NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN
A man was shot dead on a Brownsville street early yesterday, police said.
The victim, whose name and age were not released, was shot in the head on Ralph Avenue near Sumpter Street at around 1 a.m., cops said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have made no arrests and did not reveal a motive in the slaying.
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Nine people were collared in a joint NYPD-FBI drug bust in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said yesterday.
Authorities Thursday wrapped up a 20-month investigation into drug and gun sales at the Marcy Houses when they arrested members of the “G’s Up” crew, an offshoot of the Bloods.
The gang – which raked in about $5,000 weekly – sold crack totaling more than a kilo to undercover cops on 54 occasions.
Investigators also made two gun buys and hope to solve a June 2006 double murder of a couple associated with the crew, cops said.
All nine suspects are charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine and two are facing weapons raps.
QUEENS
A Jamaica man was busted for repeatedly phoning another man and threatening to kill him, authorities said yesterday.
William Harrison, 55, allegedly phoned his 36-year-old victim from Union Hall Street saying he was going to murder him by putting a bullet in his head and telling the victim he was “going to get bodied.”
It was not clear why Harrison, arraigned on Tuesday, targeted the man.
He is charged with aggravated harassment, menacing and harassment, according to a spokesman for DA Richard Brown.
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A drunken motorist was arrested after a fender bender in Astoria, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Jeffrey Ehle, 43, allegedly got into an accident at the intersection of 30th Road and Crescent Street at 4:44 p.m. last Sunday and told responding officers in slurred speech that “he hit the other guy and that it was just an accident,” a Criminal Court complaint states.
A Breathalyzer test revealed Ehle’s blood-alcohol content was .276, more than three times the legal limit, authorities said.
Ehle was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and two counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a Brown spokesman said.
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A Bronx man found himself behind bars twice in three days – first when he was collared for drunken driving and then when he tried to steal his impounded car from a Jackson Heights station house lot, officials said.
Byron Salazar-Rivera, 27, was arrested on a DWI rap when he ripped the door off a 2003 BMW with his 1996 Honda at the intersection of 103rd Street and Northern Boulevard and drove away at 5:25 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
After the crash he allegedly refused to take a Breathalyzer test, resisted arrest and threatened to kill the arresting officer.
Following his release at arraignment, Salazar-Rivera and pal Victor Roldan went to the 115th Precinct station house parking lot on Northern Boulevard and tried to drive off with his car, authorities said.
Salazar-Rivera is charged with resisting arrest, leaving the scene of an accident, DWI, unlicensed driving, criminal trespass and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
Roldan is facing criminal-trespass and unauthorized-use charges, a Brown spokesman said.
STATEN ISLAND
An off-duty city cop stole a friend’s credit card and took thousands of dollars in cash advances, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
William Petrofsky, 40, allegedly swiped a 43-year-old pal’s Capital One credit card to take out a total of $2,900 on eight occasions in September.
When he was arrested, the 19-year NYPD veteran left his daughters, ages 10 and 17, alone in his car with a loaded Glock handgun, authorities said.
Petrofsky, assigned to the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn, is charged with two counts of criminal possession of stolen property, eight counts of petit larceny and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
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An Oakwood man was collared for floating bad checks to his former landlord and wrecking his apartment when he moved out, authorities said yesterday.
Gerald Schipani, 41, allegedly gave his former landlord a bad rent check for $2,800 for the apartment on Greeley Avenue near South Railroad Avenue on March 7.
After that, Schipani caused $2,000 in damage to the apartment by tossing paint all over the walls and radiators and ripping out doorknobs and locks, authorities said.
When he moved out he allegedly floated another bad check, to the mover who hauled his stuff away.
Schipani was arrested Wednesday and is charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, criminal mischief and grand larceny, a Donovan spokesman said.
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Three teenagers were busted after stealing a car in Richmond Valley, law-enforcement sources said.
Marcus Dale, Kevin Newkirk and Devon Stidwell, all 16, allegedly found a parked car with the keys in the ignition near the Richmond Valley train station and went for a ride at 3 p.m. Tuesday, the sources said.
The owner left the keys in the vehicle that morning when he rushed to catch a train.
After the teens took off in the car, a man saw them driving recklessly at Richmond Valley Road and Amboy Road and asked them if they needed help, authorities said.
But the youths ran from the car into a wooden area, only to be arrested a short time later.
They are charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, the DA’s spokesman said.

