Brooklyn
It makes you wonder who the real animals are.
Alex Dykes, 49, was arrested Wednesday in his Flatbush home and charged with attacking his 1-year-old Shih Tzu, Bentley, so viciously that the poor pup suffered a brain hemorrhage, a skull fracture and a broken jaw, according to the ASPCA.
Bentley was placed with a foster family committed to helping him recover.
Then there’s Venus Laventure, 50, of East New York. She was arrested Feb. 25 and charged with abandoning her Chihuahua, Vampiro, at a pet shop, the ASPCA said.
Laventure had adopted the healthy puppy in 2006 from Animal Care and Control, but allegedly so neglected him that he was found blind, emaciated and dehydrated.
He has since recovered as much as possible, and is up for adoption.
Dykes and Laventure were officially charged with animal cruelty.
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A thug with a red bike and a machete held up a 30-year-old man waiting for a bus in Williamsburg, police sources said.
The victim was standing at Clymer Street and Division Avenue at about 6:20 a.m. on March 29 when the thug allegedly demanded and got a Tommy Hilfiger wallet, then pedaled away down Division.
Manhattan
A man whose modus operandi was to enter a designer-watch boutique, ask to see a pricey timepiece, and then run out the door with it is in custody after allegedly pulling off three such heists, in Midtown and the Upper East Side, authorities said.
Tony Tacneau, 29, was arrested Thursday at 4 p.m. after he was identified from a fingerprint left behind at the most recent crime scene, police said.
He allegedly ripped off a Rolex from the Tourneau shop on Madison Avenue near East 53rd Street on Feb. 23, a Cartier watch from the Cartier store on Madison near East 69th Street on March 12, and another Cartier from the Tourneau on East 57th Street off Fifth Avenue.
He was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said.
Queens
The man pictured here is wanted for breaking into four buildings in Rego Park, although he failed to get cash from any of them, authorities said.
His crime spree began at 7:30 a.m. on March 27 when he tried but failed to get into a medical office on 63rd Drive near Alderton Avenue via its vestibule, police said.
Two days later, at 10 p.m., he attempted to bust through the roof of a Realtor’s office on 63rd Drive, cops said. He failed to gain entry but managed to damage the rooftop, investigators said.
Not to be denied, he tried a different medical office on 63rd Drive minutes later, this time breaking in, again through the roof, cops said.
Finally, at about 1 a.m. the next day, March 30, he slipped through a skylight down into a diner on Austin Street and tried but failed to take money out of a register, police said.
The suspect was described as being in his early 20s and approximately 5-foot-8.
The Bronx
She was every cabby’s nightmare — the rage-aholic passenger from hell.
A woman was arrested in Jerome Park at approximately 4 a.m. on March 30 after she allegedly bit the cabdriver’s right ear and left arm because he had called 911 when she refused to exit the cab, authorities said.
Shamamra Kortright, 25, allegedly went berserk at University and Reservoir avenues, according to a criminal complaint.
She also grabbed the cabby’s cellphone and furiously flung it on the ground, cracking its screen, the complaint states.
The bleeding cabby received hospital treatment for his injuries, according to the complaint.
Kortright was charged with assault, robbery and grand larceny among other allegations, according to an online court database.
Staten Island
Good to know he’s serious about dental hygiene.
John Jeter, 49, was busted for allegedly breaking into an Oakwood Heights dental office and stealing supplies.
According to a criminal-court complaint, Jeter broke a window to get into the office on Amboy Road sometime between last Sept. 26 and 29.
He swiped a camera, sample toothbrushes and toothpaste and fled, the complaint states.
He was arrested Tuesday and charged with burglary and criminal possession of stolen property, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Jeter was being held in lieu of $3,500 bail last night, according to a court database.