Brooklyn
A sneaky thief snatched cash from a Mediterranean restaurant in Midwood after darting behind the counter toward the register, police said.
The crook (pictured above) walked up to the counter at Nemo’s Shish Kebab on Kings Highway near Avenue P at around 9:06 a.m. Jan. 10, stood there for a moment, then circled around toward the register, where he plucked a handful of cash from the drawer and fled, according to cops.
No one was injured, police said.
The thief was last seen wearing black sneakers, a dark jacket and blue jeans.
Cops are looking for a man who used a stolen credit card in Brooklyn Heights after someone snatched the victim’s pricey Coach wallet, authorities said.
The 36-year-old New Jersey woman was on a D-train platform near Pacific Street at around 6:45 a.m. Dec. 17 when she noticed that her wallet, worth $150 and containing several credit cards was missing, police said.
About a half-hour later, the man used one of the cards to make a purchase at Smith’s Finest Deli on Smith Street near Sacket Street, cops said.
A thug who stabbed a man to death in Bedford-Stuyvesant is still on the loose, police said.
Marcus Cherry, 37, was stabbed twice in the back at Lewis Avenue and Hart Street at around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, police said.
He was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The motive for the slaying was not clear.
Manhattan
An armed man made off with $3,000 after holding up a Starbucks at gunpoint in Gramercy, police said.
The thug walked into the shop on Third Avenue near East 15th Street at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, cops said.
He pulled out a gun and demanded cash from two baristas — a woman 21, and a man, 22 — before ordering them to get down on the floor, according to police.
The workers complied, only to have the gunman zip-tie their hands during the terrifying heist, cops said.
The thief then grabbed $3,000 in cash from the register and fled.
The stocky gunman is believed to be in his late 30s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9, and weighing about 200 pounds.
He wore square-framed glasses, a dark sweat shirt with the Ecko brand name on the front, a black jacket and matching gloves.
Queens
Cops are looking for a killer who stabbed a man to death outside the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Ridgewood.
The victim, Emilliano Llames, 26, of Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, was found unconscious with stab wounds to the chest, after a 911 caller reported seeing him on Cypress Hills Street near 78th Avenue at around 2:10 a.m. Saturday.
Llames was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Cops have released photos of three people wanted for questioning about a hate-fueled homophobic attack in an Astoria Diner.
Two women and a man argued with a 30-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man inside the Neptune Diner on Astoria Boulevard near 32nd Street at around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Things escalated when the thugs began hurling anti-gay remarks at the victims, police said.
Finally, the attackers threw dinner plates from their table at the couple before fleeing, according to cops.
Both victims were taken to Astoria General Hospital with cuts to their faces, authorities said.
Investigators from the Hate Crimes Task Force are looking into the incident.