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Brooklyn

Four thieves beat an elderly man unconscious during a robbery in Brownsville, police said.

The suspects followed the 74-year-old victim out of an elevator in the Van Dyke Houses on Lavonia Avenue, near Powell Street, and smashed him over the head with a blunt object Saturday at about 4:50 p.m., cops said.

The man fell to the floor unconscious and the gang of four stole his wallet with $150 in cash, credit cards, drivers license and Social Security card, police said.

The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical but stable condition, authorities said.

He was treated for bleeding on the brain and a broken collar bone.

No arrests have been made.

The suspects are all believed to be in their late teens.


A man was pumped full of bullets Sunday while walking along a busy stretch in East New York, authorities said.

The 19-year-old victim was on Pitkin Avenue, near Van Siclen Avenue, at about 2:30 p.m. when the gunman opened fire, striking the teen several times in the chest and hip, cops said.

The man was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he was in serious condition but expected to survive.

No arrests have been made and police are still investigating the motive behind the attack.


Three thieves knocked off a Canarsie Radio Shack after tying up employees at gunpoint last week, authorities said.

One armed robber and his two accomplices entered the store on Rockaway Parkway just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday and ordered all of the employees down on the ground, cops said.

The suspects tied up the clerks before ransacking the store and stealing several iPads and iPhones.

The suspects fled and no injuries were reported. No arrests have been made.


Staten Island

How romantic! A carhop who tried to help himself to cash inside a customer’s vehicle in New Dorp told cops he did it because Valentine’s Day was approaching, authorities said.

Allen Dorsey, 18, was caught by a customer rummaging through the driver’s 1986 Pontiac Fiero in the parking lot of a Hylan Boulevard business at 10 a.m. Feb. 11, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

When confronted by the owner of the sports car, Dorsey ran to nearby New Dorp HS, where he is a student, sources said. When cops caught up with him, he allegedly confessed, explaining, “I was looking for change. Valentine’s Day is coming up soon.”


A Willowbrook man went all Rambo on a relative — threatening to kill him with a loaded crossbow, authorities said.

Nicholas Rotelli, 25 allegedly pulled out a loaded crossbow, pointed it at a family member in his home on Woolley Avenue at about 1:50 p.m. Feb 6 and announced, “I’m going to kill you.”

The relative was not injured but Rotelli was arrested, according to a Criminal Court complaint.

He was charged with weapon possession, menacing and harassment, according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.


A thief snatched a laptop from a New Dorp convenience store, police said.

The suspect entered a 7-Eleven on Lincoln Avenue on Feb. 9 at 6:25 p.m., grabbed the unit and ran, cops said.

Three thugs beat and robbed a man during an early-morning attack near Times Square, cops said.

The 41-year-old victim was headed toward the subway at 4:30 a.m. Sunday when three men approached him and started punching him in the face.

They grabbed his iPhone and ran. The victim suffered minor injuries.


A suspect has been collared by the Queens Violent Felony Squad in a motel near the Nassau Coliseum, in what was labeled the first murder of the year.

Sheldon Black, 26, allegedly stabbed a man to death during the first hour of 2014 in a home on 113th Avenue near Sutphin Boulevard in South Jamaica. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Black was charged with murder in the second degree and possession of a weapon.