Queens
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This man is wanted for pulling heists — or trying to — at eight banks last month in Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn, police said.
Derek Colon, 24, hauled in $6,788 during his crime spree, cops said.
He most recently hit twice in Ridgewood on Friday, scoring cash from the Amalgamated Bank on Myrtle Avenue after fleeing empty-handed from the Banco Popular on Seneca Avenue, police said.
A week earlier, on Nov. 23, he allegedly had knocked off the Banco Popular on Forest Avenue, also in Ridgewood. He previously hit four banks in The Bronx, and failed to get any money from a Chase branch he targeted Nov. 13 on Grand Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, police added.
Manhattan
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Thieves swiped more than $3,000 in watches from the Coach store in SoHo, police sources said.
The high-end retailer on the corner of Prince Street and West Broadway was first hit on Nov. 19, when someone snagged three Movado watches valued at $1,054 from a display table.
The next day, a crook stuffed six Movado watches worth $2,138 into his right jacket pocket and took off, the sources said.
In a separate incident, a burglar tried to break into the store on at 3:15 a.m. Nov. 29, but couldn’t smash the front-door glass and fled.
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An American Red Cross employee broke into an office at the agency’s Hell’s Kitchen headquarters and then used stolen computer passwords to alter training schedules, authorities said.
Bryan Moreland, 32, allegedly slipped into his supervisor’s room at the agency’s headquarters on West 49th Street near 10th Avenue sometime between Sept. 21 and 24. Once inside, he took files containing his boss’ user name and password, as well as a computer-room key, court papers say.
He also damaged four laptops, cops said.
At some point, Moreland used the ill-gotten information to log in to his supervisor’s e-mail, access the American Red Cross When2Work program, and cancel several classes, resulting in the loss of more than $3,000 in revenue, the court documents say.
Moreland was arrested Nov. 29 and allegedly confessed. He was charged with identity theft, criminal mischief, computer tampering and burglary.
The American Red Cross declined to comment.
Brooklyn
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A man was fighting for his life yesterday after being hit by a car in East Flatbush, authorities said.
The 33-year-old victim was crossing Linden Boulevard at Rogers Avenue at around 5:30 a.m. when he was hit by a Nissan Quest going westbound on Linden, police said.
The driver of the car remained on scene, and police do not suspect any criminality at this time.
The victim was unconscious and bleeding from the head when he was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, NYPD and FDNY officials said.
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An NYPD traffic agent was busted for setting his car on fire in Canarsie and then trying to file an insurance claim, police said.
Quinnterri Brown, 33, was arrested yesterday and charged with arson, grand larceny, insurance fraud, conspiracy and filing a false instrument for the Aug. 11 incident on Schenck Street, police added.
Further details of the incident were not immediately made available.
The Bronx
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A 62-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Morris Heights, authorities said.
The victim was discovered at 10:40 p.m. Monday after his next-door neighbor called 911 because of a foul odor coming from the Davidson Avenue home, cops said.
Emergency workers responded and found the victim inside with his hands tied behind his back with shoelaces and his head bludgeoned, police said.
It is not clear how long the man had been there or what might have happened, cops said.
There was no sign of forced entry at the home, police sources said.
The cause of death is pending an autopsy by the city’s medical examiner.
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A man was fatally shot while walking home from a bodega in Morrisania, authorities said.
An assailant blasted Randy Jarvis, 21, in the head at around 8 p.m. Monday as he stood on the corner of 165th Street and Cauldwell Avenue, police said.
Jarvis, who sources said had a criminal record, was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. His killer remains on the lam, police added.