The Bronx
A sibling rivalry turned deadly when a man stabbed his brother in the head inside of their Morrisania apartment, authorities said.
Dayshawn Lawson, 21, stabbed brother Andre Lawson, 22, at their apartment in the Morris Houses on Third Avenue at around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
Andre was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with a massive head wound and later died.
Dayshawn was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
It was not clear what sparked the incident.
Cops said both men have numerous arrests for drugs, robbery and assault.
A Facebook “friend” turned into an enemy after two men agreed online to trade coats at a Van Nest subway station, authorities said.
The 17-year-old victim arranged to meet the suspect at the E. 180th Street subway at around 6 p.m. Nov. 30 to exchange his Pelle Pelle coat after the two met on Facebook, police said.
But when the victim entered the station, his “friend” walked up with two other men, one of whom pulled out a knife.
The suspect then ordered him to take off his coat before the three thieves fled the scene, cops said.
Manhattan
A night manager swiped nearly $100,000 in health and beauty supplies from an Upper East Side Duane Reade, authorities said Thursday.
Between Aug. 22 and Nov. 12, Charanjit Singh, 21, would take products that were delivered to the Third Avenue pharmacy and
sell them to make some extra cash, court papers charge.
A district manager became aware of the scheme and reported it to police.
Singh was arrested Tuesday on grand-larceny charges.
Two phone snatchers robbed a man riding the subway in Midtown, police said.
The 23-year-old victim was riding the northbound B train near 59th Street at around 8 p.m. Sept. 4 when the thieves walked up and asked where he was from.
When the victim didn’t answer, one of the suspects punched him in the arm, causing him to drop his phone, cops said.
The other thief then scooped up the device before running off the train, police said. The suspects are described as Hispanic men in their 20s.
One was wearing a red shirt and his partner was wearing a dark shirt and has a tattoo on his right arm.
An off-duty sanitation worker was arrested for the fourth time this year after stealing a person’s credit card in Midtown, authorities said.
Anthony Benjamin, 33, was arrested at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after he intentionally bumped into the victim in order to steal the person’s credit card, cops said.
He has been charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and jostling.
His other 2013 arrests were for driving without a license in August, committing a burglary in September and possession of marijuana in November, sources said.
Queens
A thief (right) burglarized a trendy Astoria clothing store by climbing through a hole in the roof, authorities said.
The suspect shimmied into Venzini Clothing Store on Steinway Street at around 4 a.m. Nov. 24 and made off with approximately $5,000, cops said.
Police are looking for a creep who groped a woman on the subway in Jackson Heights, authorities said.
The 33-year-old woman was riding the Manhattan- bound E train at around 1 p.m. Tuesday when the perverted straphanger grabbed her as the train was pulling into the Roosevelt Avenue station, cops said.
The man bolted when the train doors opened.