The two men pictured here allegedly swiped a teen’s jewelry and cellphone at gunpoint.
The two men pictured here allegedly swiped a teen’s jewelry and cellphone at gunpoint.
Staten Island
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He was caught holding the bag — literally — and it was full of weed, authorities said.
Justin Nudelman, 18, was busted with nearly 2 pounds of pot in a satchel at about 11 p.m. Thursday after tipped-off cops found him at the corner of Ferndale and Saxon avenues, according to court papers.
Nudelman allegedly flailed his arms while being cuffed, which explains the resisting-arrest charge added to four counts of marijuana possession.
The Bronx
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Police caught up with a 17-year-old girl who allegedly used a stolen iPhone to photograph herself — after the pictures automatically uploaded to the Facebook account of the smartphone’s owner, herself a teenage girl, sources said.
Felicia Cooks, of Hawthorne, allegedly punched the phone’s owner in the back of the head at a bus stop at Tremont and Crotona avenues in Fordham at about 7 p.m. Dec. 21.
Cooks demanded the girl’s property and fled, according to officers, who added that the victim declined medical attention.
Cooks got away, but photos of her smiling and blowing kisses soon uploaded to the owner’s Facebook page, the sources said.
Investigators used the pictures to identify Cooks, and she was arrested and charged with robbery and possession of stolen property, police said.
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A man held a gun to a terrified Hunt’s Point deli worker’s head and shoved him to the floor during a stickup, police said.
The thug entered Intervale Superior Deli, near the corner of Westchester and Intervale avenues, at about 8 p.m. Dec. 27 and demanded money from the man behind the counter, cops said.
He then grabbed all the cash he could find and made good his escape, authorities said.
The deli worker declined medical attention, officers said.
The suspect was described as in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds. He was wearing dark pants, a hooded sweat shirt, a light-brown jacket and a green hat.
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Two men allegedly swiped a teen’s jewelry and cellphone at gunpoint.
They confronted the 17-year-old mark at about 8 p.m. Dec. 20 near Purdy Street and Maple Drive in Parkchester, cops said.
One suspect, wearing a blue Nautica baseball cap, displayed a black handgun and demanded that the teen fork over his valuables, police said.
He did so, and the muggers ran off, police added.
The victim told cops he was not injured.
Both suspects are believed to be in their 20s, according to police.
The gunman, described as about 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, was wearing blue jeans and a puffy brown coat, investigators said.
His accomplice, about 5-foot-8 and 170, had on black jeans, a black hoodie and a blue leather jacket, they added.
Queens
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A Richmond Hill nightclub was the site of two fights — one of which ended in death — early yesterday.
Kwasi Olatunji, 36, of Canarsie, Brooklyn, was shot several times in the torso during a brawl that began in the Flavor Lounge on Hillside Avenue at about 3:30 a.m., police said.
The shooting occurred outside.
Olatunji was was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, but was pronounced dead there, authorities said.
The other disagreement, which began in the lounge at about the same time as the first, left a 27-year-old man with a gash to the leg, courtesy of a broken bottle in his assailant’s hand, cops said.
He was listed as being in stable condition last night at Jamaica Hospital, according to investigators, who added that the cause of neither fight was immediately known.
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A man broke into a Jamaica Hills mosque and robbed it of an undisputed amount of cash, police said.
The thief is believed to have entered the Masjid al-Mamoor, also known as the Jamaica Muslim Center, on 168th Street near Highland Avenue, at about 2 a.m. Friday, cops said.
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A man fighting off a mugger was stabbed in the left hip early yesterday in Astoria, police said.
The 37-year-old victim told investigators that he was approached by a stranger at about 2:30 a.m. at Broadway and 30th Street.
When he resisted the robbery attempt, the thug attacked him with a knife and fled, authorities said.
The victim was listed as being in stable condition last night at Mount Sinai Medical Center, cops said.