Manhattan
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A serial shoplifter was busted in connection with thefts from two uptown pharmacies, authorities said.
Timothy Kim, 37, was caught swiping nearly $300 worth of assorted toiletries from a Hamilton Heights Rite Aid on Broadway near West 145th Street on Dec. 22, police said.
He pleaded guilty to charges of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, court records show.
Three days later, he struck at a Rite Aid on Broadway near Cathedral Parkway in Morningside Heights, according to court documents.
This time he was spotted by a security guard pocketing about 75 packs of gum, the records indicate.
The thief departed the store and was followed by the security guard, who grabbed back the unpaid-for items and called police, court records show.
Cops found a crack pipe in the suspect’s possession, records state.
Kim was charged with robbery and criminal possession of a controlled substance, records show.
He is being held at the Manhattan Detention Complex on $5,000 bail, records show.
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A thief went on a monthlong burglary spree in Greenwich Village, stealing thousands of dollars in cash and electronics from stores and restaurants, authorities said.
Adrian Longo, 35, was busted on Dec. 21 after having been seen on surveillance video at seven businesses that had been robbed, according to court records.
In each robbery, the suspect broke through the entrance and pillaged the place, court records show.
He began his breaking-and-entering spree on Nov. 13 at Grand Sichuan on Seventh Avenue South, where he swiped $900 from a register, the records indicate.
He then hit two businesses on Nov. 20, grabbing $250 from one establishment and a register containing $200 from the second, court records show.
On Nov. 28 he surfaced at Diablo Royale on West 10th Street, where he took $1,600 in cash and three iPods, court records show.
On Dec. 3 Longo was seen on surveillance video busting through entrances at two Carmine Street restaurants where money was also stolen, court records state.
His most recent alleged heist took place on Dec. 11 on Hudson Street, where he took an iPad, court records show.
Longo was slapped with multiple counts of burglary, records show.
Brooklyn
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A 68-year-old man was in critical condition and a woman was also injured when an allegedly speeding car went out of control in East Flatbush, authorities said.
A 32-year-old man was driving a 2004 Land Rover southbound on East 32nd Street at Snyder Avenue at 6:15 p.m. Monday when he hit the elderly man and at least two parked cars, cops and witnesses said.
The old-timer was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, police said.
A woman believed to be in her early 20s suffered what are believed to be minor injures when the Land Rover struck her parked Honda Accord, witnesses and police said.
Witnesses said the driver appeared to be recklessly speeding when he hit the parked cars and the elderly pedestrian.
The Land Rover driver was taken into custody, according to police sources.
The Bronx
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A 45-year-old man was stabbed in the neck in Williamsbridge, and police are looking for the attacker who fled with blood on his clothing, cops said.
The victim was attacked at about 9 p.m. Monday on East 213th Street near Barnes Avenue, police said.
He was clinging to life as he was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center but his condition later stabilized, authorities said.
Cops are looking for a suspect who was wearing a black hoodie and black jeans covered in blood.
Staten Island
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An enraged man broke into a woman’s South Beach home while she was asleep and swiped personal items, authorities said.
Daniel Hughes, 24, kicked in the front door of the victim’s home on Laconia Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. last Thursday and snagged a white sweater and other property, court papers state.
At some point during the break-in, Hughes punched a hole in the front door, cops said.
The noise awoke the victim, who spotted Hughes fleeing, cops added.
As he departed, he allegedly yelled back at her, “The s–t I stole from your house I’m selling for the money you owe me.”
Throughout that day, Hughes also left 10 voice mails and 37 text messages threatening the victim, court papers show.
“You don’t know who you’re f–king with. I’ll shoot up you house,” he allegedly snarled in one phone message.
In at least one text message he also threatened to slash her, according to court records.
Hughes was arrested at his home at about 9:30 p.m. that day after a brief struggle with officers, cops said.
He was charged with burglary, possession of stolen property, aggravated harassment and resisting arrest, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
He is being held on $15,000 bail, records show.