Manhattan
A gun-wielding goon shot at a man who tried to stop him from harassing someone in a wheelchair on the Upper East Side, authorities said.
Christian Rivera, 20, was taunting a disabled resident in the lobby of the Isaacs Houses on East 93rd Street at around 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31 when the good Samaritan ordered him to stop, court papers say.
Rivera told the man to mind his own business, and warned that he would return with a gun, cops said.
Moments later, he allegedly made good on the threat and squeezed off a round that shattered the glass door of the building.
Rivera was busted Sunday and charged with attempted murder and weapons possession.
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A well-dressed bandit attempted to knock off an Upper East Side bank yesterday, authorities said.
The suspect — sporting a gray suit, white shirt, red tie and sunglasses — entered the Chase branch at 79th Street and Third Avenue at around 10:45 a.m. and passed a note to a teller.
The teller ignored his demand, and the robber fled empty-handed.
Queens
Cops are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of beating down a patron at a South Richmond Hill bar.
Police say the suspect (pictured in top photo) got into an argument outside the Nest Bar & Restaurant at 125-17 101st Ave. around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, pummeled the 33-year-old man and fled.
The victim was treated at Jamaica Hospital. It’s unclear what sparked the attack.
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A thug failed in his attempt to rob a clerk yesterday at a Jamaica subway station, cops said.
The suspect, wearing a blue bandanna over his face, passed the clerk a demand note at around 12:30 a.m. through the window opening of the booth at the 121st Street station on Jamaica Avenue.
When the clerk casually returned the note, the would-be crook ordered him to open the door and jammed the muzzle of what appeared to be a gun through the slot.
The plucky victim blocked the muzzle with his hands, and the goon fled into a train that was just arriving at the station.
Brooklyn
A patrol cop was sent to the hospital yesterday after smashing his scooter into a car in Downtown Brooklyn, police said.
The officer was knocked off the vehicle after striking a Toyota Camry that had stopped short at Tillary and Jay streets at around 10:20 a.m., cops and witnesses said.
He suffered a severe cut to his left leg and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
Staten Island
A scalpel-wielding crack addict stole video-game equipment from kids in Stapleton before slashing a dad who tried to stop her, authorities said.
Starr Hodges, 31, was visiting a family in the Stapleton Houses on Warren Street at around 4 a.m. Tuesday when she allegedly tried to slip out of the apartment with a bag stuffed with two Xbox controllers. When the father attempted to grab the bag, Hodges went berserk, repeatedly slashing his hands and wrists, according to court paper.
Hodges was caught with the loot and charged with robbery, assault and possession of stolen property.
The victim told investigators that Hodges said she needed the money for crack, cops said.
The Bronx
A troublesome teen and his punk pal robbed three men at gunpoint in Morris Heights for a measly $5 and an Android phone, cops said.
Luis Perez, 17, and an unidentified accomplice ambushed the victims as they left a grocery store on the corner of Grand and West Tremont avenues at around 11 p.m. Sunday, according to court papers.
Perez ordered the men to hand over everything in their pockets, cops said. And when the victims claimed to have nothing, he pulled a pistol and snatched their belongings, cops added.
Perez was arrested at the scene on charges of criminal possession of stolen property, weapons possession and robbery.
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The two men pictured here (middle and bottom photos) are wanted for an armed robbery in Hunts Point. The suspects entered 923 Simpson St. at around 8:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and took an unidentified victim’s money and cellphone at gunpoint before running off, police said.
Both men are believed to be around 18 years old, with slim builds.
