges have been filed, so the name of the shooter, who is 17, was not released.

Two of the victims are 19 years old and one is 20, officials said.

They were being treated at Kings County Hospital.


Staten Island

Anthony Pagani, 16, stabbed a man Sunday during an argument in an Old Town home, authorities said.

The victim was expected to survive the attack, which occurred in the residence on Reid Avenue at around 10:25 a.m., according to police.

The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to an area hospital with a puncture wound to his upper right chest, cops said.

It wasn’t clear what started the altercation.

Pagani was charged with assault, authorities said.


Queens

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in the waters off Astoria on Saturday morning.

The victim was found at around 11 a.m. on the rocks off the East River near Astoria Park South and Shore Boulevard, cops said.

Her body was too badly decomposed to determine her age, race or whether she suffered any trauma, sources added.

Police are waiting for the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley, Dana Sauchelli and Matt McNulty
April 8, 2014 | 3:00am

Manhattan

Police are looking for a Columbia University student who disappeared last week, sources said.

Jiwon Lee, 29, who is in her fourth year studying dental medicine, was last seen April 1 at about 8:30 p.m. inside her apartment on West 98th Street near Broadway, cops said.

Lee’s cellphone was last tracked near the George Washington Bridge, but there is no video surveillance available from the bridge, a source said.

Searches around in the bridge conducted by Aviation, Harbor Patrol and K-9 turned up nothing, sources said.

Her brother, Matt Lee, 25, has started a Web site for Jiwon Lee on GoFundMe.com and is seeking donations for a private investigator to assist the NYPD in its search efforts.

The site has already raised $28,463.

Her brother told Columbia’s University Herald that a 30-minute call to an unidentified person the night of her disappearance raises questions. “We think that’s very suspicious,” Lee said.

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A man was caught driving in the wrong lane in the Holland Tunnel as he left lower Manhattan, police said.

Michael Petit-Frere, 28, of Easton, Pa., was driving a black BMW in a lane that was closed to traffic Sunday at about 6 a.m., cops said.

Officers tried to pull him over, but he ignored their lights and sirens, leading Port Authority Police on a chase through Jersey City and onto the New Jersey Turnpike, where he finally stopped, cops said.

Petit-Frere refused to get out of the car, yelled, and flailed his arms while officers pulled him out, sources said.

He reeked of booze, slurred his speech, then failed a sobriety test, but not before he lost his pants, sources said.

“His pants were open when they pulled him over and did fall down,” a source said.

Petit-Frere also wanted on a warrant in East Orange, NJ, and was arrested once in Florida, sources said.

This time, he was charged with DWI, eluding cops, resisting arrest, bail jumping, driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle and reckless driving.

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A cabdriver was taken for a ride by a blond clubgoer who dipped into the popular Marquee nightclub in Chelsea and skipped out on her fare, sources said.

The woman called for the car service to pick her up on Second Avenue and East 55th Street, and asked to be taken to the club on 10th Avenue near West 27th Street on March 27 at about 1 a.m., sources added.

She said she needed to go into the club to get her credit card and promised to return to pay her fare. The gullible hack let her out after taking her phone number, sources said.

The driver repeatedly called the number the woman used when she requested the car service, but no one answered and he was unable to collect his $32 fare, sources said.

No arrests have been made.

The suspect is about 5-foot-7, 135 pounds, with blond hair and brown eyes.


Brooklyn

An off-duty cop was busted for alleged drunken driving after plowing into another car in East New York and fleeing the scene, sources said.

Shieed Haniff, 30, crashed his vehicle at the corner of Crescent Street and Liberty Avenue just before midnight Sunday, sources added.

It was not immediately clear how many people were in the other car, but no one was seriously injured, police sources said.

Haniff allegedly took off, driving erratically and fast enough to draw the attention of on-duty cops, who pulled him over, sources added.

He was arrested and charged with drunken driving, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and refusing to take a breath test.


Queens

Cops are looking for a man wanted for robbing a Woodside bank Monday morning, police said.

The middle-aged suspect with gray hair, all black clothing and sunglasses, walked into the Astoria Federal Bank on Woodside Avenue, near 61st Street, just after 10 a.m., cops said.

He passed the teller a note demanding cash and got away with an undetermined amount of money, cops added.

No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez and Dana Sauchelli
April 9, 2014 | 3:53am

Queens

A pervert was busted for masturbating in front of children in a Jamaica park, authorities said Tuesday.

Keen Fenton, 44, was sitting on a bench in Rufus King Park at about 4:30 p.m. Monday when he allegedly exposed himself to several kids walking by, police said.

A witness called 911 and Fenton was arrested at the scene on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, public lewdness and criminal trespass.

Officials said Fenton has no prior arrests.

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The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force :confused: is hunting for a middle-aged white man who called a 15-year-old Muslim girl a “terrorist” and threatened to kill her aboard a crowded bus in Kew Gardens Hills, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The 5-foot-7 suspect became angry at the girl when her bag brushed up against him as they were riding on the Q88 bus at Kissena Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway during the Monday morning rush, the sources said.

He started hurling profanities at the teen, screaming, “F–k you! F–k your people! You Muslim! You’re a terrorist!” according to sources.

The girl, who was clad in traditional Muslim garb, allegedly tried to calm him down by pointing out that it was a bumpy ride.

But the thug :mad: became more aggressive, pushing the teen and repeatedly spitting on her, sources said.

He also clenched his fist and sneered, “I’m not scared to hit you with my fist. I will kill you,” before dashing off the bus when it stopped on Kissena Boulevard.


The Bronx

Detectives on Tuesday were looking for a would-be thief who threatened to shoot a teller during a botched bank robbery in Parkchester, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The 5-foot-7, 170-pound man, who is either of Indian or Guyanese descent, targeted a Chase Bank on Castle Hill Avenue near Waterbury Avenue on March 31 at about 1 p.m., the sources said.

He slipped a note to a female teller that read, “Give us the money or we are start blasting away no dye packs no *f–king tricks we know where you live,” according to one source.

The teller walked away from her window, leaving the crook alone for several minutes, and he eventually ran out without any cash, sources said.

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A man is wanted for exposing himself to a girl in University Heights, police said.

The perv unzipped his pants in front of the 10-year-old victim inside an apartment building on East 178th Street and Grand Concourse on Feb. 28 at about 3 p.m., police said.

He then dashed out of the building.


Manhattan

A Murray Hill woman was hospitalized with second-degree burns after her dinner date tossed scalding soup on her, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.

The 31-year-old victim invited her co-worker, Young Kim, 43, for dinner and drinks at her East 32nd Street apartment on March 12, sources said.

Kim became intoxicated and started a fight with the victim, tossing a bowl of soup on her, sources said.

The victim was treated at Cornell Hospital for burns to her leg and shoulder.

Kim was arrested on March 25 on charges of assault and reckless endangerment.

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Cops are hunting two thieves who stole cash and Apple products from a young man’s Times Square hotel room.

The unidentified suspects — a man and a woman — were invited back to the 22-year-old victim’s room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Broadway and 49th Street on March 13 at aboout 1:30 a.m., cops said.

While the victim was distracted, the crooks swiped his iPad, iPhone, credit cards and $600 in cash before fleeing, cops said.

Police did not release further details.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Natasha Velez, Dana Sauchelli and Aaron Feis
April 10, 2014 | 2:09am

Brooklyn

We have a winner!

A thief broke into a Stuyvesant Heights deli, stole cash and scratch-off lottery tickets and later cashed in the winning ones, cops said.

Police say he climbed to the rooftop of the deli on Malcolm X Boulevard near Stuyvesant Avenue, carved a hole in the ceiling and dropped down.

He swiped lottery tickets, cigarettes, $2,500 from the register and $5,980 from an ATM *machine, cops said.

He then apparently did some serious scratching, because he later entered other delis and cashed the lottery winners, cops said.

He was seen on video surveillance at a deli in Ridgewood, Queens, with scratch-offs in hand.


The Bronx

A would-be bank robber threatened to shoot a teller at a Parkchester branch, cops said.

He entered the Chase branch on Castle Hill Avenue on March 31 and passed a note to a teller reading, “Give us the money or we are start blasting away [sic] no dye packs no f-–king tricks we know where you live.”

The teller left the window and the robber fled empty-handed.

A thief snatched a 59-year-old woman’s iPhone on an MTA bus in Bedford Park, authorities said.

The robber and the victim were aboard a northbound BX2 bus at about 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 when he ripped the iPhone 4S from her hand and fled through the exit door at Bedford Park Boulevard East and the Grand Concourse, cops said.

The thief is believed to be 19 to 25 years old, and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, gray jacket with black sleeves, and black jeans. :mad:

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A pervert groped a 13-year-old girl aboard a No. 4 train and fled at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station, authorities said.

The 13-year-old boarded the train at 125th Street in Harlem at about 5:45 p.m. on March 26, cops said.

The perv, already on board, approached the teen and began groping her, according to police.

She exited the train at 161st Street followed by the perv, who after a few seconds fled, cops said.

The victim was not *injured.


Queens

Two livery cabbies assaulted a fellow driver at Kennedy Airport after one of them pulled a knife, sources said.

Junior Rowe, 30, and Wayne Walker, 41, got into a violent argument with another driver outside Terminal 8 at about 4:30 p.m. last Friday, the sources said.

Port Authority cops came by, and the victim told them that the suspects had tried to stab him, the sources said.

At that point, Rowe jumped into his Ford Taurus and sped off, nearly running over two officers, the sources said.

But he got caught in airport traffic and was *arrested, the sources said.

Cops searched Walker’s car, found a knife and *arrested him, the sources said.

Rowe was charged with assault on a police officer, menacing, reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.

Walker was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.


Staten Island

Police arrested a man for drunken driving and found a billy club and a dagger in his car, Criminal Court papers state.

Vincint Scala, 19, blew a red light near West Caswell Avenue and Farraday Street in Graniteville at around 1:45 a.m. on April  4, the court complaint *asserts.

Police followed his 2005 gray Chevy Suburban for several blocks as he sped through the streets before finally pulling over for the officers, the complaint states.

The suspect reeked of alcohol and blew a .229 on a Breathalyzer, according to the sources.
 
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By Daniel Prendergast
April 11, 2014 | 5:34am

The Bronx

A woman swiped a customer’s wallet from a drugstore checkout counter in Fordham Manor, authorities said.

The thief spied the unattended wallet at Duane Reade on East Kingsbridge Road near Jerome Avenue last Friday morning, police said.

She grabbed it and left the store pushing a blue “granny” cart before the 45-year-old female victim noticed, cops said.

The suspect is believed to be between 50 and 55 with black hair, and was last seen wearing glasses, blue jeans and a gray coat. :mad:


Manhattan

A robber has been knocking off banks all over town, striking nine times since the beginning of this year, authorities said.

The spree began Jan. 25 when the suspect passed a teller a demand note and fled with an undetermined amount of cash from a Chase Bank on Barclay Street in the Financial District, cops said.

The thief robbed six more banks in Manhattan and one in The Bronx over the next two months, cops said.

His most recent heist occurred Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m. when he scored about $1,500 from a Capital One bank on East 34th Street.

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A thief swiped a pack of cigarettes from a West Village gas station and stabbed a worker who chased after him, authorities said.

The man grabbed the smokes and dashed out of a Mobil station on Eighth Avenue near West 13th Street on Monday at about 1:45 a.m., police said.

An 18-year-old male employee pursued the thief, who pulled out a knife during the chase and stabbed the worker in the left hand, cops said.

The victim was treated at an area hospital, officials said.

The suspect is believed to be about 35 years old, 5 feet 10 and 200 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a dark hoodie, blue jeans and black shoes.


Queens

An employee at a Best Buy in Long Island City discovered a trove of child pornography on a customer’s computer after the creep dropped it off for repair, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

Michael Murray, 61, brought his laptop to the Northern Boulevard store on March 26 and left it with the computer repair team, court records state.

When a technician booted up the laptop days later, he found several of the vile images, including a screensaver of multiple images of young girls posing provocatively or engaging in sexual acts with adult men.

The employee alerted his supervisor, who then called police, according to a criminal complaint.

Officers arrested Murray at his East Elmhurst home Wednesday, hitting him with several kiddie porn-related charges.

Murray allegedly admitted that he had been exchanging such images online for about five years.

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Authorities are searching for a mentally challenged Richmond Hill man who disappeared from Mount Sinai Hospital.

Israel Jardinez, 24, was last seen leaving the East Harlem hospital Monday at about 5:45 p.m., police said.

Jardinez, who has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old, is 5 feet 7 and 220 pounds, officials said.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket with a Mi Raza logo, tan pants, a black and white hoodie and sneakers.

Jardinez has a partially closed left eye.

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An elderly Springfield Gardens man who went missing last weekend was found dead in the waters off Nassau County, authorities said.

William Braxton, 83, was last seen leaving his 173rd Street home near 143rd Road at about noon on Saturday, police said.

His body was found floating in Head of Bay near Inwood, LI, approximately five miles from his home, on Wednesday at about 3 p.m., officials said.

It was not immediately known whether Braxton had a history of wandering or mental illness, according to cops.
 
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Daily Blotter
By Dana Sauchelli and Natasha Velez
April 12, 2014 | 4:56am

Brooklyn

■ Police released a sketch of a suspect in the snatching of an elderly man’s wallet outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant food pantry.

The 73-year-old victim was in front of the Campaign Against Hunger at Fulton and Hull streets at noon on April 4 when a man came up from behind and swiped a wallet from his back pocket, cops said.

The robber, who fled with $10, is described as 6-foot-1, 25 to 30 years old with a thin build, cops said. :mad:


The Bronx

■ Police say they’ve arrested both suspects in a murder last year in Belmont.

Matthew Simmons, 30, was found shot in the chest June 16, 2013, at Prospect Avenue near East 181st Street. Police and EMS personnel rushed him to Lincoln Hospital, where he died nine days later, cops said.

Police arrested Mattiyas Letang Thursday after apprehending Tyrell Nash, 20, on April 3, authorities said.

Nash was charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

Letang was charged with murder, robbery and criminal use of a firearm.


Manhattan

■ A woman stole two Rolex watches and more than $45,000 in cash from a man’s room at a posh Chelsea hotel as he slept Friday, cops said.

The 35-year-old man told police he invited the 5-foot-2 brunette back to his room at the Dream Downtown Hotel on West 16th Street near Ninth Avenue at about 2 a.m.

When he awoke, a $46,500 Sky Dweller Rolex and a GMT Rolex worth $11,000 were missing, cops said.

He told police $46,500 in cash also was missing.

Last month, another Dream Downtown Hotel guest was fleeced of his money and passport after bringing a woman up to his room, police said.

■ A Corrections officer was caught boozed up behind the wheel in Tryon Park, cops said.

Corrections Officer :confused: Ivelisse Santana, 35, was with Christopher Cruz, 23, in a tow truck Friday at about 2:45 a.m. when cops spotted the blue Dodge Ram crash into a tree while going in the wrong direction down a one-way path, police said.

When police approached the vehicle, they said they saw the duo attempting to switch seats.

Cruz and Santana refused to take breathalyzer tests at the scene, cops said.

Santana was charged with DWI and refusal to take a breath test, cops said.

Cruz, who has a long rap sheet, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operator, driving while ability impaired, driving without a license and refusal to take a breath test, cops said.

Cruz has had his license suspended 77 times.

In November 2009, he nearly ran over a mother and 3-year-old boy after driving over a median onto a sidewalk on the Grand Concourse while fleeing cops, police sources said.

He was charged with driving a vehicle without a license, reckless driving, false impersonation and aggravated unlicensed operator, cops said.

■ A 23-year-old man was assaulted by two pimps in Midtown after he rebuffed their offer for a prostitute, sources said.

The victim was leaving a bar near West 34th Street on March 28 at about 3:30 a.m. when the pimps him, sources said.

He followed them toward New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania where he ultimately declined the solicitation, sources said.

“You owe me $10 for wasting my time,” one of the pimps said before threatening to stab him, sources said.

The victim tried to walk away, but one of the men punched him and knocked out his front tooth, sources said. The pimps fled with $10.


Queens

■ The owner of a jewelry store was robbed at gunpoint of a $70,000 watch and $5,000 in cash in front of his Fresh Meadows home, sources said.

The owner of American Gold Refinery on West 47th Street in the Diamond District had just returned home from work on April 7 and was retrieving things from his car trunk on 184th Street near Union Turnpike at about 7:40 p.m. when a man pulled a gun on him, cops said.

“Don’t move, I’ll shoot you,” the robber said. “Give me your watch. Give me everything you got.”

He gave the robber his Audemars Piguet watch, a cellphone, and the cash, sources said.

The thief then fled.

■ A woman allegedly threw a cup of coffee in a straphanger’s face on a Forest Hills train, cops said.

The suspect was on a Jamaica-bound F train at 71st Street and Continental Avenue April 2 at 6 p.m. when the 54-year-old victim bumped into her, cops said.

The 5-foot-1 suspect then threw the coffee and punched her in the face before she fled, cops said.

The victim suffered minor injuries.
 
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By Natasha Velez
April 13, 2014 | 3:42am

Manhattan

A thief made a quick change of clothes in broad daylight after robbing a Fifth Avenue bank Saturday — and even left his drawers behind, police sources and witnesses said.

The man, wearing a gray hoodie and cargo pants, walked into a Fifth Avenue Chase Bank near East 27th Street at 12:15 p.m. and demanded cash from a teller, cops said. He fled with $1,000, they said.

About three blocks south, beside a parked black SUV at Fifth Avenue and Broadway, he changed to a light blue sweater and a pair of jeans, sources said.

He left a black backpack containing his dirty underwear under the SUV, the sources said.

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A man who robbed a Kips Bay bank made sure he got his demand note back before he fled, cops said.

The meticulous crook walked into the Park Avenue Chase branch near East 33rd Street at around 12:15 p.m. Thursday, and handed a teller a yellow note reading, “This is a robbery. I want $6,000,” a police source said.

The teller handed him $1,011 in cash, and then the man demanded his note back, the source said.

He then fled in an unknown direction, cops said.

He is described as thin and 5-foot-6, and wearing a pair of black shades and a zip-up sweater, cops said. :mad:

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A man was robbed of his designer belt and jewelry in Inwood, cops said.

The 27-year-old victim had just left Opus Lounge with a pal on 202nd Street near 10th Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, when they were approached by a man in his 20s, cops said.

The thug shouted “Give me everything, p—y!”

The victim handed over two gold chains, a large medallion and a Versace belt, cops said.

The gunman fled and the victim walked away unharmed, cops said.

The thief was wearing a black leather jacket and a baseball cap.


The Bronx

A teen gunman shot a 27-year-old man in Morris Heights on Saturday, cops said.

The victim was leaving his grandmother’s house at Walton Avenue and 172nd Street at around 12:30 a.m. when he spotted a man behind him, police sources said.

He darted down the block but the thug chased after him, the sources said.

He was shot in the left side of his stomach, cops said. The gunman, believed to be between 15 and 19 years old, fled.

Police recovered .380 shell casings at the scene.


Brooklyn

Two men were shot in Brownsville on Saturday, cops said.

The victims were at Dumont and Montauk avenues at around 2:45 a.m., when a gunman fired a bullet into one man’s foot, they said. The same thug then shot another man in the arm, authorities said.

The victims were rushed to Brookdale Hospital where they were being treated for the nonlife- threatening wounds, according to authorities.

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A bike-riding thief snatched a woman’s cellphone as she sat on a Williamsburg bench, cops said.

The victim was sitting down in front of the Sea Restaurant at Berry and North Sixth streets at around 5:40 p.m. April 4, when an 18-year-old man with short hair rode up to her from behind and snatched the Samsung Galaxy phone from her hands, cops said.
 
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By Kirstan Conley and Antonio Antenucci
April 14, 2014 | 2:57am

The Bronx

■ A man tried to rape a woman inside her Tremont apartment building, police said Sunday.

The 48-year-old victim was grabbed by the bald, paunchy pervert when she reached the second-floor landing at around 6:45 a.m. Friday, cops said.

The creep tried to rape the woman, but was scared off when she screamed, cops added.

The victim was not seriously injured, but she was taken to an area hospital for evaluation and later released.

The attacker is believed to be in his early 30s and about 5-foot-9. He was wearing a white T-shirt, black jacket, blue jeans, light-colored boots and a Philadelphia Phillies cap.

■ A man went berserk and attacked his older half-brother, threatening to “crucify” him, law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

Moses Cuello, 22, beat the victim with broken bottles and promised, “I’m going to crucify you!” before lunging at the victim with a knife, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He then bit his brother’s cheek and busted his TV in their Southern Boulevard home at around 6:30 a.m. March 31, the complaint states.

The victim was treated at an area hospital, where he needed stitches on his finger and staples to close a gash in his head.

He was also treated for bruises, swelling, pain and redness to his face, neck and shoulders, documents state.

Cuello was slapped with charges of assault, weapon possession, criminal mischief, aggravated harassment and menacing.

Staten Island

■ An irate man went to his former flame’s West New Brighton home and attacked her new boyfriend, sources said Sunday.

Christopher Manookian, 24, went to his ex-girlfriend’s house on Bement Avenue and found her in bed with her new beau at around 8 a.m. April 4, law-enforcement sources said.

He punched his 23-year-old rival and then zapped him in the stomach and chest with a stun gun, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Manookian was arrested and charged with assault, weapon possession and harassment.

■ An unlicensed drunken driver was busted after blowing through a red light near the Outerbridge Crossing in Charleston, authorities said Sunday.

O’Brien Garcia :confused:, 26, failed to stop at a light while driving a 2005 Nissan coupe east on Bridge Street near Page Avenue at around 3:20 a.m., Sunday, cops said.

Port Authority Police Officer Michael Tadros tried to pull over Garcia, but Garcia kept driving for several blocks before stopping, officials said.

Garcia, who reeked of booze and was unsteady on his feet, failed a field sobriety test, police said.

He also allegedly refused to take a Breathalyzer test.

Garcia was charged with DWI and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and his car was impounded.

■ A man was charged with beating his girlfriend and another man over the head with a piece of wood because he was upset to find the man in his Stapleton home, authorities said.

Jesus Posada, 23, wielded a two-by-four and struck the victims several times in the arms, legs and back at around 11:30 p.m. April 2, inside a home on Broad Street, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The victims were left bruised and battered.

Posada was arrested on a slew of charges, including assault, weapon possession and harassment, a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan said.

■ A sneaky thief who snatched two cellphones from a display case inside a Verizon Wireless store in New Dorp has been arrested, authorities said Sunday.

Eliyaas Niels, 26, grabbed an iPhone 5S and an iPhone 5C, worth a combined $1,200, at 4:20 p.m. Jan. 28, and walked out of the store on Hylan Boulevard without paying, a criminal complaint charges.

Investigators finally tracked him down and found the stolen goods on him April 8, the court records state.

Niels was charged with grand larceny, petit larceny and two counts of possession of stolen property, authorities said.

Queens

■ A man tried to get a free ride at a subway station in Astoria, but he didn’t go far.

Cops arrested Larry Forlong, 21, after he jumped a turnstile at around 4 a.m. Sunday inside the station at Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street, police sources said. He was charged with intent to defraud transit, law-enforcement sources said.

Brooklyn

■ A city schoolteacher drove while drunk in Bensonhurst on Sunday, police sources said.

Mayra Rios, 27, who teaches art and music at an elementary school in Brooklyn, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving while ability was impaired at around 3 a.m., cops said.
 
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By Kirstan Conley, Matt McNulty and Dana Sauchelli
April 15, 2014 | 2:43am

The Bronx

A man is wanted for several burglaries in Soundview, cops said Monday.

In the first heist, the suspect and an accomplice broke into a home on Gildersleeve Avenue just after 4 p.m. April 6, and made off with a watch, cash, an Xbox and an iPhone, police said.

At around 6 a.m. the following day, the two struck at a home on Patterson Avenue, stealing a television, cops said.

One of the burglars wore a trucker’s hat and a beige vest.

The second was caught on surveillance video wearing a puffy black jacket, a white baseball cap and a black backpack, cops said.


Brooklyn

A man died Monday after being shot outside his Fort Greene apartment, police said.

Armal Mallory, 42, was unconscious when police arrived at North Oxford Walk near Park Avenue in the Whitman Houses at around 12:15 a.m., cops said.

Mallory had bullet wounds to his head and torso and died at the scene, officials said.

No arrests have been made and a motive was not clear.


Manhattan

A man robbed a Midtown bank Monday, police said. The thief entered the Capital One branch on Broadway and West 55th Street just after 10 a.m., handed the teller a demand note and ran off with a stash of cash.

No one was injured and the robber was not believed to be armed, authorities said.

The robber was wearing glasses and a gray shirt.

No arrests had been made as of Monday night.

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A crackhead cyclist was caught carrying drugs while riding a stolen Citi Bike on a Midtown sidewalk, police sources said Monday.

Adam York, 33, was pedaling on Eighth Avenue at West 42nd Street at around 10:30 p.m. March 31 when cops stopped and questioned him, the sources said.

York first claimed to have “found the bike,” but later copped to having stolen it, according to the sources.

Cops found crack on him, the sources added.

York was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal possession of a controlled substance — and, of course, riding a bicycle on the sidewalk.


Queens

A drunken driver smashed her car into the back of another vehicle, killing her passenger, in Queens Village on Monday, police said.

Sharlene Numa, 28, was driving her white 2014 Infiniti sedan on the Belt Parkway near Merrick Boulevard at around 4:15 a.m. when she rear-ended a 2012 Mercedes, cops said.

The Infiniti flipped over, and came to a stop near South Conduit Avenue and Brookville Boulevard, police added.

Numa and her passenger, Kendall Heard, 29, were rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where Heard was pronounced dead.

The 18-year-old driver of the Mercedes was taken to Franklin General Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.

Numa was charged with manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter, the sources said.

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A man was clinging to life Monday after being stabbed in the neck in Jamaica, authorities said.

The 23-year-old victim was attacked outside a home on 157th Street near Brinkerhoff Avenue, at around noon by a thug who then fled, according to police.

He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said.

No arrests have been made and the motive was not clear. The thug was wearing basketball shorts, cops said.


Staten Island

A 16-year-old and five of his pals stole a cellphone from a man on a Mariners Harbor bus, authorities said Monday.

Allah Paige, 16, and his unnamed accomplices surrounded the man as he sat on the S46 bus at Brabant Street and South Avenue at around 1:20 p.m. on Friday, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

One of the thieves grabbed the iPhone out of the victim’s hand and, when he tried to snatch it back, one of them allegedly said, “Don’t get up and don’t snitch. We’ll f–k you up.”

The group ran off with the phone, but only Paige was caught, court documents state.

He was charged with robbery, grand larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Dan Donovan.
 
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By Kirstan Conley and Dana Sauchelli
April 16, 2014 | 3:20am

Manhattan

At least one anti-Semite :rolleyes: sent hate mail to a Jewish immigration center in Chelsea a week before Passover, sources said.

An individual using a Pennsylvania college’s *e-mail address sent insults and threats to Bend the Arc, on Seventh Avenue, near West 30th Street, at 10 a.m. April 7, hours before an anonymous person sent an obscene electronic message, law-enforcement sources said.

The sender of the first hate-filled message addressed it to “whatever Jew ends up reading this,” and went on to call the recipients and Jews, in general, hateful names including “oven-dwellers” the sources added.

The person urged Americans to rebuild “our Auschwitz,” and looked forward to the next Palestinian suicide bomber.

That message was followed by a curse-filled rant from an anonymous sender at around 5 p.m., the same day.

Both messages complained that Israel allegedly turns away African immigrants while Israelis immigrate to the United States. :eek:

The second e-mail contained bigoted remarks about Africans as well as Jews, the sources added.

No arrests have been made.

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A 15-year-old boy claimed he was wounded in the leg on Monday by a stray bullet on the Lower East Side, police sources said.

The youth told cops that he left his apartment on Madison Street near Worth Street to visit someone in a nearby building at around 8:45 p.m.

When he walked out of that building, which was across the street, to go back home, he said he heard gunfire, felt a sting in his right leg and realized he had been shot, the sources said.

He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

Police sources said that he was uncooperative during questioning and that no arrests had been made.
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Milk, it does a body good — as long as you’re not this guy.

A 51-year-old man returned to his Upper East Side apartment at around 10 p.m. Sunday, when John Cangelosi tossed a gallon milk jug at him, hitting him in the head, law-enforcement sources said.

It’s not clear how Cangelosi, 50, got into the East 86th Street apartment or what sparked the attack, the sources said.

But Cangelosi was arrested and charged with attempted assault and criminal contempt for violating an order of protection, the sources added.

The victim was not seriously injured.

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An Fashion Institute of Technology student told cops that some “friends” she invited over for a party at her luxury Hell’s Kitchen high-rise slipped off with more than $15,000 of her valuables, law-enforcement sources said.

The 22-year-old woman hosted the bash at her West 37th Street apartment from Friday night into Saturday morning.

Several pals were still in the home when the hostess passed out, the sources added.

She awoke at around noon Saturday to find that her so-called friends, her jewels and her cash had vanished, the sources said.

Among the items missing from her bedroom were a $13,400 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner watch, a $1,350 David Yurman bracelet and $600 in cash.

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An obsessed ex has been stalking a man online and at his job, where he sells pricey footwear in the Meatpacking District, sources said.

The 29-year-old victim has been the target of an ongoing harassment campaign, which has stretched from social media to the Louboutin shoe boutique, on Washington Street, the sources said.

It wasn’t immediately clear when the harassment began, but the threats, via texts, phone calls, social- media cites and in-person visits, were continuing as recently as last week, according to the sources.

Police are investigating the matter but no arrests have been made.


Brooklyn

A woman was groped on an L train in Williamsburg, cops said.

The 28-year-old victim was standing on the train at the Bedford Avenue station at around 7 p.m. April 8 when a creep repeatedly touched her buttocks, cops said.

The perv was about 5-foot-6 and 200 pounds with a mustache.

He is believed to be in his 40s or 50s.

He was last seen wearing a black and gray baseball cap and a gray hooded sweater, cops said. :mad:


Staten Island

Four hooligans in Rossville were caught selling heroin to an undercover cop, authorities said.

Christine Brumale, 21, unknowingly arranged to sell to a detective, and brought her friend Jessica Vosbrink, 23, into his car for the deal at around 1:20 p.m. April 11, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Vosbrink took the cash and Brumale told the cop he could score the dope on Carlyle Green near Arthur Kill Road, the documents state.

Jessica Giannini, 28, then drove up in a Jeep Cherokee with Omari Eaton :eek:, 23, riding shotgun, and the four friends allegedly let the drugs and cash change hands.

All were charged with sale and possession of a controlled substance, according to District Attorney Dan Donovan’s office.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/04/17/daily-blotter-137/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Aaron Feis
April 17, 2014 | 5:47am

Manhattan

Oops!

A drunken driver backed into a marked police car in Chelsea, police said Wednesday.

Jermaine Grace, 36, had a few drinks before getting behind the wheel of a pal’s Nissan Maxima and stopping for a light at Ninth Avenue and 19th Street at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, cops said.

When the light changed, Grace proceeded — in reverse — and smacked the patrol car behind him, *police said.

No one was seriously hurt. Grace was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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A hapless tourist lost $1,300 while admiring the sites, sounds, smells and tastes of Manhattan, sources said Wednesday.

The 30-year-old Briton had traipsed all over the city before stopping at *Artichoke Basille’s Pizza on Tenth Avenue near West 17th Street at about 11 a.m. on April 7, when he realized his giant wad of cash was gone, the sources added.

No arrests have been made and no one has turned in the cash, the sources said, but the victim’s Twitter account shows he was trying his luck in Las Vegas three days later, the sources said.

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The leather duds of a Hunter College student partying at a popular night spot along the High Line were stolen from a coat check, sources said Wednesday.

The 21-year-old woman was in the club Avenue on Tenth Avenue near West 17th Street until about 1  a.m. on April 8, the sources added.

When she went to retrieve her $200 quilted leather jacket, it was gone, the sources said.

No arrests have been made.

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A driver for the Medical Examiner’s Office was arrested after a domestic squabble in his East Village home, authorities said Wednesday.

A raging Jamar Harris, 37, broke down a bedroom door at about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Responding cops found him armed with a gravity knife, authorities said.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief, authorities said.

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A man sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to rape her after sneaking into her East Village home as she slept, authorities said Wednesday.

The 32-year-old victim awoke to find the fiend standing over her in bed at about 3 a.m. Saturday, police said.

The creep sexually assaulted the woman and tried to rape her, cops said, but she fought off the attacker and he finally fled.

The creep is believed to be in his 20s, about *5-foot-4 and 160 pounds. He has long, dark hair and was last seen wearing a knit cap.


Queens

A deranged slasher cut a teen in Forest Hills for no apparent reason, police said.

The thug didn’t say a word as he approached the 18-year-old victim at 62nd Avenue and Yellowstone Boulevard at about 4 p.m. on April 9, slashed the teen above the right ear and fled, cops said.

The victim was treated at an area hospital, officials added.

It was not clear what prompted the attack, police said.

The slasher was last seen with long, dark hair and wearing a Yankees baseball cap.


Staten Island

Two teens attacked a young man in Mariners Harbor and then tried to outrun cops, authorities said.

Shamel Massie, 18, and Kenroy Gittens, 16, approached the 19-year-old victim at South and Forest avenues at around 11:25 p.m. Friday and punched and stabbed him on the leg, hands and foot, cops said.

The two then fled and the victim was rushed to Richmond University Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, officials said.

Plainclothes cops patrolling the area in an unmarked car saw two teens matching the description of the attackers.

The teens, Massie and Gittens, ran when police approached them, cops said.

Officers finally caught up with the suspects, who flailed their arms and resisted cuffing, police said.

They were both charged with attempted assault and resisting arrest, according to a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
 
http://nypost.com/2014/04/18/daily-blotter-138/

Daily Blotter
By Kirstan Conley and Aaron Feis
April 18, 2014 | 3:25am

The Bronx

Two robbers netted valuables and $900 in cash in an armed robbery at a Norwood home, cops said.

The two entered the Decatur Avenue house at about 8:15 p.m. April 9, pulled guns, bound a resident with tape, and swiped cash, jewelry, a credit card and a cellphone, police said.

The victim was treated for minor injuries, officials added.

Less than an hour later, the robbers tried to use the victim’s card at the Rite-Aid near West 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem, *authorities said.

Surveillance video from the pharmacy shows one suspect wearing a gray *T-shirt with white lettering in a red box on the front. :mad:

His partner was seen wearing a purple and black baseball cap.


Manhattan

A wireless-Internet provider discovered that a two-month outage in its subway-service area was caused by someone who went into a manhole in Chelsea and deliberately cut wires, sources said.

Police are investigating the report, which resulted in an outage that began at about 6 p.m. Feb. 6, and was finally discovered by Transit Wireless workers on April 8, sources said.

So far, investigators don’t know who committed the likely act of vandalism or why.

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A shoplifter stole more than $1,600 worth of wallets from a luxury clothing store in Soho, police sources said.

The thief walked into Mulberry on Spring Street at about 2:25 p.m. Sunday while an employee was helping a customer in the front of the store, sources added.

The thief made a beeline for the rear, plucked two wallets from a display case and two more from a shelf, then hustled out, triggering shoplifting-sensor alarms, sources said.

The employee quickly discovered that two Daria Continental wallets worth $500 each and two eight-card wallets worth $330 each were gone, sources said.

A review of video-surveillance footage revealed a 6-foot-tall, 195-pound thief wearing blue jeans and a blue sport jacket snatching the goods, sources added. :mad:

No arrests have been made.

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A man at lunch in a Financial District eatery put on his jacket and realized his wallet containing $40 and a credit card had been stolen — and the thief wasted no time trying to make a purchase with the card, sources said.

The 44-year-old victim entered the Au Bon Pain near Pearl and Pine streets at about 12:30 p.m. April 10, ate his lunch, prepared to depart and realized his wallet was gone, sources added.

He told cops he did not recall having been jostled or bumped.

At about 2 p.m., someone tried to buy $1,700 worth of electronics with the credit card at a Best Buy, sources said, but the victim had already canceled the plastic.

No arrests have been made.

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Three absent-minded, zealous trash tossers threw out important property with their refuse and *reported it to cops, sources said.

A 46-year-old resident of West 28th Street accidentally threw the license plate for his boat trailer down his trash chute at about 5 p.m. April 5, the sources said.

And two residents of an apartment on West 18th Street threw out their passports at about 3 p.m. last Friday, the sources said.

The three filed police reports for the now-missing license plates, a St. Lucia passport, a green card and a British passport, the sources added.


Queens

Four men beat a 17-year-old deli worker and stole about $30,000 from the *Astoria store’s lockbox, cops said.

Two of the goons entered the En-Express Deli on Main Avenue near Welling Court at 3 a.m. last Saturday, cops said.

They asked an employee to help them select an item at the rear of the store, then forced him into a back room and attacked him, according to police.

One of the robbers let two more accomplices in through the front door and acted as a lookout while his pals busted into the lockbox, officials said.

The foursome ran off with around $30,000, and the teen worker was treated for minor injuries, sources said.

All four are believed to be in their early 20s.

The lookout was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt. :mad:
 
http://nypost.com/2014/04/19/daily-blotter-139/

Daily Blotter
By Antonio Antenucci
April 19, 2014 | 2:36am

Brooklyn

■ Police are searching for a woman who stole a man’s wallet and used his credit card, cops said.

The 34-year-old victim was aboard a southbound F train at the Jay Street-Borough Hall station at 3 p.m. on March 15 when he realized his wallet was missing, cops said.

Approximately 20 minutes later, a woman used his credit card to purchase tickets at a movie theater in Downtown Brooklyn, cops added.

The thief also used the victim’s MetroCard at approximately 8:42 a.m. on March 25 to board a bus, cops said.

The suspect has dark hair and was last seen on surveillance video wearing a black coat. :mad:


The Bronx

■ Two men attacked a woman and snatched her purse in Castle Hill as she walked home from work, cops said.

The 53-year-old woman had just exited the Zerega Avenue subway station on the No. 6 line at about 3:30 a.m. on April 11, when one of the goons grabbed her purse from behind as she was walking on Westchester Avenue, cops said.

When the woman resisted, she was thrown to the ground by one of the suspects, who then fled with her purse, cops added.

The suspects were caught on surveillance video. One was wearing a blue Yankee cap and a black jacket and the other a gray jacket with a gray baseball cap. :mad:

■ Two men busted into a Williamsbridge apartment and robbed the occupants at gun point, cops said.

The gunmen entered the apartment on East 216th Street on Feb. 10 at around 10:30 a.m., pointed their firearms at four people inside and stole more than $200 in cash, electronics, iPhones and jewelry before fleeing, cops said.

None of the victims was injured.

One of the suspects has a scar on his face and is described as being in his 30s, 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds. :mad: The other is described as being in his 20s and was wearing a mask, cops said. :mad:


Manhattan

■ Police suspect this man of viciously attacking and robbing a man inside his Lower East Side apartment building.

The 65-year-old man was followed by the suspect up to the fourth floor of his building on Madison Street near Pike Street at approximately 6:20 p.m., cops said.

The mugger demanded money from the victim and then punched the man, causing him to fall down the stairs, police said. He fled with the man’s wallet, which contained $1600 and credit cards, cops added.

The victim was taken to NY Downtown Hospital, where he was treated for a fractured knee and a bruise to the right eye.

The suspect is described as being in his 30s, about 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing red sweatpants, a red sweatshirt, a red baseball cap and a black jacket. :mad:


Staten Island

■ A man was shot after he got into an argument with a group of thugs on a Dongan Hills street, authorities said.

The 20-year-old man was walking with a friend on Jefferson Avenue near Dongan Hills Avenue at about 9:20 a.m. on April 11 when he engaged in a verbal dispute with a group of seven other men, cops said.

One of the suspects then fired a gun and struck the man in the groin before fleeing with his cohorts, cops added.

The victim was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
 
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