Manhattan
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A brazen bandit behind a one-man crime wave who has held up at least 15 bodegas in Manhattan and Brooklyn, cops said.
The crook first struck on Feb. 16 in Chelsea.
He committed his most recent holdup in the same neighborhood, on June 24.
He displays a gun, but has not fired and no one has been injured in any of the robberies.
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Heads up!
Hooligans recklessly hurled glass bottles onto a crowded West Village street, cops said.
The projectiles were tossed from rooftops onto West 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues at about 9 p.m. on June 26, cops said.
No one was injured. An NYPD helicopter circled the area in a search for the perpetrators.
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Fast-acting cops nabbed a thief trying to steal $3,200 worth of merchandise from the Michael Kors boutique in the Village, authorities said.
Christopher McCloud, 37, walked into the Bleecker Street store at about 5:15 p.m. Friday, grabbed three handbags and fled, court documents state.
Officers saw McCloud bolt out of the shop and arrested him a few blocks away, at West 12th Street and Eighth Avenue.
Staten Island
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An armed thug executed a man with a lengthy criminal record outside the South Beach Houses, police said.
Caaff Walker, 30, was talking on his cellphone when he was shot once in the head at 11:32 p.m. Monday as he stood on Kramer Street across from the housing project, police added.
The victim, who had 19 prior arrests, mostly for assault, had been in an argument with the gunman earlier, cops reported.
Walker died at Staten Island University Hospital.
No arrests had been made as of last night.
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A man was shot in the face during a mugging at the Old Town train station, authorities said.
Fisnik Hoxha, 29, was sitting on a bench on the St. George-bound side of the platform at 11:10 p.m. Monday when an assailant sporting two gold front teeth sat next to him and pulled a gun from his left pants pocket, sources said.
“Give me your money,” the crook said before blasting Hoxha in the left ear and fleeing with $70 in cash and a MetroCard, sources added.
The bullet lodged underneath Hoxha’s skin and he was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital, where he underwent surgery and was in stable condition, sources said.
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NYPD Gang Squad cops busted an upstate man with drugs in Great Kills, authorities said.
John Gillespie, 65, of Bovina, NY, was seated behind the wheel of a car on Fieldway Avenue when officers questioned him at about 2:25 p.m. Friday, court papers state.
On the passenger seat were 42 small plastic bags of cocaine and 15 Xanax pills, cops said.
Gillespie was hit with a slew of drug charges, said a spokesman for District Attorney Dan Donovan.
The Bronx
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A suspect gunned down an ex-con in a Soundview bodega, police said yesterday.
Omar Cepeda, 27, followed Sauvann Hunter, 35, of New Rochelle, into the Hot Millions deli at Soundview and Rosedale avenues at about 8:20 p.m. on June 24 and shot him in the head, police said.
Hunter, who had 20 prior arrests on his rap sheet, including busts for robbery, gun possession and drugs, died at Jacobi Medical Center.
The two foes were acqainted with each other from the neighborhood and had a prior dispute, cops said.
Brooklyn
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A body was pulled from the water near the 58th Street Pier in Sunset Park.
Cops said the corpse, believed to be that of a man in his 50s, was discovered floating at 7:20 p.m. Monday off First Avenue.
The identity of the man and the cause of death is to be determined by the NYPD and the city medical examiner.
Queens
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An 18-year-old is fighting for his life after he was shot in Jamaica, police said.
The victim was walking with a friend when he was shot in the head on 149th Street near Lowe Court at 9:50 p.m. Monday, cops said.
He was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital.
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A bandit wanted for sticking up three women at Laundromats in Corona and Jackson Heights has been arrested, police said yesterday.
Cristian Baez, 25, surrendered Saturday at the 115th Precinct station house and was charged with robbery for the June 24, 25 and 26 capers, cops said.
In each incident, he simulated having a gun and demanded that the victims fork over money from their registers, cops added.