The suspect (above) followed the victim into an elevator inside a building in the South Jamaica Housing Development at around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, cops said.
The thief (above) broke into a home on Calamus Avenue, near 72nd Street, at around 10:30 p.m. July 28, but left empty-handed, police said.
The thief (above) walked into DCD Exclusive Video on Jackson Avenue at 1:05 a.m. Aug. 5, pulled out a gun, pointed it at the cashier’s chest and demanded he hand over money, cops said.
Brooklyn
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What a loser!
A man with a long criminal history jumped behind the counter and attacked a clerk at a Bensonhurst Rite Aid after the clerk refused to pay him for what the thug claimed was a winning lottery ticket, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Boozed-up Sebastian Papaleo, 31, stumbled into the drugstore on Bay 40th Street, near 86th Street, at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday and told the clerk he had won the Lotto jackpot, the sources said.
“He went nuts,” one source said.
The man insisted he had won and demanded the clerk pay him and then charged behind the counter, according to law enforcement.
The crazed ticket-holder then allegedly ripped the clerk’s pants pocket off and demanded the clerk open all the registers, sources said.
Papaleo was arrested and charged with robbery, cops said.
And it really wasn’t his lucky day: While Papaleo was waiting in Central Booking for his arraignment hearing, law-enforcement officers found drugs on him and charged him with drug possession as well, the sources added.
He can add that to his 25 prior arrests on charges that include drugs, criminal contempt, violating a court order and robbery, the sources said.
The Bronx
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A thief was caught on security video robbing a Kingsbridge Subway restaurant, authorities said.
The crook pulled out a pistol at the sandwich shop on Broadway, near West 231st Street, at around 10 p.m. Aug. 8, according to authorities, and demanded money and fled with a handful of cash.
Queens
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A predator assaulted a 13-year-old girl in South Jamaica, cops said.
The suspect followed the victim into an elevator inside a building in the South Jamaica Housing Development at around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, cops said.
The attacker assaulted the girl, who screamed, causing the perv to flee when the elevator stopped on another floor, police added.
The creep is believed to be in his early 20s, 5-foot-8 and thin.
He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black and white T-shirt, and a black and white baseball cap.
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Cops have released a photo of a man wanted for twice burglarizing an Elmhurst home.
A thief broke into a home on Calamus Avenue, near 72nd Street, at around 10:30 p.m. July 28, but left empty-handed, police said.
Four days later, he made his way into the garage of the same home at around 4:50 p.m., grabbed tools and fled, according to cops.
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This crook is a fan of the XXX Games.
A thief who robbed an adult-film store in Long Island City was more interested in dirty money than dirty movies, authorities said.
A thief walked into DCD Exclusive Video on Jackson Avenue at 1:05 a.m. Aug. 5, pulled out a gun, pointed it at the cashier’s chest and demanded he hand over money, cops said.
The thug fled with around $500 toward the Court Square subway station, cops said.