Cops are seeking the suspect pictured above in the attack and robbery of a teenager in her Belmont apartment building, authorities said.
The suspect (above) allegedly grabbed the item from the victim’s handbag on the Bx42 bus on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m., put it in his beige backpack and fled, cops said.
Brooklyn
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Police released a sketch of a suspect in a rape near Brooklyn College in Midwood.
The attack took place Saturday at 9:45 a.m. when a man approached the 22-year-old victim, punched her several times and forced her into an alleyway at East 27th Street and Glenwood Road, cops said.
He proceeded to rape her, then stole her cellphone and wallet, police said.
The suspect is in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds, police said.
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Cops arrested one of two men suspected of killing a career criminal in Williamsburg, authorities said.
Richie Vargas, 21, was nabbed Monday in the fatal stabbing of 39-year-old Anthony Dash, police said.
Vargas, who has nine prior arrests on his rap sheet, was charged with manslaughter, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
Vargas and the second suspect allegedly stabbed Dash in the leg Friday at the Cooper Park Houses on Jackson Street, police said.
Dash died Sunday at Woodhull Hospital, police said.
Manhattan
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A perv groped a woman at an Upper West Side subway station yesterday, authorities said.
The victim was waiting for a train on the southbound platform at the West 72nd Street station at 7 a.m. when the sicko came up and touched her, cops said.
He fled on board a southbound 2 train, cops said.
The victim called police and described the suspect as wearing a tan jacket, a black jacket and white shoes, cops said.
The Bronx
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Cops are seeking a suspect in the attack and robbery of a teenager in her Belmont apartment building, authorities said.
The suspect tailed the 17-year-old into the building on East 187th Street and pushed her against a wall on Jan. 24 at 2:15 p.m., police said.
He then dragged the girl down a flight of stairs and punched her in the face, cops said.
The thug then snatched her iPhone and fled, police said.
The assailant is described as in his early 20s, 6-foot-2 and 160 pounds, with dark hair in corn-row braids, police said.
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Police released video yesterday of a man suspected of swiping a fellow passenger’s wallet on a bus in Fordham.
The suspect allegedly grabbed the item from the victim’s handbag on the Bx42 bus on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m., put it in his beige backpack and fled, cops said.
He is described as in his late 30s to early 40s, standing approximately 5-foot-9 to 6-foot-1 and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds, authorities said.
At the time of the robbery he was wearing a brown Kangol hat, a brown coat and a hooded sweatshirt, police said.
Staten Island
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An ex-con whose rap sheet lists a jail break from an upstate prison was busted for drunken driving in Bloomfield, authorities said.
Jason Gavioli, 44, was pulled over on Teleport Drive and South Avenue after he illegally made a right turn at a red light Saturday at 11:40 p.m., according to court records.
“At dinner we had a couple of martinis, then I had a drink or two after dinner,” Gavioli allegedly told authorities.
He took a Breathalyzer test and blew a .096, above the legal limit of .08 percent, court papers show.
Gavioli in 1991 escaped from a jail in upstate Cooperstown, while awaiting sentencing for kidnapping his estranged wife, court records show.
He was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years behind bars and was released in September 2011, records show.
In the latest arrest, Gavioli was charged with DWI, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
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A thug beat up and robbed a customer entering a convenience store in Elm Park, court papers show.
Jeremiah Gamble, 18, punched a man in the face outside the store on Castleton Avenue at 10:38 a.m. on Jan. 23, according to court papers.
After knocking the victim to the ground, Gamble snatched a $200 pair of headphones, court records state.
Gamble was arrested and charged with grand larceny, assault and criminal possession of stolen property, according to the court records.