Brooklyn

A teen was shot dead yesterday near an East New York housing project.

Taquan Crandell, 18, who authorities say had a criminal history, was discovered with a gunshot wound to his torso on Pitkin Avenue at around 4:30 a.m.

A young man was found stabbed to death in Cypress Hills yesterday after an argument.

The body of Jonathan Nuesi, 21, was found on Ridgewood Avenue near Chestnut Street at about 5:50 a.m. Earlier in the morning, Nuesi had clashed with three men.

A thief has been arrested for shooting a young man through the heart in Canarsie, authorities said yesterday. Miraculously, the victim survived.

Jonathan Stevens, 20, was busted Thursday on attempted-murder charges for shooting the 18-year-old on Seaview Avenue near East 101st Street at 3:40 p.m. on Aug. 5, cops said.

Stevens allegedly demanded the victim’s iPod, then kicked him to the ground. He took the iPod and cash, placed a gun against the victim’s chest and fired, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital. He is expected to survive.

Stevens fled but was arrested Sept. 3.

This maid cleaned up.

Jolanta Uscilowska, 47, allegedly swiped thousands of dollars in diamond bracelets, diamond earrings, gold chains and rings from a Williamsburg apartment where she worked.

At 1:40 p.m. Thursday, the homeowner, a 29-year-old woman, spotted Uscilowska leaving her bedroom with a plastic bag containing the jewelry in the apartment on Flushing Avenue near Marcy Avenue, police said.

The victim quickly called the Shomrim patrol, a volunteer watchdog group.

A Shomrim patrolman responded and confronted Uscilowska, who allegedly tossed the jewelry at him and pleaded, “I don’t want any problems. I just want to leave.”

The volunteer held her until cops came and busted her for grand larceny.

For most men, one wife is enough. But Wendell Winfrey allegedly had two.

Winfrey, 44, of Bed-Stuy, married a 44-year-old woman from Roosevelt, LI, in 1991, but later separated from her, sources said.

Without getting a divorce, he then married a 37-year-old woman in Nov. 2005 and started living with her in Georgia, authorities said.

At some point, Winfrey decided to return to New York and shacked up again with his first wife.

That’s when both women somehow found out that Winfrey was a two-timer, and his second wife went straight to authorities.

Winfrey was arrested Aug. 31 and charged with a felony count of bigamy.

Queens

A knife-wielding assailant vowed that he wasn’t going anywhere — but wound up heading straight to jail, cops said yesterday.

Henry Washington, 44, clashed for unknown reasons with a man in an apartment on Hook Creek Boulevard near 250th Street in Rosedale at around 4 p.m. Sept. 1, sources said.

Washington allegedly pulled a knife and snarled, “I’m not going anywhere.”

The victim called police, and Washington was arrested on charges of menacing and harassment, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.

That’s pretty cold.

A Richmond Hill man tossed an air conditioner at a female relative, cops said yesterday.

The bizarre incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. Sept. 1, when the victim awoke in her bedroom to find Cleveland Barrett, 46, allegedly hurling the air conditioner at her.

Luckily, the appliance missed her, and Barrett was soon in handcuffs and headed to jail.

Barrett was charged with possession of a weapon — the air conditioner — and attempted assault.

Staten Island

A sex fiend has landed behind bars — three years after he began molesting a 14-year-old relative, authorities said yesterday.

Candido Gonzalez, 38, is accused of sexually attacking the child, now 17, on five occasions in his home on Mill Road in New Dorp Beach beginning Christmas Eve, 2005, sources said.

The victim recently reported the crimes, and Gonzalez was arrested on Sept. 2 on charges of sexual abuse and child endangerment.

Police crushed a heroin ring operating out of a Clifton apartment, authorities said yesterday.

Cops raided the first-floor apartment on Warren Street near Hill Street at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

They recovered 22 glassine envelopes of heroin, and arrested the two tenants, Kenyatta Raife, 34, and Francis Alvarez, 32.

Both were charged with narcotics possession.

Manhattan

One of three bandits has been nabbed in a botched East Harlem robbery that turned violent, authorities said yesterday.

Carrell Johnson, 18, and two cohorts accosted a man as they all entered an apartment building on 116th Street near First Avenue at around 3 a.m. Aug. 1, cops said.

Johnson allegedly tried to pull the man’s wallet out of his pocket while one of the accomplices slashed his palm. Johnson then pummeled the victim and fled with his accomplices, empty-handed, police said.

Cops tracked down Johnson on Sept. 1, and he was charged with attempted robbery. His alleged accomplices are still at large.