The Bronx
A knife-wielding robber threatened to kill a delivery man in Fordham Heights, authorities said.
Davel Johnson, 25, saw a man trying to deliver food on the fourth floor of his apartment building at 375 E. 188th St., waved a large kitchen knife and threatened, “If you say anything, I’m going to kill you,” court records state.
“Be quiet. Drop everything in your pockets. I want everything,” he said, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
The terrified worker turned over his cellphone, $18 and his keys, law-enforcement sources said.
Johnson, who lives on the second floor, was charged with robbery, petit larceny, weapon possession, menacing and harassment.
A thief snatched envelope filled with cash from an elderly woman’s hand on a Tremont street corner, authorities said.
Sean Brown, 46, saw the 69-year-old woman outside the post office on East Tremont and Lafontaine avenues peering into the envelope at about 3:40 p.m. on Jan. 22, a Criminal Court complaint states.
“Gimme the money,” he allegedly ordered.
Brown grabbed the envelope with $98 and ran, records show.
“I did something very stupid and is truly sorry,” he allegedly explained.
“I’m going through a problem with hunger and money problems.”
Brown was charged with robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny and possession of stolen property. He was being held on $10,000 bail, authorities said.
Staten Island
A man was slashed in the face after getting into an argument with another customer at a bodega in Stapleton.
The 24-year-old victim was waiting in line at the Diamond Deli on Broad Street, near Cedar Street, at about 4 a.m. on Jan. 11 when a man cut ahead of him and the pair began to argue, cops said.
The suspect allegedly pulled out a sharp object, cut the victim’s left cheek, and fled in a white car.
The victim was taken to the Richmond University Medical Center and was in stable condition, authorities said.
The attacker, believed to be in his 30s, is about 5-foot-10 and bald, police said.
A man survived a shooting in Clifton but refused to identify his assailant, authorities said.
The 45-year-old victim was on Irving Avenue near Vanderbilt Avenue at about 5 a.m. Tuesday when a gunman opened fire, striking him once in the chest, cops said.
The victim was rushed to Staten Island University North Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
No arrests have been made and the victim has been uncooperative.
A teen was caught on video surveillance trying to break into a Tompkinsville home, cops said.
The suspect shattered a rear window of the sprawling five-bedroom house on Nixon Avenue near Ward Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. on Jan. 20, according to police.
The teen tried but failed to get in through the window, then fled, cops said.
Queens
A creepy burglar followed a 65-year-old woman into her Sunnyside home last week, police said.
The victim, who lives on 50th Street near 43rd Avenue, had just reached her front door at about 7 p.m. last Thursday when the suspect threw her to the ground and punched her in the head, cops said.
The victim’s lip was bruised and swollen, but she refused medical attention, authorities said.
The thug fled empty-handed.
Brooklyn
Three punks robbed a student of her backpack in Williamsburg, cops said.
The thieves followed the 19-year-old woman into a Roebling Street building near South Ninth Street at about 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and snatched the bag, according to police.
All three suspects are believed to be 18 years old.