Brooklyn
Authorities have identified the gun-toting thug who fired at cops in Bushwick as he was being pursued for allegedly dealing drugs, authorities said.
Narcotics officers approached Darren Moore, 25, near the corner of Garden Street and Flushing Avenue at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said.
Moore took off running, and the officers chased him for about four blocks until he pulled a Browning .380 semi-automatic handgun and fired at the intrepid lawmen hot on his heels, cops said.
The bullet narrowly missed the officers and pierced the window of a vehicle.
Police were able to grab the gunman before he could get off a second round and wrestled him into submission, cops said.
Moore was charged with aggravated attempted murder of a police officer, criminal sale of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, said law- enforcement authorities.
A thief cut a hole in the roof of a 99-cent store in Crown Heights, lowered himself in and robbed the joint, authorities said.
The suspect stole $500 from the cash register of Q-Home 99 Cents and Up near President Street and Utica Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, cops said.
The bandit then made his escape through the same hole, authorities said.
The gun-toting robber pictured at right held up a Greenpoint pharmacy, according to law-enforcement authorities.
The suspect walked into the Polish American Pharmacy on Leonard Street near Nassau Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Monday, according to police.
“Give me the narcotics,” the suspect allegedly snarled.
He fled with an assortment of prescription drugs, according to police.
The Bronx
A 23-year-old man was gunned down in Tremont, cops said.
The victim, identified by police as Damian Nunez, was shot several times in a building stairwell at Tinton Avenue near East 162nd Street at around 8:50 p.m. Thursday, according to authorities.
Sources said the man was arguing with an unknown gunman moments before being shot dead.
Nunez had gunshot wounds to the head and torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made as of late yesterday. Nunez had 33 prior arrests, for robbery, assault and narcotics, 18 of which were sealed, according to sources.
Manhattan
The bank robber hit a branch in Chelsea, authorities said.
The suspect walked into the Capital One branch on West 23rd Street at around 9 a.m. Wednesday and passed a teller a demand note, cops said.
The employee handed over $600, and the suspect fled, cops said.
He was described as in his 40s, standing about 5-foot-7 and weighing about 160 pounds.
Staten Island
A months-long investigation of drug dealing led to the arrests of a band of suspects — including a couple selling narcotics out of their Great Kills storefront, said law-enforcement authorities.
Nine people were arrested Wednesday when officers from the Staten Island Narcotics Bureau obtained a warrant after conducting surveillance for several months, court documents indicate.
The suspects are accused of selling a variety of drugs including OxyContin, marijuana and heroin.
Nicholas Guido, 58, and girlfriend Sandra Rocco, 49, allegedly sold the drugs to undercover officers on multiple occasions between May and December of last year at the ANW Twice As Nice Decorators store on Amboy Road, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
The couple also conducted multiple drug deals out of the company’s work vehicle, the complaint states.
The other suspects nabbed in Wednesday’s raid include Michael Miglionica, 39, and girlfriend Jessica Miro-Garcia, 33, a Grant City couple who sold drugs to undercover officers on nine separate occasions, court records show.
Pasquale Mongelli, 25, Andrew Ferrera, 24, Jonathan Smerina, 27, Fariz Demiroski, 23, and Lorraine Wojcik, 25, were also arrested and hit with numerous drug charges, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.