Brooklyn
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Two teenage girls seriously injured a cabby in Park Slope and ran off without paying the fare, but soon found themselves in handcuffs, authorities said.
Champaig Bostic, 17, and Tamisha Johnson, 18, took the taxi to Prospect Park West and Montgomery Place and got out at 2:42 a.m. last Monday, according to court papers.
They then punched the cabby so hard and so many times that he suffered a dislocated shoulder, the complaint says.
Police arrested them a short time later on charges of assault, theft of services, menacing and harassment.
The cabby was treated at a local hospital.
The Bronx
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A scorned girlfriend was busted in Morris Heights after she and two male accomplices held down her ex and assaulted him with a knife, authorities said.
Kimberly Ferrer, 20, and her pals confronted the man on West 175th Street near Montgomery Avenue at about 1:15 a.m. March 23, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
One of Ferrer’s buddies then held her ex while the other punched him in the face, then cut him above his right eye, causing a gash that required stitches, the complaint states.
Ferrer was arrested last Thursday and charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon. Her helpers are being sought, cops said.
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Two men found dead early yesterday underneath an elevated highway in Mott Haven are believed to have been killed in a hit-and-run accident, cops said.
A car was heading northbound on Bruckner Boulevard when it struck the unidentified men near East 135th Street, investigators said, adding that they are searching for the driver.
The bodies were spotted on the roadway beneath the Bruckner Expressway at 4:25 a.m., police said.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, police added.
Staten Island
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A drunken driver with a serious case of road rage was arrested after allegedly fleeing the scene of a fender bender in Port Richmond — and later shooting at the victim twice with a shotgun, law-enforcement sources said.
Felix Gonzalez, 38, was driving a GMC minivan when he rear-ended a car on Heberton Avenue at 10:50 p.m. March 28, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
The other motorist followed Gonzalez’s vehicle for several blocks — prompting Gonzalez to suddenly stop, get out of the minivan, allegedly pull out the shotgun and squeeze off two shots, nearly striking the victim, the sources said.
Gonzalez later blew more than twice the legal limit on a Breathalyzer test and was taken in on a slew of charges, including DWI, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, the complaint says.
He was being held last night in lieu of $350,000 bail, authorities said.
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A street vendor was busted for placing an obviously fake NYPD placard on his windshield, authorities said.
John Catapano, 59, was nabbed at about 7 p.m. Saturday on a residential Arden Heights street with a bogus parking permit so shoddy that cops immediately recognized it as a phony, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Yet Catapano proudly announced, “That’s my car! That’s my plaque!” the court document states, before admitting, “I’m not a police officer. My friend gave it to me!”
He was charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, the court papers say — adding that the laughingly counterfeit permit lacked the hologram, serial number and raised seal found on legitimate ones issued by the NYPD.
Queens
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A man was arrested after busting into another’s Ridgewood home and striking him with a machete, authorities said.
Smail Muratovic, 27, kicked down the front door of the apartment on Grandview Avenue near Harman Street at about 11:30 p.m. March 14, according to a Criminal Court complaint, and demanded to know, “Where’s my cellphone? Where’s my keys?”
He then hacked Joseph Rosa in the wrist, fracturing his forearm, before turning and fleeing on foot, the complaint says.
Rosa was taken for treatment to an area hospital, where doctors placed eight staples in his wrist, the court papers state.
Muratovic was charged with burglary and assault and was released after posting $7,500 bail, according to the documents.