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* A woman was found dead last night on the roof of a Morrisania apartment building, police said.

Her neck had been slashed and suffered several stab wounds to her torso, police sources said.

The victim’s name was withheld pending family notification.

* Police are looking for a teenager who disappeared from her Longwood apartment.

Juanita Morales (above), 16, left her East 167th Street home at Simpson Street at 7:50 a.m. last Friday, cops said.

She is described as a 5-foot-7, 160-pound Hispanic with green eyes and brown hair. (lcf)

MANHATTAN (lcf)

* The body of a 59-year-old man was discovered last night by a subway worker on a No. 1 train at the Times Square station, police said.

The man, whose name was withheld pending family notification, appeared to have died of natural causes. Since the station was crowded, the train was driven to 72nd Street, where the body was removed.

QUEENS

* A Jamaica man was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old boy, authorities said yesterday.

Between May 2004 and February 2005, Dionicio Chicas, 21, inappropriately touched the boy in their residences on Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard respectively, sources said.

The victim finally told his mother, who contacted police.

Chicas was charged with course of sexual conduct against a child and endangering the welfare of a child, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.

STATEN ISLAND

* A teenager was busted for underage drinking and possessing cocaine on an Oakwood street yesterday, authorities said.

Police caught a drunken Matthew Cordero, 18, holding an open 12-ounce bottle of Heineken on South Railroad Avenue and Oak Street at 1:40 p.m., sources said. He allegedly had a six-pack of the beer and had a plastic bag of cocaine in his pocket.

He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of alcohol by a person less than 21 years of age, said a spokeswoman for DA Daniel Donovan.

* A youth was arrested after forging a signature on a stolen check and depositing the $645 in to her bank account, authorities said yesterdays.

Kristin Mulligan, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument and petit larceny, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.

BROOKLYN

* Cops yesterday were asking for help finding a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from a Bedford-Stuyvesant group home.

Cassandra Jackson (above), 14, claimed she was going out of state to meet friends before she ran away from the group home on Quincy Street near Tompkins Street at 8:30 p.m. Monday, police sources said.

She stands 5-foot-1, weighs 115 and has brown eyes and black hair. She was wearing a white blouse, black jeans and sandals.

* A superintendent choked a woman and whacked her boyfriend with a shovel in a Brownsville apartment building, authorities said yesterday.

The incident began at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when the 28-year-old boyfriend was sleeping in his gal pal’s Lott Avenue apartment and heard her scream, sources said.

He went into the hallway and saw Micheal Halls, 38, the super of the building, choking his girlfriend, the source said. It was unclear what sparked the assault.

When the boyfriend tried to intervene, Halls allegedly pulled a knife and threatened to slice him.

He then allegedly got a shovel and hit the boyfriend twice, inflicting cuts and bruises.

Police arrested Halls, who was charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.

* A restaurant employee was arrested and charged with raping his ex-girlfriend in the Flatlands eatery where he worked, authorities said yesterday.

During a phone call at 10 p.m. Monday, Jose Correa, 22, allegedly told his 18-year-old victim he had a birthday present for her, sources said.

When she arrived at Prima Pasta on Avenue T, Correa dragged her to the basement, shoved her to the floor and choked her, sources said.

While threatening to kill her, Correa allegedly shut off the lights, bolted the doors and raped her, sources said.

Correa then took a cab with her back to her mother’s home, where he fell asleep. The victim’s mom called police.

Correa was arrested on charges of rape, menacing and unlawful imprisonment.

* Police yesterday were searching for a teenager who ran away from her Fort Greene apartment.

Priscilla Jiminez, 16, disappeared with her boyfriend from her Dekalb Avenue home near Kent Avenue at 7 p.m. on June 29, cops said.

She is described as Hispanic, 5-foot-1, 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

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