The suspect (pictured above) got into the cab at Stillwell and Mermaid avenues at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday and asked to be driven to Mermaid Avenue and West 36th Street, police said.
Queens
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A man is suspected of burglarizing two Astoria businesses after cutting holes in the roofs and dropping in, cops said.
The suspect was seen on surveillance video that law-enforcement authorities released Wednesday.
The suspect failed in his first break-in attempt, at a Rite Aid on Broadway, at about 3 a.m. on Dec. 24, police said.
Two hours later, he successfully dropped in at Zac Deli on Broadway and fled with scratch-off lottery tickets and other items, cops said.
On New Year’s Eve at about 2 a.m., the bandit entered the Stop and Go store on Broadway and took merchandise, cops said.
He stands between 5-foot-7 and -11 and was last seen wearing a dark hoodie bearing a “G-Unit” logo, white and orange Air Max Nike sneakers and dark jeans.
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An alleged pervert was busted for exposing himself to two girls whom he had followed as they were walking to school in Flushing, police said.
Dagoberto Amaya, 32, was busted Wednesday on charges of public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child, police said.
The creep trailed the 12- and 13-year-old girls on Bowne Street Monday at approximately 7:40 a.m., police said.
Amaya tried to strike up a conversation with the schoolgirls, then exposed himself and fled, police said.
Manhattan
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A woman who sought refuge in a friend’s apartment during Hurricane Sandy was raped by a creep also staying at the East Side pad, court records allege.
The 37-year-old victim told cops she was asleep on a friend’s couch in the apartment at UN Plaza at about 3 a.m. on Nov. 2.
She said that she awoke to find Elvis Sanchez, 34, forcing himself on her, court records indicate.
The woman said she did not consent to sex with the suspect.
Sanchez was charged with rape.
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A sicko sexually abused a 2-year-old at a Greenwich Village subway station, court records allege.
Abdul Hannan, 26, allegedly grabbed the child’s hand at the West Fourth Street/Sixth Avenue station at about 11:50 a.m. Sunday, the child’s mother told police.
He then placed the toddler’s hand on his genitals, documents allege.
Hannan was charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
Staten Island
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A boozed-up motorist hit a barrier with her car and flipped over in Latourette Park, authorities said.
Zowie Lauisa Tesar, 35, of California, allegedly lost control of her black 2012 Dodge at about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at Drumgoole Road West and Richmond Avenue after another car cut her off, she claimed to cops.
Police said Tesar smelled of alcohol and had watery eyes.
She also allegedly told cops, “I had a beer two hours ago.”
She blew a .13 on a Breathalyzer, above the legal limit of .08, law-enforcement sources said.
She was charged with DWI and driving while ability impaired, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Brooklyn
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A man fighting with a group of foes was shot dead yesterday in Crown Heights, authorities said.
Jason Henry, 21, was shot several times in the chest at 3:25 a.m. in the hallway of a building on Empire Boulevard near Lefferts Avenue, police said.
After shots rang out, Henry stumbled outside and collapsed between two parked cars, cops said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.
No arrests have been made, police said.
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A violent passenger robbed a livery cabdriver in Coney Island, cops said.
A suspect got into the cab at Stillwell and Mermaid avenues at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday and asked to be driven to Mermaid Avenue and West 36th Street, police said.
When the driver stated a flat-rate fare, the passenger argued and said he’d pay when they reached the destination, police added.
The driver refused to go anywhere without the cash, cops said.
The passenger then attacked the driver, snatched his license and fled, according to police.
The victim refused medical attention.
The suspect is believed to be about 25 years old and 5-foot-6.