Brooklyn
The two muggers are wanted for snatching a woman’s purse in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The 28-year-old victim was riding her bicycle in an alley behind an apartment building on Lewis Avenue at 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 1 when the two suspects threw her to the ground, swiped her pocketbook and fled on foot, cops said.
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A maniacal motorist attacked a tow-truck driver in Brownsville in a case of road rage, authorities said.
Miguel Velasquez, 29, swerved in front of the tow-truck driver and forced him to pull over at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday on Atlantic Avenue, near Ralph Avenue, cops said.
Velasquez claimed the tow truck had struck his vehicle and a shouting match ensued.
Velasquez allegedly grabbed a bat from his car and beat the other driver, who managed to slip away and call 911.
Arriving officers saw the battered and bloodied victim and arrested Velasquez at the scene on charges of assault and possession of a weapon.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital with a broken left arm and a gash to his forehead.
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Detectives used a fingerprint to track down a teen punk wanted for burglarizing a Crown Heights apartment, authorities said.
On June 15, Shawn Fletcher, 16, allegedly slipped through an open bedroom window into a building on St. Marks Avenue, near Kingston Avenue, and made off with computer equipment, police said.
The victim returned home to discover the break-in and called police, who lifted a fingerprint off a glass jar in the bedroom.
On Aug. 31, Fletcher was busted for allegedly riding a motorbike with no helmet or license plate on the sidewalk near a local playground.
Using the fingerprint, investigators linked him to the previous crime, according to detectives.
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Two gun-toting thugs robbed a self-storage facility in Brownsville, authorities said yesterday.
The duo, clad in sunglasses and dust masks, barged into the SafeGuard Self Storage on East New York Avenue and Bergen Street at 11 a.m. on Sunday, cops said.
They pointed a revolver at two women, ages 48 and 27, while looting a cash register and safe, cops added.
Before taking off, one of the bandits yanked a necklace off of one of the victims’ necks.
The punks made off with several thousand dollars in cash and money orders, cops said.
The Bronx
A jilted lover attacked a woman in front of a Fordham building, authorities said.
“I’m coming to your house and we are going to fight,” Heidi Patino, 26, allegedly snarled in a menacing phone call she made to the victim’s East 187th Street home at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, court papers state.
Patino made good on her threat four hours later and showed up outside the victim’s house, cops said.
She allegedly broke a bottle while bashing it against the woman’s right arm.
“I had an itch to beat you up” she barked, court documents show.
Patino was arrested after scuffling with officers and charged with aggravated harassment, assault and resisting arrest.
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A miffed man angry at his pals for not answering his knocks kicked down the door of their South Bronx pad, cops said.
“Even if you call the police, I’m gonna still stay here,” Melvin Reeves, 46, told the shocked victims after he barged into their East 141st Street apartment at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, court papers say.
He nonchalantly lay down and began watching TV, cops said.
When police arrived, Reeves allegedly confessed, “I was banging on the door and they were making believe they didn’t hear me, so I kicked the door down.”
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Cops collared a mild-mannered would-be bank robber who fled empty-handed from a South Bronx branch, authorities said.
The man passed a note to a teller inside the Capital One on Melrose Avenue at 12:50 p.m. Aug. 12 and demanded money.
“This is a robbery. Don’t overreact. I have a gun and two people on the door . . . I know your dye packs. Try me and you will pay. Thank you for your cooperation,” read the polite missive he handed over, as well as a withdrawal slip for $4,006, court documents add.
The suspect ran off, but NYPD lab technicians scored a fingerprint from the scene, which led detectives to 23-year-old Carlos Cruz, cops said.
When apprehended, Cruz — who had spent one year in jail for drug dealing — allegedly admitted it was he caught on the bank’s surveillance camera wearing oversized glasses and a Yankees cap as he attempted the robbery.
