The suspect (above) allegedly snatched the device from the 42-year-old victim on the platform at 149th Street and Third Avenue while the man was waiting for the downtown 2 train at about 12:30 p.m. Sept. 17, cops said.
The suspect (above) fled empty-handed from the Chase branch on Graham Avenue at around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday after a teller refused to fork over any money, cops said.
Cops are hunting a purse-snatcher (above) who struck in Sea Gate, authorities said yesterday.
Queens
Police are hunting for a man (pictured) who allegedly sexually abused two children in Jackson Heights, authorities said.
The suspect went into an apartment building on 73rd Street between 37th Avenue and Broadway at 7:10 p.m. Monday. He encountered the girls, ages 4 and 9, and allegedly molested them in the laundry room.
The Bronx
A thief robbed a man of his iPod in a Melrose subway station, police said.
The suspect allegedly snatched the device from the 42-year-old victim on the platform at 149th Street and Third Avenue while the man was waiting for the downtown 2 train at about 12:30 p.m. Sept. 17, cops said.
Brooklyn
A reckless driver yesterday caused a fatal accident in Brownsville, authorities said.
George Daisley, 32, was speeding down Atlantic Avenue in his 2002 Chevy Envoy at around 5:45 a.m. when he blew through a red light at Ralph Avenue and smashed into the driver’s side of a 1997 Nissan 200SX, police said.
The Nissan’s driver, Edward Clyburn, 61, died at Kings County Hospital.
Daisley was arrested for vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless driving, disobeying a red signal and speeding.
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A motorist went berserk after another driver tapped his bumper while trying to park his van in Sunset Park, authorities said.
The victim was parking his Ford van on 27th Street, near Third Avenue, at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday when he clipped a Chevy Suburban, law-enforcement sources said.
Chevy driver Sylveste Douglas, 55, flew off the handle, grabbed a metal pipe from his SUV and attacked the man, according to court documents. He whaled on the victim, hitting him several times in the head, the papers say.
Douglas was busted on charges of assault, menacing, harassment and weapons possession, records show.
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A thief wannabe failed in his attempt to rob a Williamsburg bank, authorities said.
The suspect fled empty-handed from the Chase branch on Graham Avenue at around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday after a teller refused to fork over any money, cops said.
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Cops are hunting a purse-snatcher who struck in Sea Gate, authorities said yesterday.
The suspect targeted a 45-year-old woman in the elevator of a building on Neptune Avenue near West 35th Street, at 5:45 p.m. Oct. 20, police added.
Authorities say he grabbed her pocketbook and ran off.
Staten Island
An all-hands blaze tore through a New Brighton home yesterday, leaving one man hospitalized with second-degree burns to both arms, authorities said.
The fire broke out on the third floor of the Eadie Place residence at 6:51 a.m. and was extinguished by 7:37 a.m., fire officials said.
Six people escaped the flames, and the victim with the burn wounds was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, where he was listed in serious but stable condition, officials added.
Fire marshals are investigating the cause, said an FDNY spokesman.
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What a gas-hole!
A scheming man pretended to be a cop in order to fill up his tank at a New Dorp gas station and skirt the city’s “odd plate-even plate” rationing restrictions, authorities said.
Aniello DeGuida, 44, was on line at the Shell station on Richmond Road near New Dorp Lane, at around 8 p.m. Friday when the attendant realized he had a license plate ending in an even number and wasn’t eligible, since it was an odd-numbered day, cops said.
DeGuida then flashed a phony badge and shouted, “I’m NYPD. I’m on my way to work. I need gas,” court papers state.
He also threatened to choke the attendant, cops added. Police soon arrived and checked an NYPD database, which revealed that DeGuida is not a cop, court documents show.
He was arrested and charged with criminal impersonation, the records show.