Manhattan
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A boozed-up Pennsylvania woman was busted after she rammed her car into a garbage truck in Midtown early yesterday, police said.
Lataya Carter, 28, allegedly ran her 2011 Toyota Camry into the back of the private-trash truck on West 51st Street near Broadway at about 2:50 a.m., initially pinning one sanitation man and injuring another, cops said.
The victims, ages 30 and 33, suffered leg and back injuries and were listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Carter was charged with DWI after failing a Breathalyzer test, authorities said.
The Bronx
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An unknown assailant shot a man dead in Longwood early yesterday, police said.
Jared Jones, 23, was shot on Intervale Avenue near Kelly Street at about 4:30 a.m., authorities said. He died at Lincoln Hospital.
Cops are investigating whether he was killed over a beef from an earlier party in the area, police sources said.
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Cops are looking for a young woman from Woodlawn Heights who has gone missing.
Sierra Soltren (above), 19, was last seen leaving her school in Westchester Village on Tratman Avenue near Overing Street at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to police authorities.
Sources say Soltren is in poor mental health and requires medication.
She stands about 5-foot-5 and weighs approximately 230 pounds.
Her family lives on Van Cortlandt Park East near East 237th Street.
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A man with a lengthy rap sheet was shot dead in Melrose Friday evening, authorities reported.
Norman Lodge, 32, was walking out of an elevator in a housing development on 153rd Street near Courtlandt Avenue at about 10:40 p.m. when a gunman in the lobby opened fire, cops said.
Lodge was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital, authorities said.
Police sources said the victim had 19 run-ins with the law on his criminal record, including busts for grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon.
Queens
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A young thug was arrested for committing a vicious armed robbery in Springfield Gardens, authorities said.
Darrius Lee, 19, allegedly went up to a passer-by at about 7:10 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the corner of 182nd Street and 145th Drive.
He pulled a gun, held it to the victim’s head and snarled, “Give me your iPod!”
Lee then allegedly grabbed the victim’s portable music player and wallet.
And for good measure, the thug smashed his loaded pistol against the victim’s head, court records state.
Cops soon tracked down and arrested Lee.
Authorities charged him with first-degree robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, assault, resisting arrest and menacing, according to a spokesperson for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.