A suspected bandit (above) is wanted for robbing two banks in 20 minutes in Midtown and the Upper East Side, authorities said.
Police are looking for a man (above) who allegedly attacked a state Labor Department employee in Downtown Brooklyn.
Manhattan
Police are looking for two pint-sized terrors who allegedly tried to mug a woman in Central Park.
The kids, a boy and a girl (pictured), went up to the 38-year-old woman at 8 p.m. Monday inside the park at Fifth Avenue near East 107th Street.
The girl, between 12 and 14, demanded that the woman hand over her cellphone, while the boy, about 10, tried to grab the victim’s purse, police said.
The woman was able to overpower the children, who fled empty-handed, police said.
Cops also wish to speak with an older girl who appears with the kids in the photo, although she’s not believed to be a suspect.
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A suspected bandit (pictured) is wanted for robbing two banks in 20 minutes in Midtown and the Upper East Side, authorities said.
The thief first went into the Sovereign Bank on Third Avenue near East 45th Street at 11:35 a.m. April 12 and demanded cash, police said.
The teller forked over an unknown amount of money and the thief fled 20 blocks north to a Chase Bank, also on Third Avenue, police said.
Again, he demanded money and fled with a wad of cash, cops said.
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Remember: Thou shalt not steal!
A woman was busted for stealing a pocketbook at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown, law-enforcement sources said.
The victim discovered the pocketbook missing after she placed it on the floor between her legs at about 11:30 a.m., sources said.
An eagle-eyed parishioner watched Judith Cortiji, 51, leave a pew with a shopping bag and go out through the Fifth Avenue exit, the sources said.
The victim and her family confronted Cortiji, and they allegedly spotted her pocketbook inside the shopping bag.
Authorities charged Cortiji with grand larceny and criminal possession of a stolen credit card.
No bail was set.
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A man discovered a burglar when he came home to his Hell’s Kitchen apartment, authorities said.
The 67-year-old victim walked in to find Robert Newsome, 35, in the apartment on West 52nd Street at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, police sources said.
The alleged would-be thief ran off empty-handed, but cops quickly collared him nearby, the sources said. He was charged with burglary and trespassing.
The Bronx
A man brutally attacked his wife in their Hunts Point home, a court complaint alleges.
José Varela, 31, allegedly choked his wife before kicking and punching her in the face and body in their home on Faile Street at about 11 a.m. April 16.
He then grabbed a metal curtain rod and hit her in the head as she tried to defend herself, the complaint states.
Verela was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.
Brooklyn
Police are looking for a man who allegedly attacked a state Labor Department employee in Downtown Brooklyn.
The 64-year-old victim was in the government building at Schermerhorn and Bond streets at 8:55 a.m. Feb. 4 when the assailant came in through the employees entrance, police said.
He then turned on the victim, punching him several times and knocking him to the ground, cops said.
The creep then kicked the man and left — only to return for one more kick before fleeing for good, cops said.
The victim was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect is in his 30s, 5-foot-8 and 260 pounds, police said.
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A homeless man was shot to death at a Coney Island housing project yesterday, police said.
Shots rang out in the first-floor hallway of the Surfside Gardens Houses on West 33rd Street at about 1:10 p.m.
Julian Salley, 27, was hit in the chest and died at the scene, police said.
No arrests were made.