Manhattan
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The three thugs pictured here mugged a recent college grad from Georgia in broad daylight as he talked with his mom on his iPhone and window-shopped with a pal in Harlem, police said.
The 23-year-old suffered a fractured jaw and eye socket as the gang hit him with an unknown object, tore away his wallet and phone, and escaped just after noon last Thursday on West 117th Street, sources said.
The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital. Besides his other injuries, he initially reported having some short-term memory loss, the sources said.
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An admitted scammer passed a forged prescription at an Upper East Side pharmacy in a vain stab at scoring some oxycodone, authorities said.
Agatha Perry, 53, handed the fake script to a pharmacist at the Duane Reade at 1352 First Ave. at 3:40 p.m. Feb. 20, court papers state.
The pharmacy contacted cops, and detectives said that when they caught up with her on March 5, Perry confessed to knowing the prescription was forged.
The doctor whose name was on the script told investigators he didn’t know Perry, according to the criminal complaint.
Perry’s priors include an arrest last March for alleged drug dealing, records show.
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Cops are on the lookout for a man described as wearing a black jacket and glasses when he knocked over an East Harlem bank.
The suspect entered the Ponce De Leon branch at 1925 Third Ave. at about noon last Wednesday and passed a demand note to a teller.
He fled with approximately $1,000.
Brooklyn
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A killer suspected of gunning down a young man in a Fort Greene housing project and leaving him to die has surrendered, police said.
Darren Prince, 25, gave himself up Saturday to the 88th Precinct detective squad and was charged with murder and criminal use of a firearm.
He allegedly shot Justin Cherry, 20, on March 5, at the Whitman Houses on Carlton Avenue.
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Talk about a hard sell.
Dwayne Brown, 29, was in the Target on Flatbush Avenue in Boerum Hill when he cursed at and tried to choke a 20-year-old employee — for the sin of trying to sell him an item that Brown obviously didn’t want, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Brown allegedly took time to take off his jacket before going after the young man, who was left complaining of dizziness, the sources said.
A fellow worker broke them up, and a police officer who happened to be in the store radioed for backup.
A second officer arrived and took the fuming Brown into custody. He was charged with assault.
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A cunning cat burglar made off with a diamond necklace and designer shades from a Fort Greene housing project, cops said.
He popped the lock on the front door of a 21-year-old tenant’s eighth-floor apartment in the Atlantic Avenue development on Feb. 27 and lifted the $1,000 piece of jewelry and a pair of $175 Ray-Bans.
The thief was still at large last night, cops said.
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An armed 16-year-old boy stole a pair of designer shoes — right off their owner’s feet, cops said.
Caleb White, 16, spotted his mark on 45th Avenue near 21st Street at 3 p.m. on Jan. 16 in Long Island City, police said.
The victim had on Prada sneakers and a Gucci belt, and White allegedly demanded that they be turned over to him. When the victim hesitated, the teen flashed the handgun, according to court papers.
The victim relented and forked over his pricey duds — and then watched in shock as White changed into his new kicks and threw his old ones at the victim before fleeing, cops said.
White was busted on March 2 for robbery, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.
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A woman’s body floated ashore in Breezy Point yesterday afternoon.
Cops didn’t identify her, other than to say she appeared to be of Asian descent and in her late 20s.
The Bronx
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An ex-con was gunned down in Melrose.
The bullet-riddled body of Lamont Edwards, 28, was discovered just after 6:30 a.m. by cops responding to a 911 report of a man shot on Elton Avenue. He was declared dead at the scene.
Edwards’ seven priors included arrests for coke and heroin possession and robbery. He did two jail stints, for drug-dealing and attempted weapons possession, records show.
